Anyone Not Have Success Or Dramatically Less Success With A Certain Senko Color? 2024
tcbass reply :
I've only used cinnamon brown and some blue one with black flakes (I think). I've had a lot of success with the cinnamon brown but only changed to the blue one today when I ran out of cinnamon brown ones. I caught 2 fish. So not enough experience to know. I want to buy some in bulk from Tackle Warehouse but see that they don't have cinnamon brown as an option. I'm in central Minnesota.
Anyone not have success or dramatically less success with any certain Senko color?
Sam reply :
Try this:
Clear Water - Watermelon
Stained Water - Green Pumpkin with Black Flake
Dirty Water - Blue or Black
Keep it simple.
tcbass reply :
On 6/22/2014 at 8:34 PM, Sam said:Try this:
Clear Water - Watermelon
Stained Water - Green Pumpkin with Black Flake
Dirty Water - Blue or Black
Keep it simple.
For me those colors are unproven and I don't want to buy a 100 pack in an unproven color.
I also don't know if the lakes I'm fishing are considered stained or clear. I usually fish Bald Eagle and White Bear Lake in Whitebear, Minnesota.
A-Jay reply :
On 6/23/2014 at 1:33 AM, tcbass said:For me those colors are unproven and I don't want to buy a 100 pack in an unproven color.
Fair enough - however one package of a few new colors to try is a prudent move.
A-Jay
Raul reply :
On 6/23/2014 at 1:33 AM, tcbass said:For me those colors are unproven and I don't want to buy a 100 pack in an unproven color.
Choose the colors you like and that have worked for and fish with those, unless the colors you like are not available ( it happens ) why change ?
ww2farmer reply :
Nope they all work. I sometimes buck conventional "wisdom" and use black blue in clear water..................guess what......they bite it, go figure.
OroBass reply :
I feel the green pumpkin magic is great for clear water but have no proof because I have ran out and used smoke or watermelon and caught fish.
tcbass reply :
Do you guys have any greater success with one color over the other?
OroBass reply :
Green pumpkin magic
ww2farmer reply :
Yeah.............green pumpkin. Why? Because I use it the most. Your placing too much importance on color. Pick one and fish it.
Raul reply :
Yup, Red Shad, wait, maybe it's because I fish that color a lot.On 6/23/2014 at 7:22 AM, tcbass said:Do you guys have any greater success with one color over the other?
michang5 reply :
I throw a bunch of senko colors -- watermelon red flake, cinnamon with red tip, green pumpkin with chartreuse tip, watermelon/green pumpkin laminate, black with blue flake, black no flake, watermelon black flake, and purple. And those are just the 5" colors.
I've caught fish on all of them on various local bodies of water. Different times of day (although I don't fish at night much) and different water conditions.
I honestly don't think colors matter. However I'm trying to consolidate to 2-3 colors: black with blue flakes, green pumpkin chartreuse, and one more (likely WMRF or cinnamon with red tip).
Bluebasser86 reply :
Green pumpkin works everywhere in any water color. Is it always the best option? no. but if you're trying to cut it down to just 1 color that's the easy choice for me.
Bankbeater reply :
The only two colors I use on a regular basis is watermelon, and junebug. Sometimes I'll use a different color, but I always go back to those two colors.
robster80 reply :
i like junebug in muddy water
masterbass reply :
I have the most success with plain black and green pumpkin. I think any dark color is all you need. There is one color that I have yet to catch anything on...I think they call it blue pearl w/flake. I thought it would be a good color because it is so bright. But nothing.
bassin is addicting reply :
you can't go wrong with green pumpkin w/blk, watermelon w/blk, black w/blue. in the colors TW offers in bulk
the color i have the most luck with (because i use it the most) is pumpkin w/black and green flake..
i like the orange(ish) color with the green flake...a good bluegill imitator.. imo..
Brian Needham reply :
you can throw any color you want as long as it is GreenPumpkin!
I only keep two colors of senkos, green pumpkin and black and blue.
with senkos I feel it is the "action" that drives them wild , not the color
ColdSVT reply :
On 6/22/2014 at 8:34 PM, Sam said:Try this:
Clear Water - Watermelon
Stained Water - Green Pumpkin with Black Flake
Dirty Water - Blue or Black
Keep it simple.
Those are the only colors of senko i have ever owned lol...they work just as described!
TTS reply :
I like watermelon w/black flake, green pumpkin, black w/blue flake and junebug. I'm sure lots of other colors would work fine too, these are just the colors I stick with. I've personally had zero luck with white however. Tom
Kevin22 reply :
I'm late to the party but I'll throw in my experience anyways.
I have caught tons of fish on green pumpkin. Either green pumpkin black flake or green pumpkin with purple and green. I have tried black, black neon, and black/blue numerous times and I can only recall one fish being caught. Almost every time I have then switched to GP and started catching fish. I don't know what it is, maybe the fish are bigots. This is clear water with 8-10' visibility down to muddy water with 3" visibility.
Brian Needham reply :
On 6/24/2014 at 6:03 AM, Kevin22 said:I'm late to the party but I'll throw in my experience anyways.
I have caught tons of fish on green pumpkin. Either green pumpkin black flake or green pumpkin with purple and green. I have tried black, black neon, and black/blue numerous times and I can only recall one fish being caught. Almost every time I have then switched to GP and started catching fish. I don't know what it is, maybe the fish are bigots. This is clear water with 8-10' visibility down to muddy water with 3" visibility.
I will say the times I have done well on a black and blue senko is in the spring when fish are on beds... the water was "clear" 3 ft vis....black and blue looks a lot like our lizards around here.
98% of the time its green pumpkin for me.
doyle8218 reply :
On 6/23/2014 at 4:52 PM, Bluebasser86 said:Green pumpkin works everywhere in any water color. Is it always the best option? no. but if you're trying to cut it down to just 1 color that's the easy choice for me.
I agree.
Jeff H reply :
I've tried a bunch of colors and they bang them all. Now, I just buy whatever is on sale. The last purchase was watermelon candy and I know they'll hit them too. MY favorites are Junebug and Red Shad.
Whitebear is fairly clear, Bald Eagle would qualify as stained most of the time and dirty the rest. I don't know how it looks right now though, but probably more clear than I've seen it. Most of the lakes are staying more clear later into the season this year. Hasn't gotten hot enough yet to bloom and all the rain is helping too.
MIbassin reply :
My best color is a pumpkin with purple and green flakes and a chartreuse tail, not sure what it is called. The one color I never caught a bass on was the white one with silver flakes. It's probably because we have no shad here
nascar2428 reply :
Senko color #297 is really the only color you need. (Green Pumpkin w blk flake)
Tylertut reply :
I do really well on smoke with blue black and gold flake. I usually throw that or green pumpkin for fairly clear water and in murky water I'll throw something a bit darker, but I know of a couple places where I can get bit all day on a bubblegum or chartreuse senko. I agree with some other posts is that the biggest factor which makes a senko a successful bait is the action, not so much the color.
bass1980 reply :
On 6/22/2014 at 3:39 PM, tcbass said:I've only used cinnamon brown and some blue one with black flakes (I think). I've had a lot of success with the cinnamon brown but only changed to the blue one today when I ran out of cinnamon brown ones. I caught 2 fish. So not enough experience to know. I want to buy some in bulk from Tackle Warehouse but see that they don't have cinnamon brown as an option. I'm in central Minnesota.
Anyone not have success or dramatically less success with any certain Senko color?
I fish the same water as you. I have all sorts of colors and have given most of them away to my little cousins. All I keep now is green pumpkin, black with blue flakes, and watermelon with red flakes. It's not science but I use green pumpkin on clear water and sunny days. Black and blue for cloudy days or dust and dawn. When I use watermelon and red flakes I use it for sunny days on stained water. You just can't go wrong with those colors.
boostr reply :
I have to agree with you, I've been using the Strike King Shimee Stick in Pumpkin Black flake, and they can't resist it. I think also the pumpkin color makes it look like a real worm.On 6/24/2014 at 1:33 AM, bassin is addicting said:the color i have the most luck with (because i use it the most) is pumpkin w/black and green flake..
i like the orange(ish) color with the green flake...a good bluegill imitator.. imo..
quanjig reply :
Check out watermelon violet, was a limited color last year but i foud it was stocked again this year.
Choporoz reply :
ANY color. As long as it is green. I don't care if it is green pumpkin, green watermelon, or green cucumber.....it doesn't matter if it has black flakes, red flakes or platinum flakes. As long as the worm is green, I'm confident and catching bass.
hookset on 3 reply :
Everybody has their preference and that's fine.
I would try add simulate the colors of the panfish and minnows that you see swimming around in the shallows.
Regards, Tony
Felix77 reply :
My 2 go-to colors are ...
Green Pumpkin
Black/Blue with a blue tip
Everything else is merely for entertainment purposes only. 
tcbass reply :
Well, thanks you guys and the dang Baitmonkey I bought a 100 pack of green pumpkin w/ black flake Senkos from Tackle Warehouse. I waited for their July 4th sale.
I also got a Live Target Mouse, a pack of Rage Bugs in green pumpkin, a Savage Frog with kicker legs, and a pack of Biffle Swing Jigs.
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