Senko Setup Suggestions 2025
chris55552 reply :
Thinking of pairing a Lews on a Medium Duckett (ghost) or (micro magic). Whats your preference on senko rigs?
Sam reply :
1. On a spinning rig with a 7-foot MH rod and a 2500 size reel spooled with 8-pound fluorocarbon or a copoly.
2. On a bait caster with a 7-foot MH rod and a Curado 100 reel spooled with 12-pound fluorocarbon or a copoly.
Since I pitch and flip Senkos I use the spinning rig 90% of the time.
lmbfisherman reply :
For Senkos I like to use baitcasters....
For me I usually will go with my GLX 853C paired with a Chronarch 50 MG 10lb floro. (Kayak) When I bank fish I will use my 6'8" Cumara MH/F paired with a Citica G7 12lb floro.
For wacky rig, I usually use my Fenwick ET Smallmouth 6'8" M/XF paired with a Symetre 2500 with 10lb braid and 8lb floro as a leader.
Tywithay reply :
5" senkos?
chris55552 reply :
yes 5inch senkos
Tywithay reply :
I use a 7'4" mh casting rod with 12lb Tatsu. I like the longer rod for extra casting distance and more line pickup on hooksets. Don't go too soft or you'll have to use very light wire hooks to get a decent hookset. Senkos are pretty heavy too, so if you're going to ever t-rig with a decent size sinker, you'll need a rod heavy enough to cast well with 1/2oz+.
bighed reply :
I concur, around 7' MH is the ticket imho
Delaware Valley Tackle reply :
I prefer the 4'' and 3" senko type worms so I fish them on M or ML spinning tackle. Larger worms I usually T-rig with weight on a Casting rod, but a 5" senko is plenty heavy enough to fish on casting tackle. IMO the attraction of senkos is the horizontal fall so I don't see an advantage in T-rigging them with weight. In bigger worms I usually go with a ribbed and/or curl tail or a creature of some sort.
roadwarrior reply :
On 1/2/2015 at 9:29 PM, Delaware Valley Tackle said:IMO the attraction of senkos is the horizontal fall so I don't see an advantage in T-rigging them with weight. In bigger worms I usually go with a ribbed and/or curl tail or a creature of some sort.
I too fish the Senko weightless, exclusively. I suggest 6 1/2' - 7' MF spinning tackle.
http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/13845-guaranteed-to-catch-bass/
WdyCrankbait reply :
yeah, a 7' with (some change) MH casting rod for 5" senkos, with a fast, or extra fast tip and I like a 6.4 to 1 reel, I know a lot of people are going to say 7 to 1, but I have just caught more bass on senkos using a 6 gear ratio. But, since you're in Louisiana, bass will chase lures down so the faster reel will probably be better for you.
Get you some 7" senkos and go out to Valentine lake.
Fishes in trees reply :
I use two different rigs. For wacky rigged senkos in the average cover that I fish I go with bait casting gear - currently a 50 sized chronarch on a 6'10" MH Falcon Bucco rod. I go with a Falcon weedless wacky hook, weighted either 1/16 or 1/8 and some brand of medium weight fluorocarbon - last year it was 15 lb abrazx. For tx rigged baits, I generally go with some brand of senko imitator and spinning gear. Currently I'm using a 5'9" Fenwick HMG Med power extra fast tip rod with a1000 sized Shimano Spirex. For line, last year I stuck with 14 lb Fireline crystal and either 15 or 20 lb fluorocarbon leader (a fairly short one, 12"to 18") The spinning gear is fairly lightweight, but I managed to stick and land most of my bites with it last year. I have tried longer and stronger spinning rods, but for where I fish tx rigged senkos, I have better accuracy with the 5'9" Fenwick HMG.
OntarioFishingGuy reply :
I prefer a shorter casting rod for Senkos, because I like to make very accurate casts to cover. I use an LTB 6'8" MH/F with a 50e Chronarch and 10lb copolymer or 20lb braid. Spinning gear with, as suggested, a MH power and fast action will also work well.
FishTank reply :
My favorite set up for this is a G Loomis 803C GLX jig and worm rod with either a shimano core or a chronarch 51e.
kingmotorboat reply :
13 *** and *** 6'10 mf. The *** medium is more like a mh in most rods
War Eagle 44 reply :
I like a 7' MH fast to x fast baitcast rod with 15# fluorocarbon or somewhere between 30 to 50# braid with the same 15# fluorocarbon leader. In the spring when the fish are really aggressive and the grass is just starting to grow I'll fish them on straight braid in the grass. I always use either a Gamakatsu super line ewg or an Owner wide gap plus ewg hook.
OK Bass Hunter reply :
I use Senko's on a 7'-2" Medium Heavy spinning rod and Stradic 2500 FI weightless with 8 pound fluorocarbon and a 1/0 Owner mosquito hook. It seems to work really well for me.
QUAKEnSHAKE reply :
spinning
8' ML/M 10# PPS8S
7'6" M/F 6# Nanofil.
99.9% wacky rigged
Jrob78 reply :
When I fish Senkos it's always 5" and weightless. I use a 7'3" MH/F casting rod with 12 lb fluoro.
SenkoGuru reply :
I am using a 7'1" Medium Heavy Duckett White Ice with a Daiwa tatula and 15# Fluorocarbon. I fish Toledo Bend a LOT and this set up works great.
roadwarrior reply :
On 1/3/2015 at 12:46 PM, SenkoGuru said:I fish Toledo Bend a LOT and this set up works great.
I hope you can attend the "Unofficial" BassResource RoadTrip at Toledo Bend in March.
Sam reply :
What Roadwarrior said X2.
I like spinning gear.
I use a 7-foot medium heavy rod and a Shimano Stradic 2500 with 8 pound fluorocarbon line for a weightless rigged wacky style presentation.
I will use a baitcaster if I want to cast it far into the middle of the lake. I then go with a 7-foot medium heavy rod with a Curado 100 or 200 and 12 pound fluorocarbon line with the same presentation.
WdyCrankbait reply :
On 1/3/2015 at 9:23 PM, roadwarrior said:I hope you can attend the "Unofficial" BassResource RoadTrip at Toledo Bend in March.
Ugh, wish I could make it. Post some pictures please! But, of fish 4 lbs and less, so, there should be like 4 pictures. Take 20# line and a wide-angle lens. You guys are going to wreck them!
Try both suggestions of spinning rod/reel mentioned and go with what you feel comfortable with. I use spinning gear for weightless 4" senkos like Sam, (he's a friend), but I prefer 7'+ MH casting with at least 14#. Spend a couple hours feeling out rods and reels and go with what feels best to you.
Eric Romines reply :
I'm using a Duckett Ghost 6'9" med Hvy spin rod paired with a mitchell reel for skipping a weightless senko under docks and other cover.
benthinkin reply :
On 1/2/2015 at 3:15 PM, chris55552 said:Thinking of pairing a Lews on a Medium Duckett (ghost) or (micro magic). Whats your preference on senko rigs?
what kind of cover are you fishing? tight or open water?
Arv reply :
Dx 742c or 703sf
SenkoGuru reply :
On 1/3/2015 at 9:23 PM, roadwarrior said:I hope you can attend the "Unofficial" BassResource RoadTrip at Toledo Bend in March.
Very Nice is their any where I can get some info on this. I would LOVE to meet some of the guys from here.
Darren. reply :
Wow, so many setups, so many opinions! 
My preference is a rod no longer than 6'6" as I do
a lot of close-quarter fishing from the yak. And I
get acceptable distance (acceptable to me) with
that length.
I use anything from ML-M casting with Shimano
Chronarch 50e reels for weightless and weighted
senko/knock-off wacky rigged mostly.
On the spinning side, I've got MXF rods from 5'9"
to 6'6" with Shimano Stradic 1000FI reels, and one
Daiwa Lexa 2000SH.
I don't really have technique-specific combos. Just
combos that do whatever I need them to.
SDbassin reply :
I fish 5" weightless Senko's on a 7-3 MH/f micro magic on 17lb flours with a lews tourney pro 7:1.1, but might switch it over to a 7' MH/f avid x, just because I like the avid x better, but I do like the longer rod. In really heavy cover ill fish it on a 7'4 H/F avid x, but my lakes don't have really heavy cover so I don't fish it on that as much. Wacky rigged Senko's on a 7' M/F avid x spinning rod with 12lb braid to a 8another sitelouro leader with a team lews gold spinning reel. I will fish it on a Carolina rig with a mono leader when I'm fishing deep, I seem to get solid bites with that in deep water.
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