Swimming a normal senko?

[WildManWilder]

So yesterday I was pond hopping and we could not get the fish to bite.  Out of desperation I tied on the Ole' faithful worm, a watermelon senko.  

After making numerous casts with no success I started reeling it slowly back to the bank while talking to a friend.  As I reeled it I would twitch it once or twice.

Well the fish went crazy over it.  I was catching them about every other cast doing this or at least getting bit.  

After this I tied on a swim jig with an actual swimming senko and the trailer and they absolutely would not hit it. 

Has anyone else had success reeling a senko constant?

[Kevin22]

A couple ways. 

1. over pads. GREAT technique on pressured waters. Slowly reel it over pads and let it drop in between them for 3-5 seconds then pop it back to the surface and reel until you hit the next hole. 

2. as a jerkbait (fluke). Probably similar to what you were doing. 

[Turtle135]

how was the Senko rigged? wacky or texas "sans sinker"?

[WildManWilder]

20 minutes ago, Turtle135 said:

how was the Senko rigged? wacky or texas "sans sinker"?

Weightless Texas Rigged. I normally ca st a senko out and twitch it twice and then I let it fall again.  For some reason though they wanted it reeled like a swim jig but they wouldn't hit the swim jig.  It was definitely strange for me.

[Turtle135]

I frequently will throw a stickbait texas rigged with a really light pegged bullet sinker but it is more of a lift fall retrieve. Now you have another presentation that you will need to keep at the ready!

[Senko lover]

You think that's good, you should try a Cut'R worm. Love those things.

[Philo Beddoe]

I've caught a lot doing just as you descibed. Slowing reeling weightless texas rigged senko. It's my go to when they won't bite anything else.

[Retired@176]

Bass candy for me, weightless tex pose on a 3ewg, I just vary the retrieve until I find how they want it served. I save the good end of the chewed up senkos and find they work when the water gets cold and life slows down, even works for trout:

[Tucson]

Been wondering about swimming a senko, haven't tried it yet but I will now.  Thanks for the post.

[Comfortably Numb]

I had a newbie fisherman friend on my boat that just reeled them in like that and was killin them from the back of the boat. I didnt do as well with a wacky rig and the "correct" method. I was kinda ticked

[primetime]

Some of my best days have come when I cast out a large Senko-6-7" and fish it like a zara spook, right on the surface and as it glides in one direction, I twitch it back to the other direction just before it sinks out of range. Some days they won't touch it, some days it gets them fired up, and when it works, it really works. Another trick is to cast one out, as soon as it hits the water start reeling so it skips the surface and makes a commotion and kill it. If it was not hit on the drop, work it like a subwalk and make it look like it is being chased and as it breaks water again, kill it...Sometimes it works when nothing else will, I have no idea why but it does look really good since you can weight them with either a nail or weighted hook to glide a long way, and skipping is often the key, I have had days where if you didn't skip the bait on the cast you would not get bit, other days I think it spooks everything in the lake...It all depends on the mood of the fish. My buddy won a local tournament with his girlfriend and she caught the first 3 fish casting a 6" senko into the pencil Reeds and reeling it in on top because "That is what snakes do"..He said he had 2 hours of the best fishing of his life and to this day has never been able to replicate the same success, but it often will get a few fish behind other people fishing slow etc...

[chadmack282]

On Friday, April 15, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Senko lover said:

You think that's good, you should try a Cut'R worm. Love those things.

Do u tex rig the SK cut r worm & fish it like a jerk?

[Senko lover]

7 hours ago, chadmack282 said:

Do u tex rig the SK cut r worm & fish it like a jerk?

I Texas rig it and just swim it. 

[Mike L]

Ditto 

The Cut R has become my go to when all else fails plastic. For a different look Rage Rig it. 

 

Mike 

[Jaw1]

I've used 3" senkos nose hooked weightless fished like a jerkbait for awhile now as a last resort and catch a lot of fish that way even when they won't hit a fluke fished the same way

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, Mike L said:

Ditto 

The Cut R has become my go to when all else fails plastic. For a different look Rage Rig it. 

 

Mike 

Another thing about the Cut R..T rig or weightless,  rig with the tail up...Rage Rig tail down. 

 

Mike 

[WildManWilder]

Now if only you could get a good hookup ratio while swimming a senko slowly.  I will hook into like 6 or 7 bass that never make it to the bank or boat.  I may start swimming them with the hook exposed?  Thanks for all the comments I will definitely try the Cut R worms.

[Airman4754]

That's how I fish them weightless. I let it free fall to the bottom. Then floss it off the bottom twice and let it fall back down. After that I fish it like a jerk bait with violent jerks and long pauses.