bass fishing B.S.

[lookincalifornia]

(before senkos)

it seems like 90% of the posts i read here are about someone throwing a senko. all the reports i read out here, guys are fishing senkos. what did every body do before senkos? it seems to me that there are very distinct lure cycles as to what is hot. i am the kinda guy who like to use something other than the hot bait. i have gotten fish on a senko or two, but i don't use em much due to my 'not follow the herd attitude'. am i missing the boat on teh senko craze?

[Bobby Bass]

I don't think so. I still work the whole water column. Spinnerbaits and top waters are my go to baits and I love ripping buzz baits. Deep water points still see crank baits and I still use floating worms skipped under docks. What ever works for you!

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I think I had the same mentality for a while but I finally cracked and began using them. They are popular for a reason... They do indeed work very well in many situations. I use them most often fishing docks mainly because they are great for skipping and have a good drop speed. Before I used senkos style worms I used alot of soft jerkbaits and still use them often.

[Central Bassman]

I think there is a few things that make them so popular. First, is that they are so easy to fish. For some one that doesn’t do much bass fishing they make it easy to go out and catch a lot of fish and learn about bass fishing

Second i think it’s because a lot of people love to fish shallow and the senko works great for that. I used to love to fish shallow and still do but ones you learn to fish deep it can be really rewarding. To me there is nothing better then sitting in the middle of the lake with nothing around you but water and catching bass My .02

[Slyster]

Today I tried many lures.. but once again.. a weightless Senko topped them all. With today's conditions (hot and sunny and windy) it seemed that a black Senko was best.. but remember the term 'senko' is use generically here... cause I think I was using mostly Exude Comida's today... plus some 'slurpies'... but they are all the same idea. Weedless tubes were good too. Only caught pike on spinners.

I like how plastics catch BASS and rarely anything else.

[pfluemis]

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(before senkos)

it seems like 90% of the posts i read here are about someone throwing a senko. all the reports i read out here, guys are fishing senkos. what did every body do before senkos? it seems to me that there are very distinct lure cycles as to what is hot. i am the kinda guy who like to use something other than the hot bait. i have gotten fish on a senko or two, but i don't use em much due to my 'not follow the herd attitude'. am i missing the boat on teh senko craze?

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Yeah, you might be missing the boat on the senko craze. I have never been into "keeping up with the "Jones'", or run out and buy the latest and greatest. I am usually willing to try new things if I deem it something worth trying. I still like my good old fashion Bass-oreno's frogs, and jitterbugs, and will never give them up, but I felt the new plastics, specifically the Senko's were worth a try. As a result, I find them quick and easy to use, and productive too. Becouse of those facts, I tend to use them a lot, it keeps my line in the water longer, which in turn, gives me more opertunities to catch fish. I, in no way, would be considered a bass fisherperson. I spend about 25% of my time fishing for bass, so when I do fish for them, I prefer to keep it simple.

[SledNeck]

Id rather fish a buzzbait, but senkos catch more fish seems like. My biggest bass was caught pre-senko days on a grape plastic worm.

[Ray Esboldt]

Someone nailed it when they said senko/stickbait plastics are easy to fish. Bingo! They are heavy, so indeed they are easy to fish, easy to keep contact with, easy to cast, and so on. And, yes, they are very effective baits. I use them a bunch.

Here's where I don't like them. They sink way too fast if they are on a jig head. If fish are riding the weed tops on a weedline, it blows right through them on the drop. Solution is to fish it weightless (tough to keep contact with in the wind) or switch to a traditional plastic. Second, the bait seems to appeal to aggressive fish. I don't know why that is because it looks like a finesse bait to me. But, the fish don't seem to see it that way. I've went back through an area that produced one or two on a senko and cleaned house crawling a jig-n-pig through there.

So, I use them, but I sure as heck don't use them exclusively.

[RK]

Hiya -

I'm with ya Ray... I use them, but in fairly limited situations. Great dock skippers, good over shallow rocks for smallies either t-rigged weightless or on a split-shot rig, very good river smallie baits (the density makes them great in current). A lot of my shallow fishing is in heavy rushes though, and these baits get shredded just coming through the cover. The other thing I dislike about them for more general purpose use is it's hard to cover much water with them. Since I fish deep a lot, I run into the same issues Ray does - they fall too fast on a jighead, and if you're in any kind of wind or deeper water, they're hard to fish weightless. The one application I have found for them on deep weedlines is fishing them on a football head - but about any plastic will work for that frankly.

One slightly off the wall presentation these do work well for is fishing them for smallies wacky rigged under a bobber (of all things). I do it when my kids come with me smallie fishing. Wacky rigged on a circle hook, smallies can really crush them, and since it's under a bobber, detecting a hit isn't a problem. Very easy and effective.

So bottom line for me, other than a few fairly specific situations, there are a lot of other plastic styles I reach for first...

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[ocf1]

How many of you guys use strike king zeroes? I don't fish nearly as much as most of you guys but i havent lost one in the last 2 years. They have great action still and literally stretch 3x their length.

[river rat316]

Never much cared for the Zero, don't care much for Strike King for that matter, think there 3x is dump, cant stand there spinnerbaits or jigs.... well you get the picture

I do how ever fish stick baits, I like them on a jighead poured without the salt, adds a whole new dimension and you can get better clearer colors without salt. The salt is the reason they sink so much, so if your not fishing them weightless theres no reason to have the salt. If I'm fishing them weightless I like them loaded with salt for a faster drop, the originals are about as heavy as you can get in stores, but an internet search will give you some small handpoureers that can use as much salt as you'd like

[Central Bassman]

I would have a agree with River Rat. I'm not a big fan at all of the Zero. The 3x just doesn't seem to have the same action as the Senkos do.

[ocf1]

Really? I've only used it, and its worked, i guess i gotta get some other, any other Non senkos(cheaper) that is available at walmart or gander mountain?

[Central Bassman]

I might be wrong but i think River Rat makes senkos??

[bgreen82]

i'm heading up to mille lacs this weekend and will be fishing the south side. i have some comidas and berkely sinking minnows in a couple different colors. would these be a good choice for smallies over some shallow to mid-depth rock piles? also, are poc'it'dads by exude a decent smallie producer or should those be left for largemouth? thanks.

[matthothand]

The senko baits gained popularity because they are easy to fish and versatile. You can rig them many different ways and utilize them in many different conditions. I don't know if they are the best bait ever but they are right up there someplace near the top. I don't care too much for the 3x zeros but the 3x zulus (5" floating jerk shad type...basically a floating [zoom] fluke) put over 200 bass in my boat in 17 hours on opener weekend. One buddy and I threw a lot of baits and caught fish but the 3x zulu was hands down the best jerk shad we put in the water and that was the best presentation we could throw on my lake. Next best producer was a carolina rigged tube followed closely by...yes, a yamamoto senko.

[river rat316]

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I might be wrong but i think River Rat makes senkos??

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No your right, but mine are for "personal" use only right now, for what some not so smart people are selling theres for on hsolist, I refuse to sell mine that cheap

Plus its not so fun to sit over a 350 degree pot of plastic when its 90 degrees in the garage.... although I am gonna have to do it tonight, Ive ran out of one of my favorite colors

[Central Bassman]

I thought you made them but wasnt for sure. So what is that Favorite color you ran out of??

[river rat316]

very simple, pearl white with black flake, for some reason I have better luck on that color than any other