RE: Fishing with Senkos,
edward,
Apr 05th 2005, #1
RE: Fishing with Senkos,
Tm Customs,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
Tm Customs,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
Lightninrod,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
Tm Customs,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
swimbait,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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RE: Fishing with Senkos,
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Lightninrod | Tue Apr-12-05 08:37 AM |
Member since Oct 31st 2003
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#2009, "RE: Fishing with Senkos"
In response to Reply # 0
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First off; be sure you're rigging your EWG hook this way: http://www.bassdozer.com/images/lasso4.jpg Then get some of http://yamamoto.baits.com/cgi-bin/order/59-10 of those hooks as they were designed(yes, they are different than other EWG hooks). I use them in the 4/0 size for the 5" Senkos. My most productive(literally 100's of Bass from 6 ozs to 7 lbs) color has been their color #222.
I throw them as far as I can(the 100% f/c line will set the hook as it has very little stretch) with just that hook for weight. I let them fall to the depth that I think the Bass are at. I then twitch, pause, twitch it back. I also wacky-rig them and have been having a lot of success doing that recently. See the pics:
http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=113356&anum=3723
http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=114712&anum=3723
http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=116795&anum=3723
Dan
"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"
Deo Vindice
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swimbait | Tue Apr-12-05 02:07 PM |
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#2011, "RE: Fishing with Senkos"
In response to Reply # 0
Tue Apr-12-05 02:09 PM by swimbait
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The best technique with the senko is to cast it out, let your line get totally slack (pull some off the reel if need be), then pick your nose, stare off across the lake, or eat some food. Bonus points for looking over your shoulder while talking to your partner or relieving yourself over the side during the cast. This strategy ensures that the fish completely eats the bait before you realize you're bit. Fishing senkos simply requires no skill whatsoever when done properly.
While I detest senko fishing to no end and can proudly say that I have never caught a fish on a 5" or smaller bait, I do pitch 7" senkos on 20lb during the prespawn and spawn. I used to farm quite a few on EWG hooks so I went to 5/0 round bend offset gammies. You lose your bait frequently to snags and almost always on fish, but you hook everything. To ensure that you hook everything (and lose your bait often) only hook about 1/2 of the bait through the nose before pushing the hook through. If you rig the hook in further back in the bait, it bunches up and makes you lose fish. Trust me, they'll eat the whole thing so you don't have to worry about where in the senko your hook is. For the hookset, I set it like a jig, as hard as possible. If you do it right, your rip the senko completely off the hook on the hookset and stick the fish.
-Rob (wannabe senko master)
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