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[thewayweball02]

Hi All
What line do you prefer for fishing Senkos? What pound test line is it? I've been using Power Pro 50LB with a flourocarbon leader and am thinking of switching to straight flourocrabon. Anybody have some suggestions?
Thanks

[Chris]

Good idea!

[thewayweball02]

So should I switch to flourocarbon or stay with the braid?

[Will]

I use anywhere from 12-15 pound test Big Game.

[Chris]

The sink rate on flourocarbon is going to be faster than braid.  If your just rigging the senko with just a hook 50 lb braid is a little much 12-17 lb is really all you would need in flourocarbon. I would switch but if you are flipping the senko in some nasty stuff then you might be alright with braid it would depend on how you intend to fish the bait.

[JT Bagwell]

I happen to use 50 lb test PowerPro (no leader) when I fish Senkos. This is how I have fished them for a few years now. Personally I don't know how this is "a little much."

It works just fine.

JT Bagwell

[thewayweball02]

I was wondering can the fish see a drak green braided line in the water? If I am gonna fish a clear lake should I color the braid black with a permanent marker or add a leader. Or would you go with the straight briad in clear water, I'm worried about them seeing the line.
Thanks

[Snag]

I know this may sound crazy but I have used "salty slings" (the venom lure verson of the senko) on anywhere from 8 - 20 lb test depending on what I want the bait to do and I have had great luck with all of them. Kind of off the beaten path here,  try them wacky too... I'm sure we have all heard that but just in case. :-)
Basst of luck,
Snag

[JT Bagwell]

In clear water I don't think you would want to use braided line on its own. I am sure the fish will see it. In a situation like that you would want to use a Mono or Fluoro leader.

All of the areas I fish have stained to very dirty water (IE, Muddy Mississippi river) and I don't think the line visibility is much of a factor at all. If it is a factor, I have never noticed. Most of the guys that I know here locally fish with PowerPro and don't use a leader. When you go to places with clear water it's a different ball game.

JT Bagwell

[L.D.]

I'm sure it's where you're fishing and what you're fishing in that you gentlemen use 50lb test. I imagine it's thick weeds and wood?
I fish my senkos with 10lb Stren magnathin line. It"s because I have very few weeds and wood in the river, just a lot of rocks and smallmouth.

[roadwarrior]

A couple of thoughts...Senko is my most productive lure, so I use them a lot.  I fish them weightless on a spinning rod and 8 lb. diameter YO-ZURI HYBRID which is about 13 lb  test.  It's strong, supple and virtually invisible.  I DON'T use a baitcating rod because Senko's are so soft you will eventually throw one off during the cast and spend the next ten or fifteen minutes pickin' and cuttin'.  One more suggestion: I catch much better fish using the 6" version , you just catch too many fish on the 5"s.

[WaterWalker]

I fish senkos (or STIKO's) on 8-12 lb Trilene XL on spinning tackle when flipping/pitching to the edges of cover or into sparse cover.  I fish clear western lakes, and a big fish is 5lbs on these lakes.  I always make sure my drag is adjusted correctly and that my line is abrasion free.  I've never lost a fish due to line breakage.  Spinning tackle allows me to skips this bait 20-30 feet under under docks and pontoons, which is one of my best patterns during the summer.  Spinning tackle and a loose drag also makes it more fun to fight the plethora of 12" smallies.  If I was fishing Okeechobee or the Delta (big fish waters), I would not be tossing these on mono.  I would use ski rope.

[earthworm77]

RoadWarrior, you and I fell off the same tree. I would have put up the exact post if you didn't.

Jer, If the water is stained, the 50lb PP is a great choice, it is likely just as thin, perhaps thinner as the 17lb mono someone suggested and you never have to worry about it breaking.....ever!

[roadwarrior]

Earthworm77:  I thought you didn't like Senkos.

[bmo30]

I fish very clear water and i prefer to use flurocarbon (berkley vanish) ive tried a lot of lines and i dont like anything with a greenish hue because i cant see it on the surface of the water and i have a hard time detecting strikes