what hooks sizes do you guys use for 4 and 5 inch senkos, and how do you normally fish'em

for me i use either a 3/0 or 4/0 ewg gammy hook with those fish catching senko's and i leave them texas rigged with no weight, but a small bullet weight might be something ill try when the spring rolls around

I use 3/0 gammies

when i wacky rig i use Falcon "K" Wacky Hooks... absolutely the best waky hook on the market (in my opinion  )

I like the Wacky Rig best of all. I experimented quite a bit with different hooks and settled for a Gammy 2/0 octopus circle hook to go with a 4" or 5" Senko. I also use those o-rings to keep them on the hook. It's been working great! No jerking required, just start reeling them in.

For t-rigging I use a Gammy 3/0 EWG and always fish them weightless.

what colors would you say have been productive for most of you guys?

what colors would you say have been productive for most of you guys?

I like to cast them weightless w/4/0 Gammy on top of cover, lilly pads, logs, etc. and let them fall gently off the edge.

I seem to get bit more on darker colors. Watermelon flake & june bug have been my top producing colors, but if your having a tough bite, don't hesitate to throw a white or green one.

Ronnie

what hooks sizes do you guys use for 4 and 5 inch senkos, and how do you normally fish'em

Wide-gap hooks, size 3/0 and 4/0, respectively. I'm usually fishing weed cover and rig them weightless and Texposed, skin-hooked if necessary.

I usally fish them weightless with gamakatsu EWG 3/0 or 4/0. I use just about any where if it is shallow enough and my most productive color is watermelon seed.

If I find that the bass are fairly active, I will use a 3/0 gammie and a 5inch watermelon flake senko in daylight.  At night I like the black with blue flake senko.  If the bite is a little tough, I will scale the hook down to a size 1 offset shank worm hook, allowing for a slower fall.  If that doesn't work I'll try a wacky rig which I still use the size 1 hook for.  

Do a little homework on the website.

The Senko is the #1 topic at BassResource.com. EVERYTHING there is to know about fishing a Senko is here, I promise.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1121527643

I always start off with a weightless t-rig.  Generall an owner 3/0 or 4/0wide gap.

The reason I always start with the trig is because it works very well on the fall, is more weedless than a wacky rig. And most importantly there are times when the bass want the senko swimming or fished like a jerkbait.  Yesterday afternoon, I was hammering them off the bank popping the senko like a hollow body frog.  I would vary the retrieve form drop , then swim, then snake on the surface then pop.

If the bite is exclusively on the drop, I'll switch to a wacky rig with owner mosquito hook, or gammy weedless.

But like RW said.  There is a wealth of information that covers this bait in depth.  Please do yourself a favor and check out the senko sticky.

good luck and have fun,

avid.

Always weightless, usually a 3/0 or 4/0 ewg gammy

I fish a wide gap hook...weightless.  My favorite use for them is on a MH action spinning rig that I use to skip up underneath overhanging trees/bushes.

either t riged (owner straight shank or wide gap plus hook) or wacky rigged (owner mosquitto or gammy finesse wide gap) i fish them almost always the same.  i toss em out and let em fall on a slack line paying close attention to the line as the lure falls.  i deadstick it from anywhere between 5 seconds and a full minute or more and then with a slow sweeping motion i sweep the senko of the bottom and again let it fall on a semi slack line.  i repeat this through whatever area i am targeting. i never fish the senko like a jerkbait as i prefer other plastics for this presentation.  i will occasionally use a screw in bullet weight if i am fishing a senko in cover and i will also c-rig them occasionally.

matt

I've been using a 4" Senko on a drop shot rig with some success.I nose hook it with a #2 or #4 Diiechi(sic) finese hook.

I T-RIG MINE WEIGHTLESS. THIS COMING SEASON I'M GOING TO TRY WACKY RIGGING.

MY BEST COLOR IS SMOKE PEARL BLUE #240.

2/0 wide gap---wacky---owner hooks

T-Rig---3 or 4/0 wide gap.

Green Pumkin

Weightless on #8 for spinning---#12 on a Curado baitcaster.

I start off with a weightless, t-rigged dark color with a #2 size hook.  I work it like a fluke with small starts and stops.  If that doesn't work I'll add a 1/8 ounce bullet weight and start dragging it slowly across the bottom.  When the senko starts getting beat up I'll wacky rig it.

There isn't much I can add to the posts and previous threads.  The fishing of Senkos has been covered in detail.  I will add that I generally fish my Senkos on a hook at the end of some line attached to a rod and reel combo and I usually fish them in water.  

I t rigg them weightless I have better luck keepin the smaller bass away with the 5 inch I use 4/0 ewg hooks

i want to learn that wacky worm rig this summer I'm gonna pick LBH's brain he seems very sucessful at this

PS go to the sticky on General fishing about Senko questions there is a wealth of knowledge there Most of what I have learned has come from Roadwarrior and LBH

What they all said... ;D

... And most importantly there are times when the bass want the senko swimming or fished like a jerkbait...

This applies to me too.  I try all sorts of ways till I find what they want.  Then I give it to 'em.

My best colors are in order: Blue over Green (SourGrapes), Red w/ Green (RedBug), Watermellon Flake, Yellow w/ Black (Forgot the name).

I only buy them from ***.  They work very, very well for me.

3/0 Gamakatsu and 8 or 10lb braid.  Depends on the rod I reach for.

BTW That is a nice Peacock on your Avatar.  It looks just like the one at Basspro trying to smash the prop lure.

later