More senko Questions

[ikeslayer]

So senkos have been around for a few years and i thought by now that fish would start to wise up to them but they haven't. And that is what i don't understand. How can something that looks like a bic pen look good to eat to a bass. I don't get why fish like them. What do they imitate if any thing at all? I am not complaining by any means they just don't make sense. Can anyone answer some of these questions for me??? ike

[Deitz Dittrich]

Ike- these creatures we are trying to catch are not smart. Your lure doesnt always have to make them think they are anything? They just have to be curious enough to pick it up. A single fish may or may not wise up on one lure, but they all wont. HEck, the plastic worm has been catching fish since they were made.. and will continue to catch fish till we all are gone.

[Mr. Pike1]

The Senko is my all time favorite smallmouth and largemouth bait of choice.

The key features of the bait are:

Fishablity- This bait can be fished deep or shallow. Wacky rigged or weedless. Fast or slow. Hit the docks, the rocks, the weeds.

Weight- The bait has just the right mix of plastic and salt to allow for the nice slow side to action on the fall. When fishing docks or under trees I would imagine in looks like a wounded, dead, or dying something.

Sparkle- I think that slow fall combined with sparkle and flash can trigger the agressive or passive fish.

Salt impregnation- The final "key" thing about the senko is the salt impregnation. When the bass does hit teh bait and bites down the salt impregnation makes it taste and feel like a live bait. Rarely if ever have I had a fish strik the Senko and let go. They hit and move to deep or shallow water with the bait. When I miss (and all to often I do) it is usually equipment or fisherman error. To often my line may rap around the bail and I set the hook and the line breaks. Poor hook tie and I set the hook and it breaks lose or just setting the hook at the wrong time and get air. There are of course times when the smallie or largie is able to spit the hook back in my face and I chalk that up to why the call it fishin and not catchin.

Anyway those are some of my views on the senko. Unlike the tube which does for the most part imitate crayfish or other critters of the lake or river the senko does not represent anything in the food change but the charctiristics that a fish desires.

[EBass]

I think it's the wiggle that gets em to bite.