The Mighty Senko Fails 2024
Heron reply :
Fish behavior is a funny thing...
Ive recently found a bass that has become a regular sight along my shoreline where I fish. Looks to be a decent 3-4lber, and seems to have taken up residency near a local dock. Ive seen him on 3 occassions now, and I like that I get to observe his behavior to different presentations that I put in front of him.......so far his response has been, "Yawwwnn."
He did take particular interest in a Biffle Bug on one day, and a scented Power Minnow another day. But then of course, he changed his mind, and drifted off.
But then, a voice whispered in the back of my mind that said, "Hey....throw a Senko." Of course! Thats a perfect idea! Nice little wiggle, nice slow fall, perfect.
I tossed down the Senko, and well......at least the fish looked at it. But, but he was none too impressed at all. I used that Senko for the next half hour after that, but to no avail. The Senko had failed. I also, was none too impressed at all. To this day, Ive not caught squat with that worm.
Maybe next time I'll try a drop shot. After that, might have to break out the live bait.
Smokinal reply :
introduce him to Ned...
Heron reply :
On 5/23/2015 at 6:08 AM, Smokinal said:introduce him to Ned...
Ah.....another wonderbait. This fish probably prefers a corn dog.
Senko lover reply :
No, no no no no! See a psychologist. Get counsel. Do ANYTHING other than doubt the senko. Please don't share such depressing information again. 
Heron reply :
On 5/23/2015 at 6:44 AM, Senko lover said:No, no no no no! See a psychologist. Get counsel. Do ANYTHING other than doubt the senko. Please don't share such depressing information again.
Haha....Looks like somebodys been drinking the senko kool-aid.
CeeJay reply :
Refusing to hit a Senko? Haha that's a wily bass you got there 
It's my confidence bait, but like all lures it will fail at times. On days where I'm not fairing too well, I always wonder how many fish were out there just staring at the lures I was tossing.
It's interesting that you get to see that bass up close and how it reacts to your lures.
I bet if you dunk a minnow it'll strike
5 Dollar Fishing Game reply :
Nooooooooo!!!!!
KyAngler_1120 reply :
On 5/23/2015 at 7:00 AM, Heron said:Haha....Looks like somebodys been drinking the senko kool-aid.
I hate to admit it, but at times I think I'm mixing the kool-aid lol...not had a lot of fishing time in the last few weeks, but when I have the only thing drawing a bite was a senko :/
ChrisAW reply :
It's likely that you had it spooked from it seeing you. More often than not, if you can see them, they've spotted you too. They get a little tight lipped when that happens if they don't just swim off in general.
I've been fishing from shore a lot lately, and I've noticed its easy to get a fish that just cruised in to bite, especially if I had already casted and I just have to work the bait to it. The less you move, the better. Wear clothes that somewhat blend in with your background. I don't go crazy, but fishing behind my complex, I've been wearing green or brown shirts with dark jeans. I stand infront of a larger bush or tree trunk to keep my silhouette from standing out.
It all might seem ridiculous, but I've had much better luck somewhat concealing myself than just standing out in the open.
bigbill reply :
They can see you too there not dumb basses.
I had a new state record hog swim up to me on the drop off
Look at me and go on.
cgolf reply :
Agree the senko is not that great of a bait, never got the hype. Swim senko yes, but the plain one no, could be due to how and where I fish too. I am more about finding active fish, so senko is not that.
Not sure about near shore fish being spooked, as I had a pair of 40+ muskies 2 feet in front of me hit a lure. Also had a 20+ bass directly under me on a pier strike a Crankbait I pulled along the edge of the dock.
Bassguytom reply :
On 5/23/2015 at 7:51 AM, ChrisAW said:It's likely that you had it spooked from it seeing you. More often than not, if you can see them, they've spotted you too. They get a little tight lipped when that happens if they don't just swim off in general.
I've been fishing from shore a lot lately, and I've noticed its easy to get a fish that just cruised in to bite, especially if I had already casted and I just have to work the bait to it. The less you move, the better. Wear clothes that somewhat blend in with your background. I don't go crazy, but fishing behind my complex, I've been wearing green or brown shirts with dark jeans. I stand infront of a larger bush or tree trunk to keep my silhouette from standing out.
It all might seem ridiculous, but I've had much better luck somewhat concealing myself than just standing out in the open.
Absolutely this is the case. Somtimes I dress like a tree or wear my sun costume and seem to catch more. No but seriously that bass can see you and won't hit anything until he can't or feels safe.
bigbill reply :
I know the fish are there that's why I'm fishing there. I use hardbaits, spinnerbaits, inline spinners first in the dark to Sun up.
As the fish move away from shore I go deeper with a c-rig and jigs.
These unfinished places are full of bass. The heavily fished places there not throwing bass baits. So it's open season. I don't fish in the evenings so I don't teach people who take fish.
One guy I met there stopped by one night and hollered out from his window he'd be back checking licenses. The whole family of ten packed up and left. Too many non licensed people taking fish.
cdemarse reply :
Throw a banjo minnow at him. It worked on TV. Lol
bigbill reply :
You would be surprised I threw a flying lure in a new drainage pond and it caught bass. I purchased the flying lure on clearance for 0.99 cents. Then I'm thinking maybe throwing something completely off the wall different silly right?
EvanT123 reply :
Senko is the last bait I throw when I feel fish are around.
Bluebasser86 reply :
I bet a big glide bait would move him.
iceintheveins reply :
I've had the senko fail plenty of times. Even plenty of times they won't hit a hudd gill or a lizard on the bed even.
Sam reply :
The bass may be a female which means it can be more picky than a male when it comes to feeding.
May I make these suggestions:
1. Stay out of her sight. If you can see her she can see/feel you.
2. Using the flipping and pitching method rig up a 1/8 jig head with a three inch heavy hook and add a Zoom Junebug trick worm for bait.
3. Slather the Junebug trick worm with MegaStrike.
4. When you see her or just fishing the bank have the bait make a splash for a few casts and then cast it so that it enters the water very quietly.
5. Let the trick worm just sit there for at least 60 seconds - an eternity in bass fishing.
6. Wiggle rod tip a little but let trick worm sit there.
7. After letting worm sit for 60-seconds and then giving it a wiggle, start to move is very slowly.
8. If this does not produce any interest or bites get a shotgun and ...................
Oops. Number 8 is for guys living in Louisiana.
Remember, bass are inquisitive animals and your bass should show some interest in your bait.
If she does not want Junebug, try green pumpkin. Then watermelon. How about watermelon candy? Pink? White? Neon green?
And you can throw the bait weightless, too.
Add to your list of baits the Mag II trick worm and give it a shot.
As for the Senko, do the same as above but fish it unweighted wacky rigged. Move it up and down so it flies like a bird in the water. You can add a touch of yellow dye (JJ's Magic) to the tips of the Senko to try to entice her to hit it.
Sooner or later she will hit your bait.
Or go back to your house and get that shotgun!!!
sofarfrome reply :
Throw him a hot dog. Seriously. I used to fish this small pond. Threw everything at them. Though not much pressure on the fish they were still picky as hell. One day I took my young daughter with me and she was "ootzy" about baiting the hook. I told her that we would stop at the local mom and pop grocery and buy some cheap hot dogs to bait her hook(s). She gave me a funny look but I assured here that it would work. We bought a $1 package of wieners and away we went. She placed about a 1/2 inch of dawg on her 2/0 hook and in less than 1 minute BANG. She landed a 3 pound LM. I was so proud of her. She kept saying "dad, it's a big one" while she was reeling it in. Oh well, had to share.
ColdSVT reply :
And people wonder why i dont own a senko lol
CeeJay reply :
I have no explanation for why some anglers don't have much luck with the Senko.
I'm sure we all have a style of lure or two that for some reason...just doesn't work for us. Could be flat out bad luck I suppose: wrong place, wrong time, etc.
For me it's lipless cranks. Never caught a single bass on one, ever. And believe me I tried to make them work.
Senkos however, well I love them because they work for me very consistently. Not 100% of course, as no lure ever made is a guarantee. But I have great confidence in Senkos.
It's strange...our choice of lures, what works for us and what doesn't. One of the mysteries of angling I guess
Alonerankin2 reply :
What? You mean the Senko can fail? You mean its not infallible? Lol, yes, it's rhetorical..
Catt reply :
I do not buy the hype it was because the bass saw you!
I've caught to many bass that were looking at me, as matter of fact my grandson & I do it daily. There is a small bayou 40 steps out my front door, it's only 6-14" deep & very clear. We fish it almost ever day, some days they bite anything, some days they will not touch any thing.
bassr95 reply :
There are many times that you can see a bass, and nothing will convince him to bite. There is a huge difference between saying a senko did not work on that fish, and saying they don't work in general! Because I've caught a hundred bass that prove they do work!
MassBass reply :
Wait till night and then, from a distance, run a spinnerbait by that dock.
Heron reply :
Update:
Welp. I didn't catch that particular fish, but I caught a different 3lber nearby. He was in about 24in of clear water, right in front of me. We were in plain view of eachother. Caught him by dragging a snagless jig/craw along the bottom.
Brett Strohl reply :
On 5/24/2015 at 5:45 AM, sofarfrome said:Throw him a hot dog. Seriously. I used to fish this small pond. Threw everything at them. Though not much pressure on the fish they were still picky as hell. One day I took my young daughter with me and she was "ootzy" about baiting the hook. I told her that we would stop at the local mom and pop grocery and buy some cheap hot dogs to bait her hook(s). She gave me a funny look but I assured here that it would work. We bought a $1 package of wieners and away we went. She placed about a 1/2 inch of dawg on her 2/0 hook and in less than 1 minute BANG. She landed a 3 pound LM. I was so proud of her. She kept saying "dad, it's a big one" while she was reeling it in. Oh well, had to share.
I'm going to have to try that one out
Hurricane reply :
Live worm on a bobber will get the job done lol... serious..
the reel ess reply :
On 5/24/2015 at 8:04 AM, CeeJay said:I have no explanation for why some anglers don't have much luck with the Senko.
I'm sure we all have a style of lure or two that for some reason...just doesn't work for us. Could be flat out bad luck I suppose: wrong place, wrong time, etc.
For me it's lipless cranks. Never caught a single bass on one, ever. And believe me I tried to make them work.
Senkos however, well I love them because they work for me very consistently. Not 100% of course, as no lure ever made is a guarantee. But I have great confidence in Senkos.
It's strange...our choice of lures, what works for us and what doesn't. One of the mysteries of angling I guess
I left home this morning with a Senko clone tied on. I was feeling extremely confident on it after it produced bigtime for the two trips. I only managed one dink on it. I caught about a 3 pounder on the Rat L Trap and several decent on a Zoom Speed Craw T-rigged. And a couple on a fluke.
My buddy actually caught 3 on the Trap today casting to the deepest part of the pond. He even had one break him off. They bite the gold color so well there, we keep spares.
the reel ess reply :
On 5/24/2015 at 5:45 AM, sofarfrome said:Throw him a hot dog. Seriously. I used to fish this small pond. Threw everything at them. Though not much pressure on the fish they were still picky as hell. One day I took my young daughter with me and she was "ootzy" about baiting the hook. I told her that we would stop at the local mom and pop grocery and buy some cheap hot dogs to bait her hook(s). She gave me a funny look but I assured here that it would work. We bought a $1 package of wieners and away we went. She placed about a 1/2 inch of dawg on her 2/0 hook and in less than 1 minute BANG. She landed a 3 pound LM. I was so proud of her. She kept saying "dad, it's a big one" while she was reeling it in. Oh well, had to share.
I've caught a lot of channel cats on hot dogs but never a bass.
Brett Strohl reply :
I can't wait to try these out next time!
FishTank reply :
I have had fish not bite on a senko or senko style bait before but sometimes nothing works.
Then there are days like today. I went out for about 2 hours and caught 7 large mouth on senkos. I had a guy ask, what I was using and I showed him a bag of green pumpkin senkos. He said he had not caught anything and he had been out for about 5 hours. When I asked him what he was using, he said everything. I gave him two of the senkos I had and guess what, he still did not catch anything. When I watched him fish them, he was just too quick on the retrieve. I tried to show him how I was using the bait, by letting it fall, slow soft jerk and again letting it fall. He insisted I was fishing too slow for his taste and that it was the bait, not him and went back to using a spinnerbait because senkos where too expensive for his blood. I did see him snag and loose two of those spinnerbaits in the lily pads. I would venture a guess those spinnerbaits cost about the same as a pack of senkos. I offered the help he asked for and it did not work out for him. So l let him go and fished on.
All told I caught about 12+ on senkos, fat ikas, and zoom lizards. When I left he was still fishing and he still had nothing to show for it. I would like to think I was lucky but I sometimes it just isn't your day.
everythingthatswims reply :
Long casts
A KGB Operative reply :
Seriously the lipless? Love my lipless. I'm over here like I can't catch them on jigs.On 5/24/2015 at 8:04 AM, CeeJay said:For me it's lipless cranks. Never caught a single bass on one, ever. And believe me I tried to make them work.
CeeJay reply :
On 5/26/2015 at 1:09 PM, A KGB Operative said:Seriously the lipless? Love my lipless. I'm over here like I can't catch them on jigs.
Yeah, strange isn't it? I don't even bother bringing them with me anymore. Maybe I should spend a day fishing nothing but lipless cranks to try and end the streak
the reel ess reply :
On 5/26/2015 at 1:09 PM, A KGB Operative said:Seriously the lipless? Love my lipless. I'm over here like I can't catch them on jigs.
I simply don't have the feel for jigs. I have a decent assortment of jigs and trailers. I get bites and miss the hookset. It's not that usual "tick-tick" feel of a soft plastic. There's a weedguard in the way of a fat hook that requires a major hookset.
Brett Strohl reply :
On 5/26/2015 at 10:53 PM, CeeJay said:Yeah, strange isn't it? I don't even bother bringing them with me anymore. Maybe I should spend a day fishing nothing but lipless cranks to try and end the streak
I've tried over the last year to get a fish on a lipless and haven't ever had a nibble on them. I'm sure they have their place, but I haven't found anything useful for them
Senko lover reply :
On 5/26/2015 at 7:50 AM, the reel ess said:I've caught a lot of channel cats on hot dogs but never a bass.
Funny story. My brother and I w/ our family and friends were fishing a private pond......the owners pretty much used hotdogs to catch the fish. I wouldn't stoop to it, so I was over there throwing senkos and liplesses. Well, my little sister and her friend's little Barbie poles suddenly started doubling and twice a 5+ lb. bass broke their lines. My brother started fishing with hotdogs, and caught a 4# and a 5#, his PB. I will never, ever, let him forget or count that as a real catch.
By the end of the day, they had caught 5-6 small catfish, a giant 17 lb. catfish, 8-9 nice bass, and lots of huge bream on those hotdogs. I finally gave in and caught a small bass on one towards the end of the day.....didn't count as real bass fishing to me, though.
Senko lover reply :
On 5/27/2015 at 12:27 AM, Brett Strohl said:I've tried over the last year to get a fish on a lipless and haven't ever had a nibble on them. I'm sure they have their place, but I haven't found anything useful for them
Bass rarely nibble liplesses, my friend.
CeeJay reply :
On 5/27/2015 at 1:24 AM, Senko lover said:Funny story. My brother and I w/ our family and friends were fishing a private pond......the owners pretty much used hotdogs to catch the fish. I wouldn't stoop to it, so I was over there throwing senkos and liplesses. Well, my little sister and her friend's little Barbie poles suddenly started doubling and twice a 5+ lb. bass broke their lines. My brother started fishing with hotdogs, and caught a 4# and a 5#, his PB. I will never, ever, let him forget or count that as a real catch.
By the end of the day, they had caught 5-6 small catfish, a giant 17 lb. catfish, 8-9 nice bass, and lots of huge bream on those hotdogs. I finally gave in and caught a small bass on one towards the end of the day.....didn't count as real bass fishing to me, though.
haha that's really bizarre
Catfish and sunnies, I can see them eating hotdogs...but bass??? And big bass to boot... Wow that's crazy.
Hmmm, *looks in my fridge for some hotdogs*
I once caught a 6" (inch, not pound haha) bass on a dough ball.
the reel ess reply :
On 5/27/2015 at 1:24 AM, Senko lover said:Funny story. My brother and I w/ our family and friends were fishing a private pond......the owners pretty much used hotdogs to catch the fish. I wouldn't stoop to it, so I was over there throwing senkos and liplesses. Well, my little sister and her friend's little Barbie poles suddenly started doubling and twice a 5+ lb. bass broke their lines. My brother started fishing with hotdogs, and caught a 4# and a 5#, his PB. I will never, ever, let him forget or count that as a real catch.
By the end of the day, they had caught 5-6 small catfish, a giant 17 lb. catfish, 8-9 nice bass, and lots of huge bream on those hotdogs. I finally gave in and caught a small bass on one towards the end of the day.....didn't count as real bass fishing to me, though.
That gives me an idea for a new scent product.
I have a friend with a pond who feeds the fish by hand, when he's not too lazy. I've been there when he does it and there are some huge ones in there. He says the catfish won't bite anything else and I believe him because I've never caught one even on live bait. I'll bet they'll bite a hot dog while he's feeding them.
gardnerjigman reply :
On 5/27/2015 at 1:24 AM, Senko lover said:Bass rarely nibble liplesses, my friend.
Usually when the lipless bite is on, it's hold on to your rod a little tighter during the retrieve type of bite... Really like it when they knock about 3 feet of slack in my line.
the reel ess reply :
I never had any faith in lipless cranks until a couple years ago when I started fishing a local reservoir. Now they're a go-to bait for big fish. My buddy turned me on to them in winter. We will fish deeper places in the reservoir and reel them very slow-as slow as possible to keep them out of the bottom muck and grass. But yesterday we dusted them off again. He caught 3 on one and one fish broke him off. I only caught one but it was about a 3 pounder.
Gold chrome is the color of choice in this place. You can fish another color if you want, but won't catch them. I don't usually believe color matters that much but I've been proven wrong on this lure.
joeblowwwww reply :
if you can see them... they definitely can see you!!!
no offence but that seems like 1 of the first things you learn about bass fishing. or any fishing.
5fishlimit reply :
On 5/27/2015 at 1:24 AM, Senko lover said:My brother started fishing with hotdogs, and caught a 4# and a 5#, his PB. I will never, ever, let him forget or count that as a real catch.
If he caught bass then how is it not bass fishing? If it works, and gets them to have a greater interest in the sport then by all means grab a pack of ballpark hotdogs and go to town!
A KGB Operative reply :
On 5/26/2015 at 10:53 PM, CeeJay said:Yeah, strange isn't it? I don't even bother bringing them with me anymore. Maybe I should spend a day fishing nothing but lipless cranks to try and end the streak
Spro lipless is great. Kvd is great, i enjoy the pumpkin seed comor one and the shad. xcalibur rayburn red is fantastic. Only three I use to catch all my fish on.
primetime reply :
I throw banjo minnows on every trip, or swimbaits with segments I should say....
Tim Cianciola reply :
The senko is a proven killer, I use them a lot.a whole lot.lol most likely the bass can see you also if u can see it that closely and that is why no matter what u throw he says nah.
OTR366 reply :
On 5/23/2015 at 3:37 PM, Sam said:
8. If this does not produce any interest or bites get a shotgun and ...................
Oops. Number 8 is for guys living in Louisiana.
LMAO....I was going to suggest rigging that Senko on the tip of a crossbow arrow. I think that's known as Louisiana rigging a Senko.
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