Senko For Smallies

[Gerry Zagorski]

Headed up to 1000 Islands NY for a week later this month and rented a boat for the week. Many people I've talked to reccomend a Senko whacky rigged. I usually drift live bait deep like night cralwers and crayfish and do pretty well. Never fished Senko's before but picked some up a few days ago. This time of year fish are deep on shoals and ledges 20 feet or better.

Any advice on fishing Senkos?? I got some weights to fish it Drop Shot style too.

Thanks guys...

[ScowardNJ]

Hook em Wacky with an octopus style hook, cast it, they sink pretty fast, twitch, twitch, twitch, bang!

[Jigman13]

Originally Posted by ScowardNJ

Hook em Wacky with an octopus style hook, cast it, they sink pretty fast, twitch, twitch, twitch, bang!

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[acabtp]

if you want a little faster sink, you can texas rig them and choose whatever sinker size you like; that's how i usually use them. seem to last a little longer before they are too ripped up to continue using compared to wacky rigging too.

[NJ Dave]

http://www.keitech.co.jp/english/

These are supposed to be the new thing. Someone up on LG last week said they out fished senkos which were always a hit up there.
Senkos I prefer to fish wacky weightless with a #3 gamagatsu octopus hook twitched off the bottom.
You can't go wrong though with a simple live worm.
Good luck.

[GetANet]

They also make wacky rig jig heads that work excellent when fishing deep water kinda like a split shot on the hook with a weed gard. You can also drop shot the smaller ones.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Thanks guys.... So let them free/fall and sink down to the bottom then twitch??

acabtp - I heard about how they get torn up whacky rigging too... One way to avoid that is to use small rubber bands... You thread the small rubber band half way up the Senko and and slide your hook under the rubber band instead of hooking it in the senko.

[bubbasdad]

Originally Posted by NJ Dave

http://www.keitech.co.jp/english/

These are supposed to be the new thing. Someone up on LG last week said they out fished senkos which were always a hit up there.
Senkos I prefer to fish wacky weightless with a #3 gamagatsu octopus hook twitched off the bottom.
You can't go wrong though with a simple live worm.
Good luck.

I would definitely pick up some of the Keitech stuff, as well....just got home from lake george myself, and as NJDAVE said, the swing impacts are great when you need to get deep, or if the drift is too fast....definitely pick up some of their jig heads, too, they are tungsten, and seem to work a lot better than the standard lead heads....green pumpkin, black, and the green/pink one seem to work the best for us...good luck!