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SALE Gary Yamamoto Senko - 5''
- Salt-impregnated
- Casts llike a bullet
- Unique fall when fished weightless or wacky style
- Salt-impregnated
- Casts llike a bullet
- Unique fall when fished weightless or wacky style
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i only want one answer: your best (favorite) color.preferably for stained to muddy water.
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If your fishing in muddy water get a black color worm.
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i use chartruese green flake for dark murky water, also had luck with chatruese black and with color that almost matched the color of the water.A:
I always use the Watermelon with black flakes item 194.I was fishing with my son and he was using a Kinami flash (Looks just like a Senko but made by Gary Yamamoto's Son) colored chartreuse with white and he was cathing at the same rate I was.
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try junebug. i catch bass on that color everywhere i go. big ones too.
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use Junebug. catch bass with that color everywhere i go.A:
Black.
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Watermelon with red
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Black with red flake
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My absolute favorite color would have to be black with blue flakes. I use it mainly in the murky waters of the California Delta, but It works in clear water as well.Answers
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5" when fishing is hot and 4" when fishing is slowA:
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5 INCH AND 3 IF THEY HAD MORE COLORSA:
Hi Barnum,I use the 5 inch Senkos during the summer and I do great with them. But during the spring, and fall, I will go with the smaller 4 inch for small mouth and finnicky large mouth. I hope I helped.
P.S. I use a size 3 Gamatkusu hook on a Carolina rig with this.
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I prefer and always use the 5" in several different colors. Rig Texas style and always works for me.
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I like the 4 and 5" for most areas. The best thing to do is try different sizes and have the fish tell you what they want. For small mouth I have great success with the 3" Fat Senko. Bass Pro does not carry them or at least they did not have any in Foxboro Ma..Experiment the fish will let you know and try changing the retrieve. I fish them mostly weightless and I get most hits as the Senko's dropping so watch your line closely. Tight lines...
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Depends on the mood of the fish - 4" works all the time and works best when fish aren't biting. The bigger the bait, the bigger the fish and if they are aggressive go up to even 7" - you'll get some hogsAnswers
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I would say go with the 5",maybe try 6" too. If you go smaller you'll have alot of smaller fish tearing at them.A:
I would try the 4 inch Senko for the smaller bass, but if you are targeting the larger bass go with the 5 inch. Hope I helped.A:
any of those sizes except the 6 incher . 4 and 5 will work great though.A:
I like the 5" senko cause its heavy enough to cast and catches bass of all size.A:
Go with the 5, at this size you have many ways to work it. Texas rig or Wacky works well at this size, just try it out on the water and you'll see they wiggle quite well. I caught 1-5 pounders on the 5 inch.
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All of the above - it really depends on how they are feeding. If they are active - go bigger. If they are more subdued - go smaller. I have had small fish hit huge baits and vice versa. It depends on the weather and time of year.A:
You can't go wrong with the 5 inch. It cast farther than the 4inch. Is not as intimidating as the 6. But all will catch the size of bass in your lake.Q:
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i live in mass what color would work best in early spring summer clear or stained water
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I also live in Mass. You need 4 colors. Black, Black with Blue Flakes. Black with Red Flakes, and any kind of Pumpkin. The darker the water, or if it is rainy outside, use a black. If it's a bit more clear, use pumpkin.A:
it depends man but i always catc big and small ones with watemelon with re flash the red makes it look hurt its greatA:
green with the yellow tailA:
Root Beer/ Gold Flake,Green Pumpkin,
Chartruese gold flake
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Where I live I like the Red Shad or Black with Blue Flake.A:
any thing with bright colers in it like chartruse
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I live in MA too. The best color for year-round fishing anytime, anywhere is black no flake. I know it sounds ameteurish and out-of-date but it works in any temperature, any level of stain from clear to muddy, and catches everything from 5-inch squealers to 5-pounders. never go below the four inch. five inch is best but four inch is sometimes the only way to catch them.Lucky fishing,
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what would best color?Answers
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Absolutely. Here's what I do: wacky rig a black senko, cast out until you hear it hit the surfuce, then dance the lure on top of the water for a couple of turns, then let it drop.Wait
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i guess...u shhould try junebugA:
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Yes you can fish it at night. One advice someone gave me was to use a darker color at night.
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by can you fish wacky rig at night. Yes i suppose you can fish it anytime, doesn't matter time of day. The best color depends on the conditions you are fishing in. Clear water, muddy, very muddy, stained, river water, lake, pond, etc. A good color matches the hatch, meaning it matches the surrounding baits the fish feed off. Crayfish color is that is what they are feeding on, or bluegill, or shad color, or even frog. It depends, but i hope that helps.A:
Use black or deep purple or dark blue. add a rattle to your setupDetails:
I recently picked up a package of these because i've heard so much about how great they catch fish. Wonderin the best way to do so with itAnswers
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I would say Wacky. it has a little more action which you'd want in stained water.A:
i like texas wieghtless cause im from guntersville and theres so much weeds but i just teicth it and take up slack and then eventualy BAM,A:
i prefer wacky rigA:
I've had great success rigging them Texas Style, It is weedless and you can toss into or adjacent to heavy cover. Just a slight twitch here and there and Hold ON!!!A:
i would say if water is 0-5 ft then weightless rig it but if it is 6 ft and up then texas rig it with a 3/16 oz bullet weight.A:
Get little black o-rings and wacky rig the worms... pop it, sweep it, ..... the elastic flex provides lots of action... drop shot as well....
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i did the same hearing all the buzz about this bait. Rig it two ways, with a octopus/circle hook in the middle called wacky rigging...and there is another syle called texa rigging and you can look both of these techniques off the WWW. Try the wacky rigged, unlike most soft plastics which almost demand texas style, with this one wacky rigging works best. Be careful when rigging because they tear easily.Details:
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?Answers
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5 cause youll get small ones and the bigger ones!!!A:
I use the 5 inch most of the time. If the fishing slows,I go to the 4 incher.A:
5 ON BIG LAKES 3 ON LITTLEA:
I would use the 4 inch if you haven't already found an answer.
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Go with the five inch. I have had little "squealer" bass(under 6 inches long) eat my five inch senko. These things are so realistic the bass don't care if the bait is bigger than they are. take that on personal experience.Elite X2
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bigger lures for bigger bassAnswers
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Blue sky: light colorsClowdy and rainy: dark colors
NOTE: It realy depends on what you are fishing for!
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black/blueA:
use bass pro baby bass color... they tear them up.A:
Watermelon or Green Pumpkin
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I'm from Ma and my favorite and most productive colors are black and green I use them all season.
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i don't feel like that really mattersi would recommened maybe the watermelon color red//flake perhaps
i have heard good news about that
good luck
either way what matters most is the rig
wacky rigged with octopus hook or texas rigged
BOTH WEIGHTLESS RIG
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ive heard alot of people talking about drop-shot rigging these. i know how to dropshot rig a worm but what is the advantage/purpose of doing it that way?Answers
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forget ituse a wacky rig with octopus hook
or texas rig wieghtless
weightless!
the fall gets the strike
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whackey rig it with an octopus hookA:
You can nose hook a senko on a drop shot rig, or you can Texas rig them on a drop shot rig. I usually just Texas rig a 5" or 6" senko on a Gamakatsu skip-gap hook, or whacky rig them on an octopus, or a standard worm hook.
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Bait moves more freely and is up off bottom...makes fishing for suspended fish possible using small plastics.
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I use in line octopus hooks 4/0 by gamakatsu.. U just hook it right through the center, so that when its popped both sides undulate... When my brother first showed me I was not impressed.. But I have been using the style for a few years and it flat out works... I used a little black o-ring and slide it on to the center of the worms. as you hook the worms take care to slide the hook into the circle of the ring... it keeps the bait from falling off and saves worms... good luckA:
Its Pretty easy...just find the half way point of the worm and stick the hook right through the middle....then fish a wayA:
Easy as could be. Instead of running the hook through the nose of the worm, run it through the dead middle going side to side. If you're still confused, type wacky worm or wacky rig into youtube.
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very easy....get a hook (octopus hook)either with or without a weed guard and put it right through the middle of the worm...make sure it is the midpoint of the worm
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stick the hook thru the middle of the worm so that the ends can dangle and wiggle freely
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I just take an octopus hook and insert the tip of the hook through the midle of the bait. If the bait is very heavy to one side and very light on the other, then try to balance them out.
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Simply take your worm, find the center of it, and insert the hook. Thats all there is to it. For improved durability, try putting an o ring on the worm, and put the hook through that instead of the worm itself.A:
Buy the rubber rings and the installation tool first. Get a wacky style hooks 1/0 or 2/0, Put the ring on the sinko right in the middle, hook the hook under the ring and you are readyA:
Wacky rigging means that the worm is "hooked" in the middle (rather than near one end as in a "Texas rig"). This only makes sense with "stick" baits such as the Yamasenko (aka "senko") worms. The idea is not to use ANY sinker or weight and only a small and light hook, and to use stick worms that are impregnated with salt or something to make them just a bit heavier than water. The overall effect is to allow the bait to "drift" downward slowly like a natural worm might do and to make the worm attract attention when lifted. You need patience when fishing this rig - it might take 10 or 15 seconds for a wacky-rig senko to drop 20 feet or so ... to where the big bass are lurking in August.I use o-rings and an o-Wacky tool to put them on, hooking the size #4 hook around only the o-ring. This allows the worm to never get torn by the hook or the fish - rather it slides right up the line when a fish strikes and gets hooked. And yes, I know for sure that a tiny #4 hook can hook and hold 4 lb. smallies and 5+ lb. largemouth just great ... right in the roof of the mouth or around the lip. I hooked a muskie last week on that same wacky-rigged senko too but lost him - the hook held and he came out of the water a bit, but he bit off / snapped my monofilament line when he did ...
I love stick baits and wacky rigging. Hope this helps.
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Fold the worm/bait in half (not fully in half but in a teardrop shape so it doesnt brake) and then just push the hook through the middle of the bait.
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If you are asking about the "Sinko" it can be rigged either by simply running the hook completely through the "center" of the bait allowing it to hang in an upside down "U" fashion and cast to the desired structure. Let the bait settle to the bottom, then "jiggle" the rod tip while you retrieve, letting the bait rest a few seconds every 3 feet or so. OR you can use an "O" ring placing it around the Sinko and sliding the hook between the ring and the bait. Use the same retrieve as described above. This also works on worms and lizzards. Good luck!
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