Has anyone seen or used the Gary Yamamoto five-inch thin Senkos?

I found them at Green Top today and bought a pack of watermealon (no flake) to try.

I had never seen them before and was wondering ianyone out there knows about them.

Thanks for your replies.

Sam,

I have excellent success on both largemouth and small mouth with a 1/8 oz. Tru Tungsten weight, glass bead and a 2/0 Gamakatsu hook and a Watermelon w/Black flake Thin senko.

I'll cast it out next to a brush pile and shake it, drag it a few inches and shake it some more ... hold on my friend.

Steve

Had good luck with the *** 5" *** last year on a Spot Remover Pro.....

Ditto, did real well with the *** ones last year.  

Works as a fantastic little finesse worm also, t-rigged, 1/8 oz bullet.

and then there's always "wacky" but use a smaller hook than you do with a regular 5"

I have had great luck with them wacky rigging. Of course mine say Trick Worm instead of Senko on the bag.  Of course the fish come up read the Zoom logo on the bait and swim away so you need to take a small nail heat it up and burn in a Yamamota brand so they will take it.

You guys are killin' me!

Sam asks about 5" Slim Senkos and all of a sudden it's Zoom and *** comparisons. When someone complements Brent's fine company, baits and service, do Yamaoto users jump in with "You should be fishing a Senko"?

Back on topic...I started with the 5" Senko, but over the years I have found that this bait catches too many fish. I have not tried the Thin Senko for this same reason. The 6" version SEEMS to weed out a few of the smaller fish, although that is not always the case. On average, I do catch better bass with bigger baits.

You guys are killin' me!

Sam asks about 5" Slim Senkos and all of a sudden it's Zoom and *** comparisons. When someone complements Brent's fine company, baits and service, do Yamaoto users jump in with "You should be fishing a Senko"?

Point taken, and a good one.  In defense, Brent's were the first and only ones I've ever seen.

Back on topic...I started with the 5" Senko, but over the years I have found that this bait catches too many fish. I have not tried the Thin Senko for this same reason.

Although my main point here is to say that your thought process, after using them, is probably dead on.  They seem to catch the same fish as the 5's, I just use them to give them something slightly newer.  It's the highlighted part of your thread that will never, ever, neverever sink in with me.  I mean,...who wants to catch more fish,....lol

I know, I know, you want bigger ones,....

Back on topic....

This bait, a brandless, 5 " long, slightly thinner than "normal" ,long and slender-cigar shaped, salt impregnated, often multi colored, soft plastic bait would also make for a tender little drop shot morsel.

**MOD NOTE_ I'm getting sick of cleaning this up, everyone settle down or we'll just lock it and move on.  The topic here is thin senkos, STAY ON IT

A slim 6"...........RW, would you try one of those???  I know I sure would.  Probably a little better action, better fall rate...(than a reg 6")

Does anyone make one?  Brent?

Assuming you're in the right place at the right time (pretty big

assumptions!), the presentation revolves around action and profile.

So, "something different" is always worth a try.

8-)

I think I would even throw the 7's if they came in a "slim"

Does that have a flat side?  either way, I like it

nope.   back on topic.  Has anyone used the 5" thin senko?  is it made a little tougher because of the diameter?   can you tell if it's the same plastic, Sam?

b

It's gotta be a finer grain salt than in the regular senko.

Brent,

To answer your question, the 5" Thin Senko feels a little harder than it's 5 " cousin, the standard Senko. But it seems to have the same "action" as the cigar shaped Senko.

The "harder feel" could be due to its smaller diameter.

However, it looks like it is the same material of a regular Senko and the same color formula.

I just stumbled upon them at Green Top outside of Richmond the other day and had never seen them before.

The number is 9M-10-042J for the thin Senko and 9-10-194 on the standard cigar shaped 5" Senko.

So the first two number combos are the same other than for the "M" behind the "9" on the Thin Senko.  The last numbers are the color codes.

I will give them a try in March (February if it gets warmer) and let you know how they perform.

I hope you can find them and compare them to your baits, which I have to order in the near future.

Thanks,

Sam