Damn Rodney, save for the last paragraph that's a pretty darn accurate post.
As for inventing & testing ways to up our catch, we're all pretty much doing
that. A head-to-head on-the-same-boat test is far from scientific because
the two anglers can never possibly be considered "equal", nor could the
fish/fishing situation/lure action ect. All we can do is fish & see the
results, which almost inevitably will differ on our next try...

In the case of Gary's Senko, we do have a truly extraordinary bait w/o
question. It's a bait that works (far) more often than not regardless of
how it's presented, and even seems to shine the brightest with the simplest
& easiest of all presentations - the deadstick. Nobody seems to be able to
explain exactly why the Senko appeals so much to bass, but who cares? It's
probably the single best bait in the world to put in the hands of a novice
bass angler (my wife not withstanding) because of its live bait-like appeal.

As good as the Senko is, it's a mistake to become addicted to throwing it
(or any other bait), as there are times when the fish simply won't eat it.

I, for one, hope a true "miracle" bass lure never does get invented. I
doubt it ever will.

Warren
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http://www.warrenwolk.com/
http://www.tri-statebassmasters.com



"Rodney" . wrote in message
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Marty wrote:
"Jim L. Holweg" wrote in message
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Are these baits the hot ticket for the price?
Is there another close bait for a work'n mans price!


I have never fished the Senko, but I have been in the same boat with a
pro fishing it, he swears by them, but on that day, he could not buy a
fish on it, I had landed 6 before he changed baits. I think it just
might be over promoted, I'm sure it works fine when the fish are not
high pressured, and are active, or maybe it just was other unknown
reasons it did not work that day

That's the weird thing about bass,, and bass fishing, sometimes you
think they will only hit one lure, or hit one better than others, I
believe it's all in the mood of each fish, at any given time, that not
only the lure, but the exact presentation, at the exact time. Of course
you don't know what either is until you start catching fish

ANother thing is "is there actually a bass there?", I would bet that for
every 100 cast, on average, you might bring it by 5 to 10 bass, and that
is if your good at finding bass. You could easily drag the best lure,
for the conditions, through the water for an hour,, and never drag it by
a bass, then change over to another less productive lure, and then start
dragging it by bass and catching them. Fishing is like Pin the tail on
the Donkey,, but your blind folded, and no one points you even close to
the right direction, or there is no donkey to pin, but you don't know it.

So how do you know which lure is worth the money,, you don't,, not
really,, you just base your belief on the lures you have caught the most
fish on, yet there are hundreds of other variables, that could have
caused this, the biggest being,, you threw one lure more times than
others, thus making it more productive,, You believe in the lure, so you
use it more.

WE all know that at certain times, a bass will hit anything that moves,,
sometimes even things that don't move, but we spend hundreds or even
thousands of hours trying to figure out what works best,, no one has
ever done this, or they would win every tournament they interred.

SO what conclusions do we draw ?

It just can't be figured out :-)

Yet some fishermen catch more and bigger than "most" others on most
days. I think they do so more on their ability to "find" fish, than the
lure they are using.

When fish are found , the "presentation" of any lure, makes more of a
difference than the lure, and this is where I spend my time inventing,
and testing. Testing is the hardest part in this,, how do you do
control test in bass fishing,, you really can't,, there is no control
you have over the fish or the conditions , so the only way I can do any
test that really matters is head to head, in the same boat, fishing for
the same fish, at the same time with different "presentations". I will
be testing one,, but there are thousands of others, I need to test against

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com