Senko Colors

[Clark Stewart]

This has probably been covered a thousand times so I apologize. I've got enough random senkos to fill a 5 gallon bucket. Rather than try to organize them by color or what have you, I'm thinking of just dumping them in a bag and when I know I'm gonna fish with some, grab a handful and go.

Does color make that big a difference to you guys? It seems to me that the action is what attracts not how close it matches the hatch.

[Tim1980]

It definitely matters. I was fishing with a guy who was using Watermelon senkos and I was fishing Sweet Potato Pie ones I was catching probably 3 to his 1. I wanted to see if it was the color and I threw it a foot or so away and they took mine every time they had a choice. They were different brands, the ones I was using was Wave Worms and his was Kinami...... so the scent was different also. In other words you just confused me a little bit more.

[Bass Junkie]

  I don't know....

A. The colors will bleed

B. Color does matter. Not that I'm sayin' Red Shad and Red Shad Black Flake are both needed, but you need to match the hatch to a point, as a Senko is usually a drop or slowly fished bait, therefor giving bass time to study it, and when their (the bass) keying in on a certain food type, it will most likely pay off more to have the correct color. Just my 2 cents.

     "Somedays color dosen't make any difference in the world, other days it makes all the difference"- Al Linder.

[roadwarrior]

"Somedays color dosen't make any difference in the world, other days it makes all the difference"- Al Linder.

What's he know?

[KYntucky Warmouth]

"Somedays color dosen't make any difference in the world, other days it makes all the difference"- Al Linder.

What's he know?

yeah really...that's like saying "It's going to rain today if it does"   ;D

[Clark Stewart]

Don't even get me started on Al! I have plenty of salt of the earth yankee friends whom we go back and forth about our accents, but his voice makes my ears bleed. Not to mention that according to him walleye are the only species on earth. His "bass fishing" segment usually lasts about a minute and a half before his talking about his great northern pike and OH MY GOD if he calls my bluegill anything but a bluegill I pee myself. Rant complete. That is all.

[Tim1980]

I love some people's rants.  That's why I fish with the people I do.

[bigtimfish]

Don't even get me started on Al! I have plenty of salt of the earth yankee friends whom we go back and forth about our accents, but his voice makes my ears bleed. Not to mention that according to him walleye are the only species on earth. His "bass fishing" segment usually lasts about a minute and a half before his talking about his great northern pike and OH MY GOD if he calls my bluegill anything but a bluegill I pee myself. Rant complete. That is all.

He is a great fisherman with a wonderful amount of knowledge. But I can't stand listening to him talk either.

[Raul]

Does color make that big a difference to you guys? It seems to me that the action is what attracts not how close it matches the hatch.

Not really, I have a particular preference for certain colors so those are the ones I fish the most ( man I love watermelon green/red metalflake ), but that I can tell a difference most times, not at all.

My pal Cesar and I were fishing a couple of months ago, he was catching them with one of his favorite colors: black/blue laminate on the other hand I was catching them ( those rare ocassions I was fishing with a senko ) with chartreuse-chartreuse/green metalflake. Both colors have nothing in common.

Now to make it more interesting, this past weekend I tied a watermelon black flake Fat Ika, after a couple of hours the color of the bait had changed, instead of being watermelon it looked like some sort of green pumpkin and it made no difference, it still caught them.

[Blue Streak]

Does color make that big a difference to you guys? It seems to me that the action is what attracts not how close it matches the hatch.

Not really, I have a particular preference for certain colors so those are the ones I fish the most ( man I love watermelon green/red metalflake ), but that I can tell a difference most times, not at all.

My pal Cesar and I were fishing a couple of months ago, he was catching them with one of his favorite colors: black/blue laminate on the other hand I was catching them ( those rare ocassions I was fishing with a senko ) with chartreuse-chartreuse/green metalflake. Both colors have nothing in common.

Now to make it more interesting, this past weekend I tied a watermelon black flake Fat Ika, after a couple of hours the color of the bait had changed, instead of being watermelon it looked like some sort of green pumpkin and it made no difference, it still caught them.

Raul please don't take this the wrong way, I am just curious. If you say color doesn't matter. Why do you like that particular one so well? Is it a confidence thing? Or is green just your favorite all around color for everything?

[Raul]

Raul please don't take this the wrong way, I am just curious. If you say color doesn't matter. Why do you like that particular one so well? Is it a confidence thing? Or is green just your favorite all around color for everything?

Because I like the way it looks, I 'm a sucker for pretty colored baits, if they have metal flake or are laminated/ swirled even better than plain colored ones. In esence I fish the colors I like, from there depending on water clarity and cloud cover I might choose metal flake over laminate or the other way around.

Why I say it doesn 't matter ? because in my experience very seldomly I 've found myself in a situation in which the fish specifically chose one color over other; I choose the bait to present something in particular that I think it will be better for the conditions, for example in clear water I prefer straight tail worms, for murkier/muddier water I prefer C,ribbon, U or G tailed worms because of the vibration, so first I choose shape, size, profile, appendages n 'such ( like metal flake size ) and at the very last I choose the color, which color ? the color I like.

[D4u2s0t]

Does color make that big a difference to you guys? It seems to me that the action is what attracts not how close it matches the hatch.

Not really, I have a particular preference for certain colors so those are the ones I fish the most ( man I love watermelon green/red metalflake ), but that I can tell a difference most times, not at all.

My pal Cesar and I were fishing a couple of months ago, he was catching them with one of his favorite colors: black/blue laminate on the other hand I was catching them ( those rare ocassions I was fishing with a senko ) with chartreuse-chartreuse/green metalflake. Both colors have nothing in common.

Now to make it more interesting, this past weekend I tied a watermelon black flake Fat Ika, after a couple of hours the color of the bait had changed, instead of being watermelon it looked like some sort of green pumpkin and it made no difference, it still caught them.

Raul please don't take this the wrong way, I am just curious. If you say color doesn't matter. Why do you like that particular one so well? Is it a confidence thing? Or is green just your favorite all around color for everything?

i agree with raul, from my experience color means nothing. almost everything i own is some variation of watermelon because i think it looks cool.  but while im out fishing, nobody catches any more or less based on color.  everybody says 'match the hatch' which only works if the bass are actively feeding.  but it doesn't matter, if they're feeding, they'll take almost anything you throw out, regardless of color if your presentation is good.  when they're not actively feeding, and you get reaction strikes, again, they'll hit pretty much any color the same.  said it amillion times, but i use watermellon, buddy uses white, otherbuddy uses red, my gf uses bubblegum, anyone else down by the lake has their own favorite color, and if the skill level is the same everyone pretty much catches the same amount of fish.

[slider head]

It is probably a matter of preference. My only case in point is that one day I was on a row of docks and catching them pretty good. I ran out of my personal favorite (a crime I know) green pumpkin. The next closest thing I had was watermellon seed. Catch rate dropped by 75%.

For me here green pumpkin 75% of the time black and blue 25%. I maybe cutting myself short with just those 2 colors.....but it works well for me.

[Raul]

And to make it worse for the color focused guys, the same color is different from brand to brand and even between a metal flake vs a plain. If you look closely a green pumpkin w black metal flake is a lot darker than a green pumpkin red metal flake and they look completly different under water depending upon water clarity and cloud cover ( ammount of available light ), a green pumkin red metalflake bait looks shiny red, so much for the green pumpkin, what you are actually seeing is the red metal flake.

[Bass Junkie]

"Somedays color dosen't make any difference in the world, other days it makes all the difference"- Al Linder.

What's he know?

He's a good fisherman and a fine christian man. He does have his quirks, like his " GOO" expression on a good strike, or his love for bronzebacks(J/K), but he is a great man, IMHO. As for the quote, it makes sense. Some days they'll bight anything, other days they need green pumpkin or craw orange swirl.

[slider head]

And to make it worse for the color focused guys, the same color is different from brand to brand and even between a metal flake vs a plain. If you look closely a green pumpkin w black metal flake is a lot darker than a green pumpkin red metal flake and they look completly different under water depending upon water clarity and cloud cover ( ammount of available light ), a green pumkin red metalflake bait looks shiny red, so much for the green pumpkin, what you are actually seeing is the red metal flake.

Currently I only use GYCB Senko's. Raul, please do not add a element of doubt to one of my few confidence baits. Next time things go wrong with my senko bite I will remember this post!

Just kidding

[Blue Streak]

Raul please don't take this the wrong way, I am just curious. If you say color doesn't matter. Why do you like that particular one so well? Is it a confidence thing? Or is green just your favorite all around color for everything?

Because I like the way it looks, I 'm a sucker for pretty colored baits, if they have metal flake or are laminated/ swirled even better than plain colored ones. In esence I fish the colors I like, from there depending on water clarity and cloud cover I might choose metal flake over laminate or the other way around.

Why I say it doesn 't matter ? because in my experience very seldomly I 've found myself in a situation in which the fish specifically chose one color over other; I choose the bait to present something in particular that I think it will be better for the conditions, for example in clear water I prefer straight tail worms, for murkier/muddier water I prefer C,ribbon, U or G tailed worms because of the vibration, so first I choose shape, size, profile, appendages n 'such ( like metal flake size ) and at the very last I choose the color, which color ? the color I

like.

OK thanks for the answer, I understand. You have a sensible approach to lure selection.

[aarogb]

    You will never see me use any other color Senko color besides the gld/slv/blk flake Senko color.

    Like anything else including my favorite color Senko, confidence is my biggest deteremining when I chose I color

[broncoboxer]

If anyone wants to see an interesting take on the color issue, watch the Lunkerville episode with LBH.  He throws ***' version of the Senko all day.  And he changes color after every catch.  

Color didn't seem to matter that day...

[broncoboxer]

You will never see me use any other color Senko color besides the gld/slv/blk flake Senko color.

Like anything else including my favorite color Senko, confidence is my biggest deteremining when I chose I color

Kinda off topic, but I just noticed that Dockmaster and I live in the same small town.  And though he's 15, he's caught a bunch more fish than I have.  

[Lynx]

Color has to do with all factors, including season, time, water color, & presentation.

Good lucks to you in catching the "BIG KAHUNA!"

[George Welcome]

Color matters: Stained water = dark colors; Clear water = light colors