Dakotabowhunter

On a recent fishing trip my partner and I tried several different brands of Senko baits to fish docks. We ended up catching 40-50 fish on the day about half on Senko style baits. We fished actual Senkos, BPS Sticko, Yum dinger, Berkley Generals and Berkley Sluggo's all Texas rigged. At the end of the day fish were caught on every bait except the Yum Dingers. All were fished weightless, I noticed that the Yum Dinger was by far the slowest sinking bait that we used that day. The other baits all sank out of sight and to the bottom in a few seconds. The Dingers took quite a while to sink till out of sight. Most of the docks were only in 4-5 feet of water. So I guess either the fish wanted a faster fall or didn't like something about the Dingers. At one time I fished a Green Dinger for about twenty minutes without a bite, replaced the dinger with a General and caught a fish two casts later. Next outing I guess I'll try fishing the Dingers on a weighted Texas rig and see how they do.

Thanks for all the replies guys, I'm sure they will be helpful. After reading some replies I went to my grandkids wading pool and swam the jig across it, no action from the craw. So I installed a SK 4 inch paddle tail swim bait and tried that. That worked pretty good, the jig now had good tail action and side to side movement. Now I just have to go fishing and try it out. Thanks a lot everybody, now I'll have to get some Strike King plastics and try them too.

Hey guy's, this is the first topic I've started so hope I do it right. I tried using swim jigs for the first time this year and wasn't too impressed. I was using a 1/2 ounce Freedom swim jig and was using a Big Bite swim craw as a trailer. I thought the combo looked great but after a few casts I could see that the trailer claws had no action at all? So I tried another craw that looks the same but has different claws more like a rage craw. Well the action wasn't there either, so I gave up and went back to Texas rigged plastics. I was trimming the craws bodies so they were about 1 1/2 inches past the hook and had trimmed the jig skirt even with hook barb. I guess it looked great if it would have been a flipping or structure jig. Do you think I should leave the craws full length or just go to a paddle tail swim bait. Both the craws I used have a lot of action if Texas rigged, I think the jig skirt blocks too much water from passing over the claws of the craws to let them flutter? Any advise you have would be appreciated, Thanks.

Long time forum reader but first time posting. I've been fishing 30+ years and have always pegged my sinker, I've usually had good luck this way. What will I gain by not pegging the sinker? I would guess that I'll get hung up more often as the bait and the sinker separate in cover? I guess I'm now curious and will have to experiment a little bit to see if the lure action changes one way or the other.