RRichards151
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| 27 Sep 2011 06:21 PM |
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i just bought a pack of 6 there green with a red flake and i have heard of wacky rigging and does wacky rigging work best in deep water and not touching the bottom or should i texas rig it? |
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Hossinonimus
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| 27 Sep 2011 07:11 PM |
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If you want to rig the senkos wacky, I'd drop shot them. Let the weight fall all the way to the bottom. When it's sitting there, just wiggle your rod tip a little bit without moving the weight. Let it sit a minute. Then drag the weight a couple cranks and let it sit. Wiggle your rod tip a few times. Let it sit. The key is to watch your line. Many times I don't feel the bite, I see my line start swimming away. You can also sweep your rod to the side and then let the bait fall. Let it sit a minute then sweep your rod again. I get a lot of hits when the bait is falling. I also get a lot of bites sight fishing when I let the bait sit and watch a bass swim up to it. They stop short and just look at it sometimes and all it takes is a quick twitch and they inhale it. Like I've seen on here a hundred times, there are literally thousands of ways to catch a fish. Nothing works all the time, every time. You just need to experiment with different ways of doing it until you find something that works for you. Next time you go out, that might not work either. Different depths, different lures, different speeds, different colors. Change it up until you get a bite. Then remember what you were doing and try to repeat it. Find the pattern and you'll find the fish. |
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| Good things come to those who bait... Hoss in Wa
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mo65
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| 27 Sep 2011 08:59 PM |
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Hoss is right '151, wacky rigging is great for senkos. If you're going to fish in shallow water with them, try wacky rigging weightless. Just run a hook through the middle of the worm and toss it out. Bass can't resist the tantalizing slow drop of a weightless wackyworm! Another good point he makes is the way the bite feels. For some reason, when bass bite a wackyworm, you don't always feel the tap tap that you feel with a Texas rigged worm. Like Hoss said, your line will start moving off to the side. This is your signal...set the hook! I use Gamakatsu Wacky hooks, but just about anything will work in a pinch.  |
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Barresi
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| 27 Sep 2011 09:12 PM |
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Well first, Senkos are my go to bait. When fishing is slow I use a senko, When I want to get that first bite in the morning, I use a Senko. Fish them slow...Cast out and let sink to the bottom...Leave it there for a few seconds...Then twitch your rod a couple of times, let it sink back to the bottom, then reel in the slack and repeat the process. I would first try to rig em' texas style...For me, that works best. If that doesnt work, then try to wacky rig em'. You can try it on a drop shot or texas, either way will do. Or you can try the carolina rig. I prefer straight up texas rig. If you dont get a bite with these 3 ways I've mentioned...there arent any bass there! |
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RRichards151
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| 28 Sep 2011 04:26 PM |
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Well what if the bass are far out there and i cant cast out there? I never see them coming up to my bait? |
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mo65
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| 28 Sep 2011 05:17 PM |
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Remember last week I told you rule no. 1 about fishing(you can't have too many fishin' poles)? Well here's rule no. 2: The fish will ALWAYS be a few feet further out than you can cast! Ha ha, lol, they don't call them Senko(sinko) for nuthin'...they're heavy, they have salt in them and sink. They cast almost as well without a weight as with one. As for not being able to see them bite, that's why everyone keeps describing what the bite FEELS like!
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RRichards151
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| 28 Sep 2011 05:54 PM |
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Im just sayin i can cast a senko out maybe 10 yards or more and the fish are out 15 yards or more i touched that water and it must of been 79* Also were i fish at the tree line there is like a little cove were i hear nothing but splashing and flipping and flopping sounds like a heaven for fish but you can get to it  its either go through some wooded area infested with raccons and i cant cast around it, So what im thinking is im going to put on some high rain boots and go out in the water a little bit, Only problem is i have seen a alligator or 2 so im kind of scared to do that because the water is murkey :\ |
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mo65
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| 28 Sep 2011 06:11 PM |
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I'd be wary about stepping out into that water '151. If it's typical Florida water you'll step into 1ft. deep and sink up to your neck in mud! If you're gettin' that Senko out 10yds. and the fish are out 15yds., they'll come to it.   |
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