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mikey5string · Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 179 Location: West Haven

I have never tried Senkos before...yes, I am the guy. I have been having good luck with the "Gulp" plastics but it has seemed to slow down a bit.

Finally decided to try them out. I have a bunch of assorted plastics of various brands. Lizards, brush hogs, power worms, crawdads.

Anyone want to trade a half dozen senkos for a half dozen other plastics. I can photograph what I have and you could pick. I have some extra skirted jigs as well.

I just hate to buy more plastics without getting rid of some and I hate to just throw away good stuff.

Is the bait specifically labeled "Senko" or is it just a blunt tipped worm?

Where do they sell them around West Haven?

Thanks
Mike

perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

I wish I traded my stuff for something else I wanted

if you were local I may have been able to help you.
Gary yamamoto senko

They are a stick bait basically

strike king makes them
kinami
many many brands

senkos have some of the best fall rate / action but, have very limited durability

in the end senko brand cost more and you may end up needing to buy them more frequently.
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MarkO · Joined: 12 Nov 2007 Posts: 330

YUM Dinger. May not have the fall rate as a Yamamoto, but will catch fish just as well.

mikey5string · Joined: 09 May 2012 Posts: 179 Location: West Haven

wanted to revive this to add my opinion on the senkos.

I only recently started using senkos. First I t-rigged them and they produced but no more than my other go-to soft plastics.

Even more recently, I broke down and started wacky rigging them I was a bit opposed to it at first, I thought of it as a step above worm n bobber fishing. I mean, YOU dont do anything!

I still would rather fish jigs, jerk baits, tex-rigged ribbon tail worms, craws etc but man, do those senkos produce. Especially when the fish are not biting anything. I've come to think that there is a skill involved, you really have to flip/pitch/cast them right on fish or in cover where a fish would be for them to be most effective.

The subtle twitching, and working the bait, the casting accuracy needed...

Its just another technique, another tool in the toolkit.

Anyway, IMO the Yamamoto Yamasenko's are the best. They have the best texture and fall action. At least compared to the cheap Strike King version.

Sure Ive caught fish on Strike Kings but I wont know if I would have caught more fish, or better fish if I just used a "real" senko. I dont like to wonder like that. Thats why I just use the Yamamotos.

The Kinamis are the same, just different package and different colors. They are actually about the same price when you take into account the qtys.

I have gone through 3 bags of green pumpkin/black flake.

I have a couple of other colors, a chartruese impulse buy, a bag of purple ones I found in the rental boat at the Salt... I really think youd be fine with just a green pumpkin based color. Seems like the less "flashy" the better.

Might be the most boring, unexciting, productive, fish catching technique/bait to come out in a while!!

CT_BASSman · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349

It's really a matter of personal preference I think on which brand works the best. What it comes down to is a stick bait (senko as most know them), is a stick bait. They're all designed to have the same action and do the same exact thing. I personally prefer the strike king zeros due to the fact that they're pretty much the cheapest out there, you can find them for $2.50 a pack usually, and they're the most durable as they're made out of ElaZtech.

Yamamoto may be the most popular due to the fact they were basically the pioneer of the stick bait trend, but they simply dont take the beatings and last as long as other stick baits, not to mention they're simply not worth the price. My catch rate never differs in brands I use, the fish dont know the difference. Color selection is far more critical than brand. Now before someone says , "yamamotos have a softer feel to them", simple fix leave the "other brand" stick bait out in the sun or submerged them quick in hot water.

Just my $.02

Nickp · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 708

Its not the soft factor with a senko, theyre actually stiff compaired to most original style worms. Its the IMMENSE amount of salt in all yammamoto products, more salt=more fish, more salt= faster wear. Same with thin wire spinnerbaits to heavy wire spinnerbaits- generally the thin catches um better but they get bent/break alot sooner.

CT_BASSman · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349

Nickp · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 708

I disagree, salt is irrelevant with any bait that uses wieght? Tubs? Beavers? 90% of trailers? Salt is there to make fish hold on longer. Salt wears out of roboworms, I get more bites the first hour of fishing a worm if it lasts that long, not to mention the worm action decreases as the salt is released.

CT_BASSman · Joined: 23 May 2011 Posts: 349

chuckc · Forum Police Joined: 06 May 2007 Posts: 1440

I think the guy just wants some senkos not a debate or a biology lesson.... Laughing

Back on topic I have a few bags of senkos you can have if you come to Bristol and get them. Thumbs Up

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perfect hook set · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 1069 Location: Danbury

refined salt is bad for you. Smile

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