6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

It all started with the plastic worm and has now mutated into a huge array of specialized offerings. Whose is the best and which one is your favorite? Come share your thoughts and opinions here.
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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Okiekev » Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:40 pm

Weightless t rig

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by ibobpeb » Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:31 pm

90% of the time weightless wacky rig. 10% texas rig. For drop shot I prefer a finesse worm

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by cure-hb » Sun May 15, 2016 7:15 am

90% weightless.

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by stykbowslim » Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:07 pm

BigG wrote:Mostly weightless Texas rigged over grass and let it drop in the holes.
I fish the 6" Senko's the same as "BigG"....

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Randingo » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:10 am

Jdmbassman wrote:Do you need more backbone in a Rod to fish 6" Senkos Texas Rigged over an 1/2oz jig. My thinking is the 6" Senko because you need to pull the hook through a chunk of plastic first. Let me know your preference
if you're not punching or otherwise fishing the Senko in really heavy cover, it's easily handled with medium or medium heavy powered rods. I very rarely fish a Senko with any weight, and I don't like to fish it on heavy line, rarely using anything heavier than 12# fluoro. If you're not using a heavy wire hook when you rig it weedless, there's no issue setting the hook with light line and a medium power rod.

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by dirtygeary » Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:38 am

Weightless, 4/0 hook. Watermelon

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by cure-hb » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:26 am

weightless, will have more time let the fish see it and bite.

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Chode » Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:11 pm

I usually don't have the patience to fish em weightless so I'll put at least a 1/16oz weight on it

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by trevorvandam » Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:07 am

Wacky!!! You get the most action out of a senko, no matter what size you use. Make sure that you use the o rings so you don't loose your bait when casting it. I Can't remember the last time that ive texas rigged a senko...

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Texas-Rigged » Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:35 am

timsford wrote:I like using the larger senkos in the winter and deadstick them on deep points and other structure. Sometimes it takes several minutes for a cast. Ive caught some really nice bass doing this
Works great in the heat of summer also. Painfully slow.

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Texas-Rigged » Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:36 am

1/8 oz. tungsten not pegged works great for post spawners in the spring.

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Snyder Rods » Tue Jan 17, 2017 8:46 pm

Weightless, nose-hooked.

Weightless: because they are sinking, you don't need a weight. A bullet weight just drags the worm into the bottom behind it.

Nose hooked: for more hookups. Texas rigging is evil :evil:

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by lostboy45b » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:58 pm

Weightless Gamakatsu 4/0 hook Texas rigged

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by LowRange » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:28 am

Rigged wacky weedless, sent skipping across the surface to intended targets then allowed to wiggle and jiggle on the fall. Once on the bottom it is dead sticked for up to 2 minuets depending on the activity level of the fish.

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Re: 6" Senkos - How do you fish yours ?

Post by Ranger Ron 620 DVS » Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:22 pm

Quick Trick To Get More Action Out Of A Senko


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