So Avid,if i understand correctly senko would be be fished weightless?To achieve the action senko is known for?

God,i think i've been fishing the senkos wrong all this time..... :-[

It would also explain why when i wacky rig a senko i get more bites...  

So Avid,if i understand correctly senko would be be fished weightless?To achieve the action senko is known for?

God,i think i've been fishing the senkos wrong all this time..... :-[

It would also explain why when i wacky rig a senko i get more bites...

My, my...After you try it the "right way" you're going to laugh at

yourself for making this post. The Fat Ika is fished weightless, too!

8-)

Catt, I have a question for you:

When you lift your rod from 3 o'clock to 1 o'clock in two movements,

that places your soft-plastic into a "glide phase".

While you're waiting for your lure to reestablish bottom contact (glide-phase)

is your rod held parallel to the water surface (3 o'clock) or perpendicular to your fishing line (1 o'clock)?

Roger

Good one Roger

Actually that's my mistake, what it should be is 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock to 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock, three movements. Keep in mind these movements are not exactly dead on 3, 2,1,12 because when I reach the top I'm more of an 11:30 than 12 o'clock. Between each movement is a pause long enough for the worm to settle back to the bottom briefly before the next movement. During this whole process I'm keeping a semi-tight line feeling the whole time for anything unusual because I don't know when I'll be bite. It's the classic hopping of an Ole School Texas Rig we all learned years ago, I just never stopped using it; I use this same technique when fishing a Jig-N-Craw.

Good one Roger

Actually that's my mistake, what it should be is 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock to 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock, three movements. Keep in mind these movements are not exactly dead on 3, 2,1,12 because when I reach the top I'm more of an 11:30 than 12 o'clock. Between each movement is a pause long enough for the worm to settle back to the bottom briefly before the next movement. During this whole process I'm keeping a semi-tight line feeling the whole time for anything unusual because I don't know when I'll be bite. It's the classic hopping of an Ole School Texas Rig we all learned years ago, I just never stopped using it; I use this same technique when fishing a Jig-N-Craw.

Okay, so in effect your lure rests on the bottom for a good 30 seconds,

but only on every "third" hop.

Roger

Exactly but if you think about it 30 seconds aint that long; many people use Spinner Baits or Cranks for search baits I use a Texas Rig.

wow avid sometimes i'm glad i do not hang out in bars.

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