Swimming Senko???

[Illinois Buck Hunter]

Has anyone tried out this lure yet? I have had amazing results with the original Senko, but I do not have much experience with a swim bait. I have played around with them, but have not invested enough time to have an opinion on them. I have however heard great things about them and heard of hog bass being caught on them.

I was walking through Cabelas (aka a checking accounts devil) and saw some of these swimming senkos. The first half looks like a regular senko while the back resembles the tail of a swimbait. I will probably hit the water Tuesday to try them out and try a few different rigging options with 'em.

Just wondering if anyone here has fished them and had any success or horror stories using them.

[childers]

was this the one that get a flat tail on the end? if so dont buy it i bought 2 packs and it wont swim right. it just swirls in circles. my experience with this bait is a thumbs down

[Illinois Buck Hunter]

What size hook were you using? It says that it is made to be fished with a large hook to keep it balanced

[childers]

i think likle around 4/o or 3/o. but i used the shaw grigsby version maybe thats why lol. all i can say is that they look they same to me.

[childers]

i take back my comment i gave them another tr. and they arent to bad after all they just need to be swam fast so it will work. on my 8th or so cast i caught 1.5 or so lb fish maybe 2 lbs. i was using the pack of whites with lots of salt on them and they werent to bad but i also had lots of yum garlic spray on it

[Illinois Buck Hunter]

Fished them finally this weekend.

Yesterday I didnt get a bite on it in an hour (fished a watermelon color dusted with red), but only caught3 fishin 4 hours, so the bite was a little slow.

Went out today and switched to a different color (Black w/ blue). Got to the water and noticed some bass on the surface so rigged up a torpedo and caught 2 quick 2 pounders and the action slowed off.

Pulled the swimmin senko back out and rigged it up weightless.Stared throwing along the weed breaks and nabbed 6in an hour and a half. Biggest was 3 lbs. Tried some tubes and worms Texas style and only caught one fish the remaining hour.

My Verdict: Not a miracle lure, but a solid lure under certain conditions. The bass were shallow today, where yesterday all fish caught were in deep water. I will continue to play with this lure with different presentations and rigging options to fine tune my approach with it.

*EDIT*....I tried fishing these with a 2/0 wide gap hook and it seemed to just make the senko swirl in the water..a 5/0 is a must to keep these lures well balanced and swimming the correct way.

[m.t.hands]

i know on the fluke, chatterbox, and bass assasins along thoselines i always use a 5/0 hook[&:]

[childers]

i like to use like 3/o on my flukes and assasins. that way it swims like a very injured fish.

[Austin/WI]

I use swin baits up here in WI all the time for Pike, they work great! I've had real good success catchin northerns and bass on them. I like the baits by Storm. A bunch of their baits are already rigged up with hooks, just tie 'em on and start casting. Just my .02, but I think they had the better colors for my neck of the woods as well, I really like the white/light silver color. It closely resembles the shiners and shad that I use for bait in different areas (shiners on inland lakes, shad in Lake MI) White is just a very good color in most of the bodies of water I fish.

I prefer fishing them kinda fast, using them to cover alot of water real quick, I'll slow down the retrieve about 15 feet from shore and do a figure eight with the bait just before I pull it out of the water. Another thing I've found that worked surprisingly well was jigging it kinda like using a finese worm. It sounds kinda wierd, I know. But I caught a fish on accident like this just after getting the baits. And I have since gone back and done it some more like that and caught more fish.