Senko worms

[Miamifish2381]

Hi my freinds and i have always gone bass fishing and we have always heard senko worms are the best for largemouth bass, can any one suggest if they work and if so wut color or size?

[Raul]

Not trying to be an arse but check out the "important topic section", see ? there 's a FAQ section about senkos.

CLICK HERE

[Sam]

Senkos are dynamite.

Suggestion as to fishing Senkos.

1.  Fish them wacky style with each end of the worm dipped in yellow Spike-It. About half an inch will do fine.

2.  Fish it hooked with a straight shank hook and the point placed under the skin so you can fish it weedless.  No sinker is needed.

3.  Fish it with an Extra Wide Gap hook as in #2 above.

I use either a 2/0 or 3/0 hook.  In ponds it is 2/0; in the wild it is usually 3/0.

You can use a heavy hook if you want to throw it out further.  I use both a heavy hook an a light weight hook, depending on the body of water.

You may want to scale down and throw a 4 inch Senko as opposed to the 5 inch and longer sizes.

You will feel a lot of hits, mainly from the bluegills and smaller fish.

Just watch your line.  Remove the slack; keep your rod tip at at least 10 o'clock, with 11 o'clock even better and have the line going over your your index finger to feel for hits. Semi-slack line but enough slack out of the line so it will be as straight as possible into the water but not tight.

Watch your line.  It will move.  It is really exciting when the line moves and you start to think when to set the hook.  Wait too long and the fish will swallow the bait.  Set the hook too soon and you will miss the fish.

Have a pliers ready to remove the hook.

Here is a suggested method to fish a Senko.

1.  Throw it out or pitch/flip it into cover or along the bank.

2.  Let it fall.

3.  Wait about 10 seconds.

4.  With the tip of your rod at 10 or 11 o'clock, just shake the tip of the rod.  Every inch of rod shake = 6 inches of bait movement in the water.

5.  Let the bait fall again.

6.  Wait.

7.  Continue twitching the rod tip and reeling in the slack until the bait is out of the strike zone and then do it all over again.

If the smaller fish are driving you nuts, take an old Senko (don't throw them away after they are torn) and put a small chunk on your hook and throw it out.  You will see what is hitting your bait, be it bream or Crappie.  I caught a nice Crappie last week doing this after they drove me totally crazy hitting the Senko and me looking silly constantly setting the hook.

As for colors.  Dont' be too concerned. Pumpkin, Watermealon, etc. do well.  Just go to  your local tackle shop and select some colors, with some flake in them, and go fishing.

Yesterday at a local pond, I was thorwing a Senko wacky style when the line moved.  I let her run with it and set the hook.  The line broke.  I must have had a turtle or something with teeth take the Senko. First time that has ever happened although I have reeled in half of a Senko after a turtle grabbed it.

On Monday I set the hook and an 8 inch bass flew out of the water back towards me. He was OK and swam away. So be ready for some flying fish as you want to set that hook HARD.

And don't forget to put scent on the Senko, too.

One other suggestion.  If  you are throwing a buzzbait or other topwater and the fish hits and misses the topwater, throw a Senko to the same spot. Then go back to throwing your topwater.

The fish love to hit a Senko on the way down after it hits the water so be ready at all times to set the hook.  Watch the Senko go side to side as it floats down.  Drives the fish nuts.

And check out all of the Senko stuff on this site.  

Good luck.

[Sam]

Opps!

I forgot to tell you.

I caught a six pound lady on a Watermealon Senko on July 1st.

She was beautiful.

I caught a 4.5 lady on a Senko at one of my client's ponds during the middle of June.

Suscribe to Bassin Magazine for more tips and information on bass fishing.  Great investment.

Now, take your pole and your Senkos and go fishing.

[.dsaavedra.]

sam couldnt have put it better. thats about all you need to know for senkos. my go to colors are natural shad, red shad, and water melon. also...(im sure some will disagree) but dont be afraid to buy senko style baits that arent the real GYCB Senko. they work just as great and can be alot cheaper.

[George Welcome]

There is only one Senko and it is made by the Yamamoto company. Obviously, if they didn't work you wouldn't have heard of them.