Dropshot Vs Senko

[fishnabarrel]

Today a friend and I went out for a day of fishing, I started fishing a senko and he set up on a dropshot rig. So now the heat was on and after 4 hours on the lake and 24 fish each the problem still isn't solved so now I turn it to you. Dropshot or senko? Under ideal conditions which do you chose?

[Avalonjohn44]

Drop shot with what bait? Depends on the bait, conditions, etc

Senko Rigged in what way?

[Marty]

So now the heat was on and after 4 hours on the lake and 24 fish each the problem still isn't solved so now I turn it to you. Dropshot or senko?

I don't understand what the problem is that needs to be solved and why it's dropshot vs. Senko; two separate things, it doesn't need to be one or the other.

[fishnabarrel]

Weightless Texas rigged senko, and he was using a zoom french fry worm

[fishnabarrel]

Cloudy about 55 degrees

[fishnabarrel]

Its just which would you rather fish

[Bass_Fanatic]

These two baits are used for different things. If the fish are holding to the bottom, then a dropshot is ideal, but if they are suspended then the senko may work better. Its hard to catch fish in 20+FOW when they are tight to the bottom on a senko.

[midnighthrasher]

Drop shot will put more fish in a boat and is more versatile.

Mix it up. Put a 3 inch Senko on a drop shot rig and hold on!!!!

 

 

[kLuo]

This question is too vague, because like midnighthrasher said, you could drop shot a senko if you wanted to.

Two different baits with different applications.

[Five-Alive]

I pretty much always have both rigged up!!

[J Francho]

A drop shot is terminal rigging, a Senko is a plastic bait that can be rigged any number of ways, including drop shot.

Which would I use? Depends on how deep, the cover, weather, and the activity level of the fish. Might be neither, or might be both.

[gobig]

A drop shot is terminal rigging, a Senko is a plastic bait that can be rigged any number of ways, including drop shot.

Which would I use? Depends on how deep, the cover, weather, and the activity level of the fish. Might be neither, or might be both.

J is spot on. Anyone that thinks you can't fish a senko in deep water has not explored enough with it. This type of thinking is one dimensional. There are a ton of ways to rig a senko. What is being missed here is the technique. The bait does not define the technique. The technique defines the bait. I give you an example... dragging is a technique. Now how many different set ups can you use for this? Jig, splitshot, texas rig, dropshot ect... the list goes on and on. The variables determine the selection of what rig to use. Are you fishing rocky structure? over weed beds? through trees? are the fish suspended 3ft off the bottom? are they holding tight to structure and cover do to weather? The question that needs to be asked is what bait is best suited to accomplish a the given technique based on the real time variables which are in constant change.

As far as senko vs dropshot my question would be who was catching larger fish at the time? I am assuming the senko was fished weightless. There is a huge gap in info here and the answer to your question can change by the hour.

[J Francho]

Here's just ONE deadly "senko" trick....

So, bass are in 8-11 FOW, and readily eating senkos on the drop, but nothing else. They are biting as the bait hits that last foot of water before hitting the bottom.

Want to ditch 90% of your wait time? Rig it on the same hook, but with a 14-16" drop line and drop shot weight. Let the weight expedite the bait into the strike zone, and let it fall naturally the rest of way.

When you think of rigs in terms of problem solving, what to use and when to use it becomes simpler.

[Raul]

Senko is nor a rig or a technique, it´s a bait.

Dropshot is a rig & technique.

You can dropshot a senko, senkos rigged wacky on a dropshot rig can be deadly.