We all have our preferred techniques. Personally, I really like to catch them on heavy gear fishing in the weeds. However that can be a lot of work. Sometimes drowning senkos on a lighter outfit is a nice change of pace. Besides, my 4 biggest fish this year were all caught on senkos.

On 10/6/2019 at 9:48 AM, keagbassr said:

You can put me in the no senkos camp. Or weightless anything except the occasional sluggo/fluke. I'd rather just get a bucket of shiners,probably cheaper ands just as effective. 

Definatly agree with this. As I've said before I'd rather try and catch 5 that weigh 20 than 20 that weigh 5. 

 

I think we all would rather catch 5 big fish than 20 small fish. 

 

But the biggest factor in that is WHERE YOU ARE FISHING. You can't catch big bass if you're not fishing where the big bass are; if they even exist in the body of water you're on. 

 

If you haven't caught big fish on senkos it's because you don't fish them that often. Because they most certainly catch big fish. I can't remember the members name but he has a picture of a huge bass (like 10lbs+ easy) he says he caught on a 3" senko. And I've caught big bass (for my area, 20+") on senkos every season. 

 

I've also had dinks take 12" worms and 5" bluegill sized swimbaits like the gantarel Jr.  And when I say dinks I mean half a pound. 

 

Again. The most important factor in catching huge bass is location..period.

 

 

Yes I agree they can catch big fish as my buddies pb 8-6 was caught on a dinger.  I just don't think  a weightless stickbait is the best way ( for me at least) to do it. 

I think it kind of boils down to the way most people are in general.  There's always the exception...but most people believe their way is better. My dad will sit on the back of my boat and watch me wreck fish on a jig and never tie one on. He likes the power fishing...has to be reeling or he isnt happy.  I personally believe anyone who doesn't have faith in a senko hasn't given them much of a chance. Of course I'd rather be fishing faster moving baits most of the time...when I go fishing i go to catch fish. There have been many days I would have gotten skunked if it weren't for the senko. 

15 hours ago, Shimano_1 said:

I think it kind of boils down to the way most people are in general.  There's always the exception...but most people believe their way is better. My dad will sit on the back of my boat and watch me wreck fish on a jig and never tie one on. He likes the power fishing...has to be reeling or he isnt happy.  I personally believe anyone who doesn't have faith in a senko hasn't given them much of a chance. Of course I'd rather be fishing faster moving baits most of the time...when I go fishing i go to catch fish. There have been many days I would have gotten skunked if it weren't for the senko. 

 

I can't speak for others, but for me I catch a lot of fish on our vacation lake with the tactics I use, and I have grown the bag of tactics I have over the years, and I am still trying to add more. I have many finesse presentations, but they all get more casts per hour than a Senko. For my personality quirks, that works for me and I probably could fish a Senko but not for long without getting board.

 

The vacation lake is also a very windy lake and I fish out of a 16 foot aluminum boat that makes holding stable difficult. I also fish reeds a lot and in the wind weightless baits and true Ned rigs are difficult to fish in those conditions. Often I have to up the Ned rig weight to put the bait where I want it. The only time I could effectively fish the weightless senko is sunup where 4 of the 7 days it has been calm enough to effectively fish lighter baits around vertical cover. Who knows if I fished different cover and wind conditions maybe I would be using it more, but since this is the lake I hope to retire on it may not be in the cards.

 

On 10/7/2019 at 10:12 AM, JediAmoeba said:

When I think of Senkos the last word I associate with them is inefficient.   They catch fish - if that's inefficient than I have been doing this whole fishing thing wrong.

 

I know they catch fish, but the drop being slower and the twitch and then glide of the bait taking longer than a weighted plastic is what doesn't suit my style. If I am not catching fish I do what I need to do to catch fish, longer pauses, etc until I key in on what they want. Last year it was letting it drop and shaking the bait in place while other years it was letting it sit. I just haven't grabbed a weightless senko or other stickworm to put them in the boat. I have used a swim senko on a 1/4 slider head and let them sit on the bottom for 5 seconds to catch fish, but to me the swim senko is a completely different bait.