In using them up on Lake Champlain I've been using the 5" and bite them off 1/4" at a time when the hook tears them up until they become 4" then flip them around and fish them backwards. Can get quite a few bass on one. What we need is some kind of thin shroud in the front 2" so. Any ideas?
Believe me if it can be done to a Senko, I've tried it or seen it, or heard of it!!Originally Posted by reddogge
You can use heat shrink tubing on the top for Texas rigging or the middle for wacky rigging. I actually use a Gamakatsu Skip-Gap hook if I am getting a lot of small fish that normally destroy a Senko. It helps keep the top from shredding.
You can also try a hook with the screw lock type top for Texas rigging.
As a broke college kid from 2004-2008 I had a hard time paying for the real deal Senkos which was by far my confidence bait. A friend introduced me to a website www.alluringbaits.com. I started using their salty trick stick ($3.00 for 10, shipped in a plain Ziploc bag) and had awesome success and noticed that they were considerably more durable. Still use them and some of their other soft plastics today.
+1 on the heat shrink. I use it for wacky rigging, it's not perfect but works well for me.
Jake I'm not ruffled at all. I've been at this so long that I've heard just about everything negative that can be said about a Senko and just about every theory on why they are different. I would imagine every major plastics manufacturer has reverse engineered the bait and it still is unique. I am pleasantly surprised that no one has made an "exact" duplicate, but IMHO it hasn't been made. I worked a show with Gary Klein and we talked about fishing tough lakes and confidence. He said that he didn't know if confidence in a bait caught more fish but he was absolutely sure that lack of confidence will keep you from catching fish. So maybe it's the collective karma of all of us true believers!!
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