Senko may be the most influential bait ever!

I have to go with the senko.

For me the Senko is my most influential bait... in the last few years.

I agree.

Kelley

This is the longest running Senko thread in a long time   ;D  My vote is definitely for the Senko  followed by the Swimbait. 

Another bait that hasn't been mentioned much is the football head jig.  It has opened a bunch of eyes to the different uses for jigs other than flipping them at visable cover.

Im gonna say of the previous decade..senko hands down..for the upcoming decade, I think we are gonna continue to see new finesse products and techniques that will continue to come out of japan... the flick shake technique is becoming really popular right now...if not other techniques I'm not aware of.

And btw, if anyone hasn't tried the flick shake technique yet, look it up and get yourself a tru tungsten flea flicker jigs. The action is unreal! and most importantly it catches fish!

Have to be the Senko type baits.  Every manufacture of soft plastics has them. Put a hook in it and toss it out. And it can catch fish.   The Fluke/Sluggo would be next.  Although you do something to it.

Swimbaits.  I dont think they come close.  I think they fill a niche. And are still evolving.  Swimbaits are  from outsized Crankbaits to Paddletail worms.

renting a lure? please explain

When the original Floating Rapala was first

introduced in the early '60s, the lure was "rented"

on an hourly basis on some lakes.

Buying one or owning one when the Rapala first

came out was virtually impossible. When my dad

found out about them, the Rapala could not be bought.

By '63 or 1964, the Rapalas were more readily

available, but still just as effective as today's

Senko.

8-)

When the original Floating Rapala was first

introduced in the early '60s, the lure was "rented"

on an hourly basis on some lakes.

Buying one or owning one when the Rapala first

came out was virtually impossible. When my dad

found out about them, the Rapala could not be

bought.

By '63 or 1964, the Rapalas were more readily

available, but still just as effective as today's

Senko.

Try the Rapala floater today, it is PRIMO for

little fish. I'm surprised tournament fishermen

don't fish it exclusively during pre-spawn and

spawn!

Short of really heavy cover, ou can fish everywhere top to bottom with an original rapala and some split shot.  It's still a "go to" for me, especially in moving water.

The "S" Word !!

SENKO bar none