senko setup: casting vs spinning

[The one that got away]

I prefer spinning for all soft plastics.

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[NorCalFishinguru]

I prefer spinning for all soft plastics.

What about heavy cover??

[Rangerjoe]

I have only fished the 4 inch and 5 inch on a BC in heavy cover. This year I am going to use the Spinning for the 4 inch with 20 lb braid.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Weightless senko fishing on spinning gear accounts for over 1/2 my catch. I can skip it under docks and overhangs with no backlash worries. I have a spare spool with braid if it's called for.

[J Francho]

I prefer spinning for all soft plastics.

What about heavy cover??

I don't get the spinning for all soft plastics, but I use spinning for many of the light rigs. That said, I just don't see a wacky Senko as a good heavy cover bait. There are so many better options out there that fish better in heavy cover. If you must use a Senko, consider bubba shotting them on a weedless EWG using 40-65# braid.

[roadwarrior]

For me it's all weightless soft plastics

and some weighted, but for bigger weighted

presentations, I'm fishing a baitcaster.

8-)

[NorCalFishinguru]

I prefer spinning for all soft plastics.

What about heavy cover??

I don't get the spinning for all soft plastics, but I use spinning for many of the light rigs. That said, I just don't see a wacky Senko as a good heavy cover bait. There are so many better options out there that fish better in heavy cover. If you must use a Senko, consider bubba shotting them on a weedless EWG using 40-65# braid.

I know its a digression from the senko poll but I was wondering more the 7 inch power worms with a 1/2 oz weight and that type of deal on the meatier side of the soft plastics spectrum. I understand spinning and flouro to take a finnesse approach but I definately like tossing t-rigs on a baitcaster. JMO not necessarily right or wrong

[J Francho]

I basically use line weight to determine what I'm going to use.  < 8 = spinning, >8 = baitcasting.  some really light jigworms/shaky head baits don't behave well on heavier line, so that's a consideration as well, on top of my "skipping Senko" thoery.

[SWMIBASSER]

To me part of a good Senko presentation includes skipping the bait to its destination. While I can skip a Senko with a baitcaster, I'm much, much better at it with a spinning reel.

We watched Dean Rojas fishing a frog at SML last spring. He skipped that frog with every cast. We asked him why, and he said he felt fish were less weary of a skipped bait, and that it might even gain favorable attention.

Additionally, I find is easier to take up more slack with a spinner. Whether that's actually true, I can't prove, but its a perceptual thing.

Maybe sounds a bit goofy but I feel I've been able to learn a bunch about bass fishing in my backyard. We have a clear stream running through it loaded with bass.

One of the things I've noticed after all these years of quite entry presentations....Smack the water on entry. It DOES get there attention IMO.

Even fish uninterested in a bait that made no commotion and landed nice and quite, are more interested in the bait that smacks the surface.