32251 Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Picked up a bag of these BIG senko type BPS models Stick-O I think is what they call them. Over 7 inches long and about as big around as a cigar!! Anyone use these with sucess?? Please let me know what colors you liked and how you rigged/fished them. Quote
bocabasser Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 love 'em. they only work for me on one body of water. it is the only bait i have caught fish on when i fish this particular spillway. it catches big fish. Quote
SPAZ Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 I just bought some of these 7" Sink-O's to use out in Mexico. They look good and dense but I won't try them out until March. Quote
Super User Raul Posted January 16, 2008 Super User Posted January 16, 2008 The good They last a loooooong time They are cheap The bad They are quite hard for a soft plastic They are not as lively The ugly The sink rate may not be the ideal when the fish are picky about the sink rate. Quote
Davis Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Are you saying the Sticko is the same as the Trick Stick Brent? I always thought the Stickos felt tougher than any senko type bait. Always considered yours to be pretty soft. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Many different plastics in different sizes will have different sink rates----irrelevant as a positive or negative in this context. They are stiffer though. Seems up to 6", they maintain "enough" softness to still get that "shimmy" when wacky rigged. The 7's just don't wiggle as well as a 6 and nowhere near as well as a 5. They still work, but most stuff does if you stick with it long enough. This does not seem to be brand specific either. I have some 10's from a local pourer, they don't even wiggle. They sink while remaining horizontal in the water but no shimmy at all. Will it catch fish? I'm sure it would if I stuck with it long enough but....lol. I love the 5. Doesn't just catch the little ones. Doesn't just catch the big ones. CATCHES THEM ALL Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 16, 2008 Super User Posted January 16, 2008 I fished 7" Senkos for a year or so and still have a few packs that I will occasionally throw. What I have found is that they do discourage smaller fish, but they are no nore productive for big bass than the 6" version. More importantly, for me, the 7" Senko is too heavy to be fished comfortably on my main soft plastics rig (7' MF spinning). I do NOT recommend these baits. Quote
Super User Sam Posted January 16, 2008 Super User Posted January 16, 2008 Nope. Do not use them. The six (6) inch version is fine and produces excellent results. In fact, the smaller Senkos are good producers, too. Quote
32251 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Posted January 16, 2008 Roadwarrior Would you think differently if you fished these on a heavier rod set up?? Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted January 16, 2008 Super User Posted January 16, 2008 Well, I never caught better fish. I have caught a few 10s on 6" Senkos, but none on 7s. So, I just don't see any advantage with THESE 7" baits. Catt has had great success with big worms, but his were not Senkos or knockoffs. Size sometimes matters, but with this style of bait, it's all in the action (which includes fall rate). Quote
Davis Posted January 16, 2008 Posted January 16, 2008 Quote to answer your question Davis, i get the 5" and smaller from one manufacturer, and the 7" from another. They are entirely different including the 7" not having a hookslot, but the size difference alone (diameter) would greatly hamper the 'action' and the 'softness'. b Gotcha.... 8-) My wife loves you by the way. About once a month I get your soft plastics out on the living room floor and just "fondle" them ha ha ha. Why can't wives understand? ;D : Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 yes Brent, 6's please Black Davis- You need to speak their language dude. Show her a pile of 50 and tell her that whole pile was $10. Then show her a $7 bag of 10 from you know who. Explain how much extra money her cost conscious hubby will have left in the bank account for new shoes now that you shop at ***. Tell her Brent is the Zappo's or Overstock.com of Baits,lol. Quote
32251 Posted January 17, 2008 Author Posted January 17, 2008 Ok so talk to me about the fall rate thing. If a fish won't take the bait on the fall because it is being snooty about the speed that it is falling, does that mean that that fish or even another fish that did not see it falling will be equally as snooty about the worm as it is being moved along the bottom where the fall rate does not come into play as much???? Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Not something to over think, sometimes they want it slower, sometimes faster. Where, when and why really aren't discernible. It's just something you'll notice, a "common factor" among the fish you have put in the boat. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted January 17, 2008 Super User Posted January 17, 2008 Hmmm, those 7" sticks could be used for other things... Quote
Randall Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 Quote I fished 7" Senkos for a year or so and still have a few packs that I will occasionally throw. What I have found is that they do discourage smaller fish, but they are no nore productive for big bass than the 6" version. More importantly, for me, the 7" Senko is too heavy to be fished comfortably on my main soft plastics rig (7' MF spinning). I do NOT recommend these baits. I will agree. As long as its 5 inches it will catch big fish and I don't think bigger senkos means bigger fish. I actually catch more big fish on the five inch baits or six inch baits. I did have Senko77 make me some monster size senkos once that did catch some big fish but they were a much smaller diameter and much softer than the seven inch baits that BPS sells and that gave them great action. Quote
EastTexasBassin Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 My best producing size of Senkos is the 6 inch. If *** starts carrying a 6 inch I will certainly order them. The 6 inch Senkos come out to a little over a dollar each at the local shops, and are often destroyed after one fish. I tried the BPS brand once and I didn't like them. So for now I'm going to keep buying Senkos for the 6 inchers because they do so well for me. : Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Quote Hmmm, those 7" sticks could be used for other things... Burlesque-Let us know how that works out for ya ;D Quote
mattm Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 I got a pack of the 7" from Brent. We have a pond in our neighborhood that I can walk to in less than a minute. So I grabbed a Bud Light and a smoke and went to try them out as soon as I got them. When I reached the pond i hadn't finished the smoke so I cast to an open area right inside the gate to watch the action. As soon as the thing hit the water a fish slammed it. Of course with a beer and a smoke in my other hand I hadn't even turned the handle on the reel. So I grabbed the spool as tight as I could and gave the best one handed hook set you've ever seen. Then scramble to set everything down. Really pumped up now b/c I can turn my total attention to the hog that has eaten the huge worm. After a short fight I got it in and it was a whopping 2-3 inches longer than the bait at most :. I was a little let down to say the least. To be fair my buddy did catch a 5+ later in the week though. I think I would start orering 6's instead of 5's if you carried them. Quote
island bassin Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Quote The goodThey last a loooooong time They are cheap The bad They are quite hard for a soft plastic They are not as lively The ugly The sink rate may not be the ideal when the fish are picky about the sink rate. Agree on the negative. Suggest you buy some original senkos Quote
mattm Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Ok i'll be the dumba**. What in the world is a haiku? Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 Quote Suggest you buy some original senkos This is more about size than brand. The 7" Gary's don't wiggle any where near a 5" Gary either. Something must change with the dynamic of the larger bait. Something in the resistance. The larger the bait, the less the wiggle. The wiggle they DO have is also slower. As Slomoe points out, WHERE you throw one is more important than the size,color or brand sometimes. Quote
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