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Tested and proven on California lunkers, Gary Yamamoto's Senko has quickly become a sensation throughout the United States. The Senko's salt impregnated, has a healthy profile, casts like a bullet, and features a unique smooth-and-even horizontal fall when fished weightless or wacky style. It's not magic, but it's pretty darn close.
Tested and proven on California lunkers, Gary Yamamoto's Senko has quickly become a sensation throughout the United States. The Senko's salt impregnated, has a healthy profile, casts like a bullet, and features a unique smooth-and-even horizontal fall when fished weightless or wacky style. It's not magic, but it's pretty darn close.
I love to fish a Zoom trick worm weedless, but lately my catch ratio has gone down. I've had these senkos in a back of my tacklebox for a while and I haven't thought of using since I have produced with the trick worm. Should I use the senkos, weedless or weighted, or stick with the trick worm in another color. For extra info. my lake is large with the deepest area is probably 5-6 feet.
I would give the Senko's a try if I were you. They are very good on bass, pretty easy to use too. Just skin hook them with a standard worm hook used for Texas rigs. No need for weight, they pack a ton of salt into these things so a 5" Senko should get down 5 feet in just a few seconds. Plus they behave more naturally with the weightless presentation.
Try the senko wacky style. you did not mention what size senkos you have. either size will work. Let the fish dictate which size 4" or 5". sounds like the fish are used to your Zoom trick worm.
I tried Senkos for the first time this year and have nothing but success with them so far in every color that I have used I use the 4" rigged wacky mostly but I have used in heavy weed cover it hooked similar to a carolina rig with out a weight it sink fast enough for me and is heavy enough to cast as far as needed.
since your lake is very shallow just try a new color trick worm because the senko falls a lot faster and works best 5-10 feet. if you decide to fish a senko never put a weight on it. it ruins the action and makes it literally act like a falling stick. for the colors try a very unique color like white. bass become used to traditional lure colors so dont always try to match the hatch.
i would try the senko weedless and if your not getting nay bites but a light weight bullet weight on it to give it more action. Trick worms use to be my go to bait, but lately I've had bad results from them. You can't go wrong with a watermelon seed fluke.
here in jersey i usually catch bass on the smaller size (1-3 lbs) sometimes hooking up a few around 4 lbs. Would it be better for me to go with the 4 or the 5 inch senko?
In my opinion the 4" senko would work better for you. I have tried 3", 4", and 5" Senkos and now I only use predominantly the 4 and 3 inch Senkos. The three inch Senkos will get you the smaller size LMB like 1-3lb and the 4" will help attract those sizes as well as larger bass all the while keeping the sunnies away.
i am in jersey also. and i catch the same size bass as you. i do use both. it depends on the weather that day and how the fish are biting that day. it also depends if its murky or clear water. most water in jersey is murky so i like to use something bigger like a 5 inch. but if nothing is biting then i will switch to a 4 inch which is effective most of the time.
PUT HOOK TROUGH WORM THEN BURY THE POINT BACK INTO THE WORM INSTEAD OF HAVING HOOK EXPOSED,DONT WORRY THE WAY BASS EAT THIS BAIT (MOST TRY TO SWALLOW IT) YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR A GOOD HOOKSET
Normal, just u-hook the worm near the location of the heart section of the worm. Weedless, -put hook through by heart of worm, then push a loop in the center of the worm, push the hook back through the worm and skin hook it in the loop of the worm
The weedless skin hook rig is just a fancy term for Texis rig. The only exception is that you poke the hook out through the back of it to maximize setting the hook.
I prefer a 1/0 or 2/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Circle hook (wacky-rigged). I was using a Gamakatsu Finesse Worm hook but lost a few nice fish. No problems since switching to the circle, and I'm often able to get smaller fish to spit it out without hooking them. This helps the Senkos last longer, doesn't harm the fish, and saves time.
I typically use the Gamakastu Superline Worm hooks or the EWG Worm Hooks, also by Gamakastu. You rig is weedless on one of these senkos and work it over stumps and such and it produces alot of hookups. These hooks are really sharp.
I like an Owner rigging hook or a Bass Pro Shops XPS wide gap hook in about a size 1/0 or 2/0. Something big enough to make sure you can get a good hookset, yet little enough so as not to be too bulky and large compared to the bait itself.
Depends on how you fish them, but I prefer just a straight aligned hook right through the middle of the senko and I'll twitch it to give it some action.
wacky rig or texas rig both work well.Color depends on depth and water clarity,species of bass,time of year and personal preference,I dont think that there is a color that is BEST.Experimentation is one of the best parts of fishing as fish will react to different colors at different times and it is always fun to find a new color that the bass want to hit.
My best results come from wacky-rigged Senkos (with an o-ring). Watermelon/Lemon is my most consistant performer, but I like the green/white or smoke/white when the fish are feeding, and firetiger, bubblegum, or blue/black for reaction strikes.
The best colors for me have been black w/blue flake, a smoke with purple flake (which they don't have on here), and the watermelon cream white. You just rig it like a texas rig
Rig it weedless and weightless for shallow presentations and Texas style with a 1/8th to 3/16th oz bullet weight for deeper fishing. Seems like watermelon/red flake is a favorite along with green pumpkin out here in California.
I will usually use a lighter color senko such as a white or a light red to get the bass to see it, and they usually strike it because they think it is a dying or bleeding minnow.
I have listened to many pros & watch Bass Pro's all the time. While there are many different colors to work with, the general consensus is that green pumpkin & watermelon seem to be the ones that work on a regular basis. One of the items here you can use to help in find appropriate color is the C-lecter. It's a great little item that is used by many of the pros.
I like the watermelon, or the pumpkin seed, and I usually wacky rig them and bounce them off the bottom of the lake. (the hook goes through what would be the "clitellum" of the worm)