Senkos not used in Eite series events?!

[juicebass]

23 hours ago, primetime said:

On Toho they were all throwing a Gambler beast stick bait on 1/4 ounce bullet weight...same on the Big O...thick stick worms with 1/4-3/8 weights, guys are now punching stick worms more than in the past...Starting to become popular, same as the big 7" size worked subsurface like a subwalk....

They get used plenty, just not in the same way we all do since they are usually covering water and looking or 5 good strikes, a drop shot is just more efficient if they are going to go light I guess, they can drag it faster at the right depth the entire time..If they find them in practice I would imagine guys pick apart areas with an unweighted stick worm....if it works, it works for everyone, but I notice that most guys fish them on weights more often then not it seems, and they try not to peg if possible....

the Yum Dinger is becoming popular for punching due to the hook slot...black and blue or junebug is all anyone fishes down here...6" Dinger, 3/8-1/2 ounce weight does the job, gets through mats that most guys have to use over an ounce....

We don't see it since they already sell enough stick baits...but can only make so many new sticks...creatures can be altered to sell more baits each year but they use the same stuff that works for us...

Great response. So true on the altering creature baits!

[burrows]

I think their should be some kind of fine or penalty for a pro that lies about what they are throwing when they win a big tournament specially the classic. I feel that it's just straight out wrong and dishonest some sort of punishment should be given. 

[Jrob78]

32 minutes ago, crankzilla said:

I think their should be some kind of fine or penalty for a pro that lies about what they are throwing when they win a big tournament specially the classic. I feel that it's just straight out wrong and dishonest some sort of punishment should be given. 

Who is lying about baits they use?  Why on Earth would that deserve a fine or penalty?   This makes no sense.

[RichF]

3 hours ago, crankzilla said:

I think their should be some kind of fine or penalty for a pro that lies about what they are throwing when they win a big tournament specially the classic. I feel that it's just straight out wrong and dishonest some sort of punishment should be given. 

I think there should be penalties handed out to anyone who uses a senko in a tournament hahahah!

[mrmacwvu1]

10 hours ago, RichF said:

I think there should be penalties handed out to anyone who uses a senko in a tournament hahahah!

there is in my tournament

it is usually placing in the money or big fish

then my buddies and I go to the bar and spend our winnings

the penalty is when we get home to the wives

[burrows]

13 hours ago, Jrob78 said:

Who is lying about baits they use?  Why on Earth would that deserve a fine or penalty?   This makes no sense.

I was talking about some of the earlyer post. But whatever brother.

[hoosierbass07]

On 3/29/2016 at 6:53 PM, juicebass said:

I've watched a lot of video from the bass master tournaments, and honestly I never see any of the elite series pros using Senkos.

For one, I've caught a lot of bass on Senkos, From reading the forums in here, so have a lot of other anglers!

But for some reason the pros (even those sponsored by (Yamamoto) don't throw a senko type baits during the big tournaments.

 

Yep, I've been on this site for more than a few years now and it seems if there is one brand/lure question that comes up more than others, it's the Senko/stick bait lure.  I'm a follower and devote of soft plastics worms/stick baits.  I also wonder, when I watch the Pros competing on TV, why aren't they using the Texas Rig worm or soft stick bait or split-shot soft plastic or weightless soft plastic?  I think something funny is going on.  In my opinion, the lure companies what to sell their hard baits/other lures as well as their soft plastics, so they make the Pros use those crankbaits/big jigs/etc...  

So its basically a sales job.  We all know soft plastics are superior to anything else.  The lure companies want you to think crankbaits/spinnerbaits/top water catches as many fish/big fish as well as the soft plastics do.  At least in my fishing time, I've found the Yum-Dinger almost superior to anything else I use.  

[Gundog]

Last year I got a chance to see the saturday weight-in for a BASS tourney at Cayuga Lake in upstate NY. I walked around the dock when the boats were there and most of the boats that I could see had at least one rod with a senko style bait on it. I'm one of those guys that likes to see what the pros use as far as gear and lures. I agree with some of the posts that the lure doesn't get the attention because it isn't flashy and maybe some pros don't have a sponsor that makes that lure. 

[flyfisher]

On March 30, 2016 at 2:05 AM, Bluebasser86 said:

Alton Jones seems to always catch at least a few of his fish on a YUM Dinger and it's about the only bait he fishes around spawning time. 

when he won the classic i believe it was the main bait too.

[Bluebasser86]

33 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

when he won the classic i believe it was the main bait too.

He actually used a jigging spoon and a jig to win the Classic at Hartwell. He mainly used a jig at Grand this year also. He's a slow, soak the bait kind of guy, so a senko suits him well.

[flyfisher]

You're right, I am thinking of another tournament he won on the St John's river i believe. 

[Jrob78]

1 minute ago, flyfisher said:

You're right, I am thinking of another tournament he won on the St John's river i believe. 

You're right, that's the one I remember too.

[Bluebasser86]

6 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

You're right, I am thinking of another tournament he won on the St John's river i believe. 

Yep, he won that one sight fishing and blind casting a 6" Junebug YUM Dinger.