10-01-07, 10:25 PM | #1 |
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Fishing With Senkos-My Technique
I have never had much luck fishing Senkos weightless. In fact, prior to tonight, I had never caught a fish using a weightless Senko. Anyway, I had posted previously asking people how they fished them so that I could learn.
Here is what I figured out.. And what might work for others. I would cast out, and the let the Senko sink all the way to the bottom. I would let it sit there perfectly still for about 10 seconds. Never got a bite on the fall, or just sitting. After sitting for a while, I would S*L*O*W*L*Y crawl the worm across the bottom. When I say slow, I mean 2-3 inches in 5-10 seconds. Occasionally I would stop the bait and give it some slack just to make sure that it was staying in contact with the bottom. Since I was casting across a creek, I knew to take it slow so that it would stay in contact with the "V" bottom as I brought it back to me. Anyway, people told me to watch for a "spongy" or heavy feeling. I never got that. Instead, as I would be moving it, I would feel a solid "tap" when the fish bit. Not "tap, tap, tap" like you get with a weighted worm. Just one solid tap. At first, I would stop reeling when I felt the tap and then wait to see what happened. Well, every time I stopped, the fish must have spit it out and moved on because I never caught one that way. I then modified my strategy and when I felt the tap while I was reeling, I would simply reel the line tighter very quickly and if I felt something on the line, I would set the hook. This seemed to work very well as I began hooking up. The dead-stick method, or sitting still was not working for me tonight. They wanted it moving. I never got a bite when the bait was sitting-unless of course I was missing the bites. I hope this is of use to someone. Good night! I went out multiple times recently and caught nothing. Tonight, I caught 5 in under 2 hours. Nothing big, but it sure feels good to bring them in like that. |
10-02-07, 04:23 PM | #2 |
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The small taps oyu might feel and then nothing there could be other fish such as bluegills. That happens to me a lot.
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10-02-07, 09:53 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, I one of the ones I caught was just an inch or so longer than my Senko. I was amazed at his tenacity! He really wanted that worm!
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10-03-07, 12:45 AM | #4 |
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I don't know what it is about senkos but little bass love them too! Almost every time I use one I get a bass that is barely bigger than the senko. I unhook him, tell him he deserved what he got for being a pig and trying to eat something as big as himself, and then let him go (of course I remind him to find me again when he's over five pounds!).
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10-03-07, 08:11 PM | #5 |
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I always seem to get a tap tap at least every now and then its one solid tap. Ya the blue gills love senkos too. I have had many upon many of bluegills try the senko. It get very irratating at time. Another fish that love senkos are chain pickeral. I always seem to catch at least one with a senko but usually when I'm reeling it and working it back in
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