Owner Twistlock Light 4/0. 

 

I don't even like fishing weightless senkos on anything else (other than wacky). 

Senkos are expensive- I like using twist lock hooks as they extend the life of senkos.

 

I buy hitchhikers and wide gap swim jig mold hooks and make my own twist locks at a much lower cost. Jig hooks run big when not used in a mold- I like the 2/0 or 3/0 sizes with a five inch senko.

This little guy.   Owner Twistlock Light cps.  It was pretty much made for the senko

 

https://siebertoutdoors.com/products/ols/products/owner-twistlock-flippin-hook-wnr-tws-flp-hk6

I found that with twist lock hooks, the first time a fish pulls the Senko free, it rips the head and you either have to bite it and re-twist it which means you have to also re-insert the hook point and the next bite will rip it in half.  With a thin wire ewg a lot of times the Senko will just run up the hook eye and be intact on your line above the hook.  Just slide it back down to re-rig.  

4 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

I found that with twist lock hooks, the first time a fish pulls the Senko free, it rips the head and you either have to bite it and re-twist it which means you have to also re-insert the hook point and the next bite will rip it in half.  With a thin wire ewg a lot of times the Senko will just run up the hook eye and be intact on your line above the hook.  Just slide it back down to re-rig.  

 

See, my experience is the exact opposite. 

When I use EWGs, the hook ripped through the "head" of the senko constantly. Like almost every bite.  With twist locks, I may catch 3-4 fish and never have the head rip off or through. 

15 hours ago, Oldskool67 said:

Gamakatsu 3/0 EWG

 

Yep

Gamakatsu Wicked Wacky  3/0, 4/0

The one you mentioned first. But this is not a bait I fish a lot.

VMC Fast Grip

On 3/29/2021 at 10:14 PM, fishwizzard said:

I use a 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG, but I really want to make a Twistlock Owner work, but the hooksets with them are awful, more lost then landed for sure.  Which makes no sense as I use the Twistlocks on Super Flukes to great success and at times I fish them as slow as I would a Senko.  Has anyone else had this kind of issue? 

I tried to make the Twistlock Owner work for 2 years and it seemed like I couldn't land anything. When I went back to 3/0 Gamakatsu EWG all was right in the world. I then tried the VMC 3/0 Long Shank EWG and, again, couldn't land a bass. I'm back to the Gammy EWG forever.