Ok, so I'm about to the breaking point of fishing with plastic worms.  I've caught two fish on C-rigs over the course of about 15 fishing trips, and that's it.

Then I almost blew my top Saturday night.  My girlfriend and I were night fishing from a dock, and she broke her reel.  She's a good sport, and didn't want me to feel bad and go home, so she took out some line, rigged up a cane pole type set up with a senko, and caught a 12" LM.

This got me thinking:  Exactly how slowly do I need to be fishing my soft plastics?  I try to go as slowly as I can, but I'm worried that if I'm not pulling the bait towards me, I won't feel a strike.  Someone help me out before I throw $100 worth of Senkos and Rattlesnakes into the lake.

Ok here is what you do, cast the senko out and let it fall to the bottom on slack line (When it first hits the water do not move it, just let it fall). You don't have to necessarily "feel" the bites, most of the time with senkos I see the bite, I don't feel the bite too often other then when Im feeling the bait, but I'll get into that in a sec.

Ok, now that the bait has hit the water and the line is slack, just reel a little bit so the line is what you could call "semi-slack", having the line semi-slack will make it easier to indicate a hit, a hit will either come as a sudden twitch of the line, or the line will just pick up and start headin off. When the line picks up and heads off, just give a solid hook set. If the line twitches I'll often feel the bait by just slowly lifting my rod into a 12 O clock position (reel a little if the lines too slack to feel the bait, but be gentle your really not tryin to move the bait when your feeling it), this will enable you to feel the bait as softly as possible, not spooking the fish and not moving the bait much at all. If you feel the weight of the fish, give a quick hard  hookset, if not just continue to work the bait along as described below.

If you don't get a bite when the bait first hits the water (which is often when the bite occurs). Begin to lift the bait off the bottom by bring your rod into the 12 O clock position a little faster, you want the bait to come to about mid water lvl, or a bit higher, then you let the bait fall back down again on slack line. When the bait hits the bottom reel a bit if necessary to get a "semi-slack" line going, and let the bait sit for a good 4-6secs. Sometimes I even let it sit longer (7-10secs). Remember to pay close attention to the line. If nothing hits, you can give a quick jerk to dart the senko upwards, and then let it fall again on the slack line. What you have to remember, is the fish catching action of the senko is the wiggling fall of the bait, so that is what you want the senko to do. If you fish it with quick jerks, or a straight retrieve you most likely won't do too great with the bait.

I hope I helped you some, this is pretty much how you fish the senko and other senko knock offs. Remember to pay close attention to the line for any twitches/line carries. And remember the best action from the senko is its seductive fall, thats the action you want to repeat several times on each cast. Best of luck to ya. Some senko colors I recommend are Greenpumpkin, Watermelonseed, Cinnamon Brown, and (black..only on overcast days/night/ or muddy water.)

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1121527643/0#0 this link will list links of questions regarding fishing a senko, you should be able to find anything you need regarding a senko in that link.