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

[J Francho]

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

 

But I don't tell my friends.

 

When I tie one on, I usually say something about quitting fishing, lol.  They work everywhere, every time.  However, they are slow, and a little boring if your fish are more than 8' deep. 

[Arv]

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

stained and muddy water, I still use watermelon and green pumpkin, wacky or t rig, works fine w/o any modifications for me.

[gobig]

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?

 

 

Yes the work in clear deep reservoirs. Depending on the depth fish are located at you may need to adjust the presentation. It takes a lot of patience to fish a  un-weighted senko in 30ft of water.  Here is one example of what I am trying to convey... using the scenario of fish holding in 30ft of water. If you wacky rig a senko on a dropshot you can use a longer than normal leader between the hook and weight, about 4ft. This allows the bait to get down to the strike zone much faster. Down sizing and light line can also be critical.

[Bass Junkie]

They catch fish very well in an extensive range of situations. However, they are the ideal presentation about as often as other baits. It just so happens that fish will eat them even if its not ideal. This character trait is not just specific to the Senko by any means, but it is most often discovered by fisherman.

[livetofish28]

today lol  

[Grizzn N Bassin]

Love fishing wacky that's is my go to but in muddy water I never get bit

[AK-Jax86]

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

Ha I like that

[zwhiten12]

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

I hear ya on that one!

[DogBone_384]

I don't know if it's my presentation or not, but I've only caught a couple of small bass with a 5" metallic brown Senko which I've just started using because of all the hype I've read about them on this forum.  I do much better with a 5" or 7" metallic curly tail Berkley worm, texas rigged.  My regular pond, a stocked, man-made in 2008 reservoir, regularly serves up 2-3 pound bass.

[DogBone_384]

[dddyfz27]

I went fishing earlier this morning at a pond behind my gf's house and nothing we have fished before could catch anything over 1 1/2 lbs.. Well i decided to try a baby bass Strike King Shim-E-Stick and BAM! 8 1/2 #er was the end result... Im a believer for now

[5fishlimit]

Think of a senko as a candy bar for bass. Even if they're not hungry they'll still check it out.

[aquaholic]

If you guys dont want your senkos feel free to send them to me. I throw them a lot into weeds and love seeing that line start to take off.

[senile1]

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?

 

I think adding rattles to each end of the worm would ruin the action of the worm.  Maybe adding one in the middle would be better.  It's that quiver on the ends of a wacky rig that draws the bass in.  But who knows, maybe adding rattles to the ends would create another action that they like.  You never know until you try it.  I agree that the color is important in muddy water.

[MarkH024]

When I tie one on, I usually say something about quitting fishing, lol.  They work everywhere, every time.  However, they are slow, and a little boring if your fish are more than 8' deep. 

Exactly.  I know they produce but I have a hard time even putting one on because I just find it to be very slow and boring as well.  Glad i'm not the only one....

[pbizzle]

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

Remember, you don't work them... they work for you.

[senko_77]

I HATE fishing senkos!  They suck

[whitwolf]

I HATE fishing senkos!  They suck

lololol...... Tell us how you really feel Ryan!

[olegs]

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

X2

[justinm811]

I made a thread about Senkos a while back but I will ask my question again.  I was fishing a GY Senko Wacky rigged with a VMC 2/0 wacky weedless hook the other day (through the "band" on senko) lost two of them when I tried to set the hook on something it came back with just the hook.  What am I doing wrong?  Does everyone use O Rings when using Senkos wacky style?

[Paul Peixoto]

Yea. This morning

[HeavyDluxe]

They caught my PB smallie this afternoon... And they even caught that one rigged backwards.  

[SudburyBasser]

_{If there is ever a time where Senkos won't catch fish I hope I never see it.}

[bluezed]

I made a thread about Senkos a while back but I will ask my question again.  I was fishing a GY Senko Wacky rigged with a VMC 2/0 wacky weedless hook the other day (through the "band" on senko) lost two of them when I tried to set the hook on something it came back with just the hook.  What am I doing wrong?  Does everyone use O Rings when using Senkos wacky style?

Yes, use an O-ring!