SENKO?

[bigworm]

never fished a senko do you fish it with or without a weight and how do you fish it. thanks

[harleywizard]

I fish it without a weight you can rig it like a texas rigged worm or wacky. I like to use it around docks. I pitch it up next to cover and just let it fall. Watch your line when the fish takes it you will see the line start to move reel down and set the hook. When I rig it texas style I enter the hook in the head and come out about 1/2 in from the head and I work the hook into the side just under the skin and bring the point out and then back it in and slide the point in the body. They are thick and firm so I clear a path for the hook.

[zippers]

Here is a great article from GYCB

www.insideline.net/articles/gary-senko.html

[bigworm]

Thanks for the tips I think Ive got a pretty good idea of whats going on

[billdurham]

Senkos are great baits, but you really have to fish them with a tuned rig.. ie light flurocarbon line, sensitive tip rod.. and the reason is you will very rarely feel the strike, unless its a blue gill killing it!
No weight is the way to go because once the thing hits the bottom, basically the cast is over. The bait fishes itself. The down side for me is I tend to deep hook fish a lot fishing with Senkos. I have kind of stopped using them because of that, YMMV. Also.. Yum dingers are a very good second choice, a little cheaper and have a hook pocket in them.

[waterworld]

Do you fish senkos a lot? I use 15lb Flurocarbon and 12lb, med heavy rod i also fish with waits and with out..... and I can usually feel my strikes..... I have never deep hooked with a senko, just curious.

[harleywizard]

I fish a Gary Yamamoto 3" Senko on a drop shot in pearl white and have been pretty sucessful with it. I dip the tail in hot pink or chartreuse. I use a #1 or 1/0 wide gap hook lite wire hook. The spots seem to like it.

[Mike Bucca]

I fish the senko weightless and fish it eratically like most people do a fluke on 12lb Fluorocarbon. I use a 683C Dobyns Rod for senkos fishng. You will GUT hook a ton of fish. The key here is knowing how to unhook a gut fish. Very carefully put you fingers in the fishes mouth and put the eye of the hook through the gills. Then take your pliers and pull the hook out of the gullet of the fish. Works very well if your careful.

Mike

[fishtale75]

I like to splitshot senkos too with 1/32 oz splitshot which I use is a sinker stopper from walmart built just like a bullet but it is split like a split shot, I fish it bout 14 inches above the worm shake the rod like you would for shakeyhead and drag it almost like you would a carolina rig, not alot people fish this rig and it sure does well on high pressured lakes

[waterworld]

MIKE what am i doing right or wrong (lol) you said gut hook a ton of fish I dont have this problem with senkos maybe just luck more so with finesse worms dont know why Ido fish the senko weightless on bluffwalls and rocky banks because of the action of senko I do use small weights seems to work better in condos and brush piles I use a small sinker alot do you think this is why i feel my strikes more and dont gut hook fish as much because of sinker? I fish senko alot.

[Mike Bucca]

Steve, The reason why I gut hook alot is because I let them run with it more than most. The reason why I let them run with it is because I miss alot of fish. Alot to me is 2 out of 10 that bite.

Mike

[waterworld]

Mike i did not think it had anything to do with sinker want your info to make sure.I think thats my problem with finesse worms i let them have it to long. thanks .