I was so effin excited for this. I decided last season that you cannot consider yourself a good fisherman if you ignore proven fish catching techniques.

I just bought a new bobber rod!  Very effective and very fun method for catching bass!

Ok, do you just let the senko fall, and then recast, or just st it out there and wait? or give it action through the slip?

I was just wondering if anyone has tried this? Ive heard a senko under a bobber works well in the north country and was thinking of trying it out.

Works great. That's how I set my grandson up when he goes with me.

My go to baits in spring with a good 7-12 mph wind.

Senko rigged wacky. Nail weights in ends. Big bass Bobber.

Just drifting shallow flats.

Keithe Poshe spinners add some action to the bait also.

I've heard of this as well.  I fish senkos a LOT in the summer and early fall in northern Michigan.  I've always had success not using one so I never tried it.  I just rig it wacky style and let it sink slowly.  It seems so simple but I've caught my biggest smallmouths this way.  I just wish they were a little more durable. 

 

 

I've heard of this as well.  I fish senkos a LOT in the summer and early fall in northern Michigan.  I've always had success not using one so I never tried it.  I just rig it wacky style and let it sink slowly.  It seems so simple but I've caught my biggest smallmouths this way.  I just wish they were a little more durable. 

 

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

 

If you're not using an O-ring while wacky rigging, you might want t consider it.

 

Seems to help with the baits longevity - It's not the cure all but you'll usually get better than one fish with one bait ratio.

 

A-Jay

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

 

If you're not using an O-ring while wacky rigging, you might want t consider it.

 

Seems to help with the baits longevity - It's not the cure all but you'll usually get better than one fish with one bait ratio.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

Thanks for the welcome!

 

I saw those O-Rings somewhere (can't remember where) but wasn't sure if they would be worth it.  I'll have to pick some up and try them.

Ok, do you just let the senko fall, and then recast, or just st it out there and wait? or give it action through the slip?

I usually use this presentation when on a deep water structure, fishing for smallmouth bass. Usually there is a chop on the water out there, so I would say that it would be a help to have a decent breeze.

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

 

If you're not using an O-ring while wacky rigging, you might want t consider it.

 

Seems to help with the baits longevity - It's not the cure all but you'll usually get better than one fish with one bait ratio.

 

A-Jay

 

 

 

Thanks for the welcome!

 

I saw those O-Rings somewhere (can't remember where) but wasn't sure if they would be worth it.  I'll have to pick some up and try them.

I suggest you re-read my original post with picture. You do not need expensive O-rings. Goodies work just fine.

Ive tried it and it works well on choppy days but i still feel silly throwin a bobber

Ive tried it and it works well on choppy days but i still feel silly throwin a bobber

You won't feel very silly when you pull in that 6 lb. smallie, or salmon, or rainbow, or lake trout, or white perch, or largemouth, or......   And neither will your partners. I've caught just about everything that swims on this rigging. And it usually is the larger of each species.

I've never tried senkos under a bobber,but I will give it a go next time I go out.

 

Thanks for the tips, always looking for new ways to catch small mouth Bass.

does anyone use a weighted hook with this setup?

Doesn't a bobber defeat the whole idea behind the Senko? ie to let the bait sink over and over so the fish can "see how it sinks" and somehow the salt impregnation mind%$#!@s them into biting it. Anyway, if it's under a float it's not sinking.

does anyone use a weighted hook with this setup?

 

I haven't used a weighted hook, just let the 

senko do its thing until it hits the float length.

 

And welcome to the forums!

Doesn't a bobber defeat the whole idea behind the Senko? ie to let the bait sink over and over so the fish can "see how it sinks" and somehow the salt impregnation mind%$#!@s them into biting it. Anyway, if it's under a float it's not sinking.

 

Depends on what you are after.

 

Perhaps it could be called the wacky float rig

or something else to avoid confusion.

 

Bottom line, it works. It worked for me around

dock pylons where bass were hovering at

particular depths, weren't interested in a sinking

senko, but once we put a float on, the senko

hovered in front of the bass and drove it mad.

 

Worked better than anything else we tried.

 

FWIW....

I love to fish wacky rigged senkos under a float.  Probably accounts for 50% of largemouths that I've caught on a senko.

Not one of those red and white round bobbers, but a small Trout Magnet float.  Balances perfectly. 

Deadly deadly deadly technique.

 

Edit- Oops, didn't realize this was in the Smallmouth forum   Still applies to smallies as well though.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried this? Ive heard a senko under a bobber works well in the north country and was thinking of trying it out.

work great in Pa. rivers

I use this setup with a centerpin for river smallies all the time. Works great!

This is probably one of those techniques that has a time and place it really would fit. I have thought about doing this for some time and just never have gotten around to it. Now it is on my up comming list of things to at least try this next season. I bet a whacky rigged 5 inch mag finesse worm would work well too.

Has any  one tried this along the outside of deep pad edges, next to blow downs or along docks? It would almost seem that a bait just hanging near such cover might be quite productive if done right. I totaly get the idea of using this on flats with submerged weed and already have a place in mind to try it out in a tourney this summer. But I'm always looking for an edge around cover. It would certainly be some thing different than a jig or senko type bait sinking down. Any thoughts on this? Crestliner you seem to have thought this out quite a bit, what say ye?

On ‎1‎/‎16‎/‎2016 at 2:40 PM, Jim Drinkwater said:

Has any  one tried this along the outside of deep pad edges, next to blow downs or along docks? It would almost seem that a bait just hanging near such cover might be quite productive if done right. I totaly get the idea of using this on flats with submerged weed and already have a place in mind to try it out in a tourney this summer. But I'm always looking for an edge around cover. It would certainly be some thing different than a jig or senko type bait sinking down. Any thoughts on this? Crestliner you seem to have thought this out quite a bit, what say ye?

I find it works best at weed edges and docks 6' water depth or less. I caught 3 in 10 minutes at 3 different docks on first cast.

 

Would you float a plastic creature bait?If a fish wonders by it, sure it might bite it. But a senko works best on the fall creating that reaction strike.

If you wanna read a magazine or drink beer, im sure a floating senko can be used to be a throw it out and sit back bait. But in that case,  real worms will probably work best.

Spoiler

 

I agree on the fall or some other movement. I've found that if I don't get a bite in about 20 seconds, it probably won't happen. Then I reel slow as to not make a wake with the float. I catch a lot of LMB doing that under docks and on weed lines.