Red shad laminate senko

[culprit71]

Hey guys , I have not had good luck with this color fishing mostly weedy lakes in south jersey.  I'm interested in hearing other's success or lack of success with this color  :-/

[Fishes in trees]

For me, red shad is mostly a dingy/muddy water color, should you have visibility of a foot or more, there are probably better colors out there.

[iceintheveins]

I've had decent luck with it at times, even in clear water.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

I don't know what it is and it makes no sense at all whatsoever, but red shad worms (ribbon tails) tear them up around here. On the other hand I have never gotten a single strike on a red shad senko,fluke style bait,sluggo,trickworm bait ever. I got bags of this stuff and it is worthless to me. :-/

[Raul]

Red shad is one of my favorite colors and it didn 't become one of my favorites just because it looks pretty.

[Shad_Master]

This has been the biggest mystery to me - there are guys in my local club that never throw anything but red shad whatevers - I have bunch of 'em in the boat/tackle box but can't say that I have ever caught anything on them.  They sure do look purty in the water, though.

[culprit71]

I think maybe I'm afraid of the color and maybe I'm not throwing it enough.  I'll have to try it again.  I had some excellent fishing this weekend creek fishing for smallmouth throwing smoke with black and purple and watermelon senkos.

[Big-O]

I don't fish Senko style baits but have found that Red Shad is a versitile color for flipping and or dragging the bottom with worms, and I rarely throw it in clear bright conditions unless I'm fishing deeper water. Have also been very successful at night with it...go figure. It's a thick color that will silhouette better than other translucent colors.

Are you fishing it weightless...

It could be that where you're fishing, this color is better suited for slightly quicker fall through the water column or bottom bumping. I wouldn't give up or dicard them but moreover find their best usage for your area 

Big O

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[MALTESE FALCON]

I have never used a Red Shad Senko, however, I have ALOT of success with Red Shad ribbontail worms in my canal, where the water is somewhat stained. Out in the lake, where the water is very clear, I don't think I've ever caught a single fish on Red Shad.

Falcon

[heavy M]

At on one lake I fish texas rigged red shad ribbon tail worms are the bait of choice. I tried red shad senkos at the same lake, but have never had any luck.

BTW the water in that lake is pretty stained. I can't remember ever having much luck with red shad in clearer water.

[culprit71]

Thanks for the excellent tips people.  Maybe the bass are seeing the ribbontails as a kind of large leech which could explain why they hit it when dragged on the bottom.  I have som red shad culprit ribbontails that I can try too.  They don't seem to fish like purple worms either. I'll try it in the muddy water.

On a side note I've been to Bradenton FLa  many times to visit my family there and on Anna Maria Island.  They all fish of course, but mostly for grouper

[Roby Ellis]

I fish the red shad laminate senko wacky rigged. I have really good luck with it here in Alabama.

[Brayberry]

Can't buy a bite on Red Shad Worms and Senko's, but will tear them up on Cherry Seed or Tomato, Weird

[Raul]

How you guys manage to find and dig out a 7 YEAR OLD POST ?

[riverbasser]

48 minutes ago, Raul said:

How you guys manage to find and dig out a 7 YEAR OLD POST ?

Lol its always a new member. I think they find the thread from a Google search and then sign up just to comment on it

[jr231]

53 minutes ago, Raul said:

How you guys manage to find and dig out a 7 YEAR OLD POST ?

 

When you ask questions on a search engine about bass fishing, It gives suggestions best related to your request....

 

Depending on the words you choose, your results could be a 7 year old post on bass resource. 

Red shad is still relevant.. i

[bh91]

Is it better to make a new thread and have people tell you to use the search function though?

[S. Sass]

4 hours ago, Raul said:

How you guys manage to find and dig out a 7 YEAR OLD POST ?

Its technically not 7 years old yet. 

I have some red laminate senkos. i picked them up just a few weeks ago. Haven't used a one yet though. Now a red shad ribbontail worm is a good worm for bass. 

[dwh4784]

Never tried red, I did buy a pack of orangeish looking Senkos last year and did well on them. I've yet to find a color I can pin down as producing better than any others really.

[Bluebasser86]

A red shad 10" power worm is staple summer time bait in some of the lakes I fish. My biggest bass I've caught in Kansas was on a red shad YUM woolly bug, which I don't think is a color they offer anymore in that bait. It seems to work well in stained water. 

[frosty]

I used a red shad senko to catch my first Texas rig bass, in fact I went through the whole pack of them and that includes rigging them backwards and biting a little bit off the end. 

[N Florida Mike]

My senko of choice is watermelon slice,which Are basically watermelon red with more red in it.Also has a black top to it,so its similar to red shad.Its my number one producer .I have red shad flukes which I occasionally catch a fish on,and still have my red shad culprits which I have caught hundreds of fish on.

[Kris2016]

I don't have any red shad anything in my collection.  I have not heard anyone having that as a producer in my circle of Friends here in Maryland.  My favorite and best senko-style producer for me is green with black flake.  Many of the guys in my Old Guys Club have depended on Berkley blue fleck worms for many years.  Guess I might have to try a pack of them sometime.

[fishwizzard]

There is a regular at a local lake who I only ever see fishing a red shad worm.  Most of the time it is a ribbon tail t-rigged with a light weight, but sometimes it's a small stickbait, also t-rigged with a small weight.  It's a very pressured lake and I do notice him doing pretty well for himself.  I might have to give them a try myself, assuming he isn't there that day 

[Jaderose]

Never tried a red shad senko.  Now a Culprit fat maxx?  That's a different story.  Got one tied on through most of the summer.