Is There Ever A Time Senkos Won't Catch Fish?

[jimmykm21]

Just got back from night fishing and used top water , spinnerbait and a crank.

 

Wacky rigged senko dipped  in  JJ's magic and it out fished everything else.

[Ima Bass Ninja]

Anytime they are attached to my hook. Seriously never caught a thing with em.

[Bluebasser86]

They aren't great in really muddy water. Even then they will catch fish on a weighted T-rig though. If the fish are really chasing there's usually better options too. 

[jimmykm21]

Anytime they are attached to my hook. Seriously never caught a thing with em.

lol   no kidding ?

 

I use pretty much everything in my tackle boxes but my go  to is always senkos.

My fishing buddy tonight sounds a little like you , he's not a big worm fisherman.

[ClackerBuzz]

Anytime they are attached to my hook. Seriously never caught a thing with em.

haha never saw that coming! stop "fishing" with them.  u have to be putting way too much action on them.

 

just cast out, sink and dead stick'm. and relocate water often.

[Dyerbassman]

Anytime they are attached to my hook. Seriously never caught a thing with em.

X2

[MrSwimJig]

I have great luck with the swim senko as a swim jig trailer and when I do occasionally throw a senko I seem to catch at least 1 or 2 really nice fish.

[AK-Jax86]

I was a hardcore senko fisher only the 6" ones though. I recently picked up frogging and have become addicted to it that's all I throw now regardless of conditions or if they are biting or not. But senkos do seem to catch you a fish when nothing else is working

[lmbfisherman]

No matter what, I have never caught a bass or any fish with a senko from 4" to 6" at this pond I fish.  In fact any worm plastics I have never caught a fish there.  Now if you put on any other creature or fish imitation looking bait (fluke, craws..etc) you can always catch'em.  I tried again using a trick worm wacky style and nothing, not even a sunfish nibble.  This pond is pressured big time by worm and bobber fisherman, so that maybe the reason.  So yeah there is those exceptions!

[Arv]

For me, the only time they don't catch fish, is if there are no fish.

[Brandon Dozier]

For me, the only time they don't catch fish, is if there are no fish.

 

Definitely, this.

[Brian Needham]

I never really had much confidence in them either. Then I fished with Glenn at the roadtrip and he gave me a good schooling.

 

it is literally a do nothing bait......cast, sink...........wait...........twitch. reel in. if you don't get bit by then, cast to a different spot.

also read Roadwarrior's "guaranteed to catch fish thread".

[Mr. Bassin II]

Anytime they are attached to my hook. Seriously never caught a thing with em.

 

 

Have to agree with this.  I call them "skunkos".

[Drewski73]

Senkos are just not very productive for me. Ive watched all the vids, and read all the articles. I can fish a zoom finese worm, or a 4.5" robo worm the same way and catch more fish. I fish em weightless t-rigged. Ive had ONE day where they ate em, and it was any size any color. Usually I give up before I catch a fish.

[eyedabassman]

I tell people at my seminars=if you can't catch fish on a Senko thaen take up golf or ping pong!

[bgraham91]

You can't go wrong with a senko, may not be a so called big fish bait but it will get fish in the boat.

[das028]

To me, there is nothing special about them. I've caught fish on them but not some un-godly amount that keeps them on my line all the time. To be honest I think they are boring to fish, and probably my least used plastic in my tackle box.

But that's just me, they definitely aren't this popular if somebody isn't catching fish with them.

[Darren.]

Senkos, Zoom Finesse and Trick worms are about all I use now-a-days. I've been skunked, but the days I catch far out number the days of skunkness.

[flyfisher]

I have caught fish every month of the year here in VA on them but i rarely if ever wacky rig them, usually a weightless texas rig or on a shaky head.  I don't catch a ton of big bass on them but i definitely can catch fish all day with them in most types of cover.  Lately i have been getting bored with them as the crankbait bug has bitten me hard and trying to learn how to fish a jig too has left the weightless plastic rod under utilized  

[ww2farmer]

I have never caught a fish with a senko still in the package or out of the water, but other than that.................no, they work year round and on any type of presentation you can dream up. Some of the internet experts claim they are no good on shakey heads, drop shots, as jig trailers, or dirty water.......but I beg to differ.

[bigbill]

If I catch fish on them anyone should know it's all about the location your using them at.

I find in fishing the same places over and over I still am learning new areas to fish.

Every spot where cranks, spinnerbaits, inline spinners, brushogs, worms and topwater stuff works so does the senkos.

Again I don't stick to one pattern. I switch lures till one catches fish. That's the challange yo me. Not all the lures work all the time.

Now with muddy water fishing with senkos doesn't the lure color rules apply to the diffrtent different water conditions?

I'm thinking if I used senkos in muddy water they would be in brighter colors with a rattle installed on both ends of the wacky rig. Using a scent would help too. How about a bubble gum or chartreuse color senko? I swear by using rattles and scents with plastics gives us an advantage. I do prefer my crankbaits with rattles for ringing the dinner bell for long distances they will come to eat. Remember in fishing it's sight, sound and smell that works for us.

What lure color to use for different water conditions applied to plastics too why wouldn't they?

Right now I have most of the different colored comida(MT senko) in stock. I'm going to test all the colors someday. Like I tested the crank bait colors to see if all the colors work sometimes and there are days were one color works with just like the crankbaits.

Sorry for the wrong word my spell check changes my complete words or one letter sometimes so it's not me

[bigbill]

BPS offers there 7 1/4" stick o worm that's the biggest senko type bait that's manufactured to date. But make sure you have a big hook for it too. I used one for the first with the biggest hook I had which was too small. I seen the bass come out of the weeds and grab it. I lost possibly a new state record that day. These 7 1/4" stick o worm are the fattest I have ever seen too. They do require a very large hook too.

Remember big bait= big bass

[prjavelin]

senkos are worthless here in Puerto Rico. At least in the 3 reservoirs that I visit. anyone having success with them in clear, deep reservoirs?

[Loop_Dad]

My confession is that when I start smelling the skunk, I switch to senko.

 

But I don't tell my friends.

 

My senko fish are generally smaller.

[beergogglin]

Last month I was fishing a tournament lake way up in Northern NYS and was fishing senkos t-rigged and wackied. Absolutely nothing. I started fishing them in this lake 5 years ago and always had luck with them. Then this year nothing. I switched to a brush hog and started nailing them. I'm starting to think the fish are learning that they are not good eats or something because of constant pressure. I think they've seen them too many times in some areas.