Has anyone tried the bass pro shops version ? I can't believe someone hasn't mentioned that yet. They have a ton of good colors and the best part there is like 20 in a pack. Go check it out. They literally stuff the pack where they can barely close it.
I got barrels of used silca sand from our blast room, anybody custom pourer wanna work something out?
IF the "secret" to the Senko was silica the every backyard plastic pourer not to mention the big names, would be doing it. I've been with Yamamoto for 15 years and have yet to find any other bait that performs like it. I'll give you a little tip, instead of trying to figure out what "can" be copied, try to figure out what "can't" be copied. That's the key. Size, shape, length, color, salt content (or whatever you think they put in them) is pretty easy to copy. Do the knock-offs work? Sure they do. Are the knock-offs as good as the original? You, as the consumer make that choice. It's your hard earned $$ you are spending. All I can say is that "I" have never found a comprable bait to match it. I am encouraged by Yamamoto to try all of the knock-offs and give them feedback, if one is made, I haven't found it. In my years of giving shows seminars etc., I have found that there are Senko loyalists and Senko distractors. You are not going to convert either one to the others way of thinking.
TOXIC, why did GY stop the junebug color? It is one of the most popular colors in every softbait imagineable. I like the action on the Senko, and in muddy water or night fishing, it's the color of my choice. Now I am forced to Strike King or Yum with not quite the results. I have tried the plum with the metalflake, which is about as close as I can see to junebug, but it's just not the same.
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they do...you just gotta know where to find it!If only Yamamoto would make "The Color that We Shall Not Speaketh Of"
This thread has been active now for over 9 years and apparently Senko is still the king after all that time.
I'm still waiting for someone to de-throne themOriginally Posted by WileyW
Now with all the hard bait offerings it's even better!!
Color 213 is purple w/emarald flake. Junebug is darker than that. I bought 3 packs from an online store and got the 213. I looked back on the GY website and plum w/small emerald flake is as close as I can get (231).
If the thunder don't getcha, the lightning will.
They list 213 as "Junebug" Possibly you had a custom pour? GYCB does not change the established "named" colors, they will just re-name them. What I am saying is that "Junebug" has always been Junebug. Makes me think though, how hard would it be for an on-line retailer to "replace" GYCB with a knock off and charge more for them? I would hope that is not the case.
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Soft stickbaits are like going up the stairs behind a shapely women. They all look good but not all of them have that special wiggle :)
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!!
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.
It's not so much the salt.....it's that they are poured with very FINE silica sand. (Ashtray sand, sand blasting sand ...some call it) this is why they are spendy but also their main attribute ....hence the name SENKO. As in sink. That's why none of the knock offs have the same heft to them. (We reversed engineered them in the college lab)Chopper,
The reason they dont last long is because they are loaded with salt. As for being a rip-off, in my opinion they are worth every penny. If land 6 or 7 bass per pack its well worth it to me. I have tried the so called copies and none are as productive as the Senko.
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Never said anything about copying anything. I'm a firm believer -and preacher of such - that they work best and will never be duplicated. I payed someone to drive 120 mile round trip to get me some at a BASS open on Erie after I ran out on day 1. Was just saying how they got their weight(not from salt) ...don't get so ruffled up. Btw reaction innovations sweet beaver have the same " can't copy the original" weight thing going on. Sure there are tons of knock off copy cats that may LOOK similar. ....but I'm still buying the original at retail ...in 100 bag lots! Why? Because just like SENKOS....they work better! Period.IF the "secret" to the Senko was silica the every backyard plastic pourer not to mention the big names, would be doing it. I've been with Yamamoto for 15 years and have yet to find any other bait that performs like it. I'll give you a little tip, instead of trying to figure out what "can" be copied, try to figure out what "can't" be copied. That's the key. Size, shape, length, color, salt content (or whatever you think they put in them) is pretty easy to copy. Do the knock-offs work? Sure they do. Are the knock-offs as good as the original? You, as the consumer make that choice. It's your hard earned $$ you are spending. All I can say is that "I" have never found a comprable bait to match it. I am encouraged by Yamamoto to try all of the knock-offs and give them feedback, if one is made, I haven't found it. In my years of giving shows seminars etc., I have found that there are Senko loyalists and Senko distractors. You are not going to convert either one to the others way of thinking.
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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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