owner weighted twistlock light hook

[FryDog62]

Gary Yamamoto has said the primary method he fished his famous 5 inch Senkos are on this specific hook - sometimes weighted, sometimes just the hook.  He said he doesn’t rig the Yamasenkos wacky style, or on a regular EWG hooks much any more.
 

When rigged on the Twistlock Light hooks, the worm still shimmies as it sinks, but you can also twitch it like a dying bait, then it returns to a slow fall like a wacky.
 

He prefers it because you can cover water quicker and more effectively than wacky style. And the soft worms are more durable with the Twistlock than a plain EWG hook. Also great for skipping. 

[Dwight Hottle]

28 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

Gary Yamamoto has said the primary method he fished his famous 5 inch Senkos are on this specific hook - sometimes weighted, sometimes just the hook.  He said he doesn’t rig the Yamasenkos wacky style, or on a regular EWG hooks much any more.
 

When rigged on the Twistlock Light hooks, the worm still shimmies as it sinks, but you can also twitch it like a dying bait, then it returns to a slow fall like a wacky.
 

He prefers it because you can cover water quicker and more effectively than wacky style. And the soft worms are more durable with the Twistlock than a plain EWG hook. Also great for skipping. 

 

Gary worked with Owner to develop this light wire hook specifically for his baits.  

[cyclops2]

There are some super smart bass around.

Do bass read our postings ?

[FryDog62]

1 hour ago, Dwight Hottle said:

 

Gary worked with Owner to develop this light wire hook specifically for his baits.  

Yes, there’s a good video on this subject out there but unfortunately not a site I can post on BR but prob can be found on the google.. ?

[Oklahoma Mike]

On 2/8/2022 at 12:47 PM, Finessegenics said:

Are you looking on methods to fish a fluke deeper? If so, insert a pagoda type weight behind the “eyes” of the fluke but above the eye of the hook. Or just anywhere in that general area where it stays lodged. The bait will tend to fall more nose down but it will still have that dart and spin when slashing. You’re still limited to how deep you can truly go but I’ve done this with 1/32 up to 3/32 oz nail weights. Tungsten also makes this easier since the weight is much smaller. A lead 3/32 oz weight is kinda hard to fit up there.

This is the method I use and it works great. I will sometimes do the same with a paddletail Swimbait when I want to keep it just below the surface. 

[txchaser]

Weighted ones on a swim senko. Works swimming, works on the fall, works fished on the bottom slow like a regular senko. I don't think these are seen much, so if you are looking for something new that can be fished a lot of different ways, that'll do it. 

 

And the unweighted versions are built for senkos. Senkos last much longer with them, and I figure if GY helped designed them, it is the 'ideal' presentation of a weightless t-rigged senko.