Senkos

[et84]

I have recently gotten into fishing wacky style and I wanted to get everyone's input on the senko worm- favorite brands, colors, sizes, fishing methods, etc. I mainly fish with 4" yamamotos, but I use chompers in 5". Green pumpkin, rootbeer green, black, cinnamon brown, pb&j, plum and chartreuse are my favorite colors. Also, I picked up one of those "O Wacky Tools" the other day, and they are money savers. They cost less than 1 pack of worms, and make them last 10x longer!!- and no, I'm not getting paid for mentioning their product or anything like that. Maybe everyone has already heard of this tool, especially people who fish wacky a lot, but I thought it might be worth mentioning for those of us who don't like to shell out $7 a bag for worms every couple of weeks. I've included pics showing how the tool works.

[Al Agnew]

One way that most people don't think about that produces on heavily pressured lakes is to fish them just like any texas-rigged plastic worm. Sliding slip sinker, EWG worm hook texas-rigged. They are much more of a do-nothing lure than the average plastic worm with curly tail or other stuff that provides its own movement. but they have a fatter, healthier profile than a finesse worm. The fish in 15-30 feet of water haven't seen them much.

[Clay Goforth]

Hey et,

welcome to the wacky crew. I love fishing wacky style as well and even developed my own wacky worm and built a mold. As for the Senkos, my favorites are the 5" green pumpkin, black, and pearl white. Another trick you can use with keeping the Senkos hooked up correctly is to take a very thin strip of duct tape and wrap it around the center of the worm. Then when you run the hook through, you make sure the point comes through the tape. I haven't noticed any significant difference with the number of strikes I get with the tape on vs the tape off, so I don't think the fish pay it much mind.

[RSBreth]

Mr. Wacky here. I use soft sticks "wacky" on plain hooks, weighted hooks, and jig heads, too. Try a slim 5" stick (Like a Tiki Stick or Strike King Shim-E-Stick) on a 1/8-ounce weedless jighead for skipping around docks.

Killer.

[dereck_evans]

I have recently gotten into fishing wacky style and I wanted to get everyone's input on the senko worm- favorite brands, colors, sizes, fishing methods, etc. I mainly fish with 4" yamamotos, but I use chompers in 5". Green pumpkin, rootbeer green, black, cinnamon brown, pb&j, plum and chartreuse are my favorite colors. Also, I picked up one of those "O Wacky Tools" the other day, and they are money savers. They cost less than 1 pack of worms, and make them last 10x longer!!- and no, I'm not getting paid for mentioning their product or anything like that. Maybe everyone has already heard of this tool, especially people who fish wacky a lot, but I thought it might be worth mentioning for those of us who don't like to shell out $7 a bag for worms every couple of weeks. I've included pics showing how the tool works.

A good way to fish them is on a slider head. If you like the four inch ones you can save a lot of money by switching brands. I have a good friend that owns a tackle shop and he sells ones that look exactly like yum dingers. You can get 25 for 4 bucks. Their website is http://www.candctackle.com/. They hand tie their own spinnerbaits and jigs. Cyrene is on vacation this week, but if you see what you like on their site call Curt at 573-429-6870 or Cyrene ant 573-429-6684. Tell them Dereck told you to call so they will keep giving me free stuff.

[Flysmallie]

I'll have to try rigging them wacky again. I almost always rig them weightless texas style so that I can throw them up in the brush.

Don't forget about the old pink floating worms either. These are a killer on Stockton.

[hank franklin]

One way that most people don't think about that produces on heavily pressured lakes is to fish them just like any texas-rigged plastic worm. Sliding slip sinker, EWG worm hook texas-rigged. They are much more of a do-nothing lure than the average plastic worm with curly tail or other stuff that provides its own movement. but they have a fatter, healthier profile than a finesse worm. The fish in 15-30 feet of water haven't seen them much.

Al, have you had much luck fishing them in streams for smallmouth? I've thrown them a few times and never had much success with them. Fished them wacky and texas-rigged.

My bait of choice right now is the Super Fluke. Can't get away from it.

[hoglaw]

I believe Russ a/k/a Whacky Worm fishes the hell out of them on the Elk with great success. I tied one on on my last creek trip when the fish were hunkered down and I didn't get a look.

[405z06]

I mainly fish them texas-rigged with a 1/8 oz ounce black weight. I also carry tooth picks in my tackle box and use the ends of them to peg the sinker about 12" above the hook eye on occasion.

[Gavin]

I'm not a fan...They catch fish but its not the way I like to fish...To me, fishing a senko is similar to dead minnow fishing with no weight...cast upstream, let it sink and wait for your line to move...snore....easy to gut hook fish if your not paying attention too.