Your opion on the swim senko

[Big Phish]

I just picked up a couple packs of these and will be fishing them for the first time tomorrow. I know how to fish them but what I would like to know is what you guys think of them. Appearance wise i feel like there are better options for swim baits, but how they run will be the true test.

[Micro]

I fish the Swim Senko. I like it a lot. I use a weighted (1/8 oz) Owner Twist Lock 3/0 hook. I also fish them weighless on a Gamakatsu 3/0 EWG hook.

I like to fish them next to weeds and through the lily pads. They have produced a lot for fish for me.

[Flippin & Pitchin]

Find yourself some weeds and throw a swimming senko along or over them and have fun.

I love these. For me a Pumpkin color has always worked best.

[kayakbill]

The regular senko's I do very well with them,the swim senkos are just so-so for me.

       Except for the stupid pickeral the slimey bastages love the things.      

[Wayne P.]

I use them and the fish seem to like them. That is good enough for me.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Just my opinion though. These things make me feel constipated.

[Primus]

I've tried them but I prefer the Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper.

[tritz18]

I actually have never caught a fish on them, I prefer regular senkos. but thats just my opinion

[roadwarrior]

Huge producer, great value and this is how they should be rigged:

http://www.***/articles/senko-gary.shtml

8-)

[adclem]

Haven't tried the Swim Senko yet.  I have a lot of luck with the Yum Money Minnow, in 3 1/2".  

I do want to try the new 4 1/2" Swim Senko, but haven't yet.

Later,

[The Outdoorsman]

I've used them and done well with the one bag I had of them.  bought the black and blue and caught fish on them, but like the regualr senko, tore up quickly.  I have some RI Skinny Dippers I want to try, seem like they may hold up better.  

[Micropterus salmoides]

Makes a great trailer on a swim jig or chatter bait.

[Big Phish]

Thanks for the input guys.  I fished one briefly today with no luck, but I didn't give it more than a dozen or so casts so I'm not going to pass judgment based on that.  I fished it with a weighted 4/0 G hook and I'm going back out this evening and I think I'll try it weightless.

[Wayne P.]

For both the Senko and Swim Senko, the Skip Gap hook is the best performing hook I have used for Tx rigging. Add the Yamamoto Grub Guard and both will come thru vegetation a lot better.

[Big Mike in Fl]

I've tried them but I prefer the Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper.

X2!

I much prefer the skinny dipper, seem to hold up better, and they actually have a better action I believe. they are my new go to bait.

[Big Phish]

So I've given them a few honest tries now and I've had no luck, and I've been using them in my regular spots where I can almost always catch fish.  When I started this thread I thought I knew how to fish them but maybe I need a little help?  I tried them with the weighted 4/0 G hooks, like the kind you would use for a fat ika and I tried just a regular weightless texas rig.  I've been both reeling them straight in and I've also been pausing them and jerking them and nothing have shown any results.  Should I be doing something different?

[eyedabassman]

Just my opinion though. These things make me feel constipated.

You should not eat them! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[roadwarrior]

So I've given them a few honest tries now and I've had no luck, and I've been using them in my regular spots where I can almost always catch fish. When I started this thread I thought I knew how to fish them but maybe I need a little help? I tried them with the weighted 4/0 G hooks, like the kind you would use for a fat ika and I tried just a regular weightless texas rig. I've been both reeling them straight in and I've also been pausing them and jerking them and nothing have shown any results. Should I be doing something different?

Why not fish them EXACTLY like Gary Yamamoto recommends?

http://www.insideline.net/articles/swim_senko.html

8-)

[bassman31783]

So I've given them a few honest tries now and I've had no luck, and I've been using them in my regular spots where I can almost always catch fish. When I started this thread I thought I knew how to fish them but maybe I need a little help? I tried them with the weighted 4/0 G hooks, like the kind you would use for a fat ika and I tried just a regular weightless texas rig. I've been both reeling them straight in and I've also been pausing them and jerking them and nothing have shown any results. Should I be doing something different?

Why not fish them EXACTLY like Gary Yamamoto recommends?

http://www.insideline.net/articles/swim_senko.html

8-)

BINGO.  There you go.  It's one of my go too baits.  Caught a lot of fish on them.  

Also they can be a deadly Carolina Rig plastic  :-X

[5151]

I fish them with GY 's shakey swimjig head(all sizes). I seem to do much better with the 4" version, tried taking an 1" of the 5" but just not same action at least in the waters i fish

[belak00]

Worked great for my 9 year old son. He caught over 10 and was having a blast watching his bait swim through the water. This was the most productive soft bait we used last time we went bass fishing.