Senkos....

Ok... I thought I was a decent senko fisherman, but yesterday I got
schooled seriously.

Lannes Brock invited me to fish Yuma Bassmasters with him. His regular
partner was busy with something else. Anyway. Lannes pretty much fished a
t-rigged senko all day long with a brief respite while he fished a fluke.

We ran through an area and the wind was whipping down along with us for
hours. He was feeling fish constantly and putting a fish in the boat
regularly while I stood there and watched. I'm sure I was getting bites,
but I was oblivious to it. Basically Lannes was dead sticking a senkos and
then very slowly dragging it. Every once in a while he would say, "I'm
getting a bite." Then he would let the fish swim around a bit and set the
hook.

When I finally focused I caught a coupel also. Wow. I'm a line wather
mostly, but if you had seen me yesterday you would have thought I totally
forgot how to fish by feel. I used to be pretty good at fishing by feel.
In fact back when I bait fished I would read a book and fish totally by feel
with the line lace between my fingers, and I always caught more fish that
way than anybody else bait fishing. Maybe I should take a couple days
sitting ont he bank to get my touch back.


--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com





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Same here...only with Trick worms.

Mid-Tenn Classic 2002 on Center Hill Lake, Moe Conway and I were paired up
on day 2. The first day, I found fish by fishing black and blue tubes. Day
2, I was out of tubes... but Moe promised me that we could pick them off
fishing Trick Worms very slowly. That was going to be difficult with the
wind, but we did ok. Ok, he did all right. I stood there on the front off
the boat watching him pluck fish out of the water like he personally put
them there for later. He caught so many fish that he quit culling them. I
stood there fishless.

"Charles" he would say, "you gotta wait until you feel them turn their head
before you set the hook."

Ok, patience is the key. So there I'd stand like a moron while these fish
would take my bait, turn their heads, take a nap, pick their little fish
babies up from school... whatever, and STILL not latch on to one. Moe even
got up on the front deck with me, almost placing the bait in the water and
setting the hook... trying to teach me what he was doing and I wasn't.

Point is... sometimes you've got it... sometimes you don't. That was one of
my "sometimes I don't" days.

BTW: Moe's weight alone gave us a 2nd place fishing on day two. Too bad I
couldn't have helped out.


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
.. .
Ok... I thought I was a decent senko fisherman, but yesterday I got
schooled seriously.

Lannes Brock invited me to fish Yuma Bassmasters with him. His regular
partner was busy with something else. Anyway. Lannes pretty much fished
a t-rigged senko all day long with a brief respite while he fished a
fluke.

We ran through an area and the wind was whipping down along with us for
hours. He was feeling fish constantly and putting a fish in the boat
regularly while I stood there and watched. I'm sure I was getting bites,
but I was oblivious to it. Basically Lannes was dead sticking a senkos
and then very slowly dragging it. Every once in a while he would say,
"I'm getting a bite." Then he would let the fish swim around a bit and
set the hook.

When I finally focused I caught a coupel also. Wow. I'm a line wather
mostly, but if you had seen me yesterday you would have thought I totally
forgot how to fish by feel. I used to be pretty good at fishing by feel.
In fact back when I bait fished I would read a book and fish totally by
feel with the line lace between my fingers, and I always caught more fish
that way than anybody else bait fishing. Maybe I should take a couple
days sitting ont he bank to get my touch back.


--
Bob La Londe
Fishing Arizona & The Colorado River
Fishing Forums & Contests
http://www.YumaBassMan.com





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I've long contended that the bass fishing public is too heavily invested
in line watching. Sure I watch my line. But it's still secondary to
"fishing by Braille" as far as I'm concerned. Line watching may tell me
when I've had a bite. Relying on my sense of feel does that too, but it
often tells me to get ready for one, as I bump the worm and/or the jig
into something that might just hold a fish.

RichZ wrote:
I've long contended that the bass fishing public is too heavily invested
in line watching. Sure I watch my line. But it's still secondary to
"fishing by Braille" as far as I'm concerned. Line watching may tell me
when I've had a bite. Relying on my sense of feel does that too, but it
often tells me to get ready for one, as I bump the worm and/or the jig
into something that might just hold a fish.

Have you fished an unweighted Senko? I seldom feel a fish hit a Senko
like I do a Texas rigged worm.

On 17 Oct 2006 12:36:20 -0700, "Olebiker" wrote:


RichZ wrote:
I've long contended that the bass fishing public is too heavily invested
in line watching. Sure I watch my line. But it's still secondary to
"fishing by Braille" as far as I'm concerned. Line watching may tell me
when I've had a bite. Relying on my sense of feel does that too, but it
often tells me to get ready for one, as I bump the worm and/or the jig
into something that might just hold a fish.

Have you fished an unweighted Senko? I seldom feel a fish hit a Senko
like I do a Texas rigged worm.

I always fish a Senko unweighted. Never had a problem feeling them.

"Olebiker" wrote in message
oups.com...

RichZ wrote:
I've long contended that the bass fishing public is too heavily invested
in line watching. Sure I watch my line. But it's still secondary to
"fishing by Braille" as far as I'm concerned. Line watching may tell me
when I've had a bite. Relying on my sense of feel does that too, but it
often tells me to get ready for one, as I bump the worm and/or the jig
into something that might just hold a fish.

Have you fished an unweighted Senko? I seldom feel a fish hit a Senko
like I do a Texas rigged worm.

I rarely feel hits with worms, Senkos or soft jerkbaits, so I have to watch
my line to detect hits. Without the line-watching, I'd either catch far
fewer fish or catch many more gut-hooked fish.

I'll readily concede the possibility (probability?) that I lack what it
takes to detect hits by feel (even with Fireline). But I am what I am, and
whatever that is, it requires me to carefully watch the line.

Marty wrote:
"Olebiker" wrote in message
oups.com...

RichZ wrote:

I've long contended that the bass fishing public is too heavily invested
in line watching. Sure I watch my line. But it's still secondary to
"fishing by Braille" as far as I'm concerned. Line watching may tell me
when I've had a bite. Relying on my sense of feel does that too, but it
often tells me to get ready for one, as I bump the worm and/or the jig
into something that might just hold a fish.

Have you fished an unweighted Senko? I seldom feel a fish hit a Senko
like I do a Texas rigged worm.


I rarely feel hits with worms, Senkos or soft jerkbaits, so I have to watch
my line to detect hits. Without the line-watching, I'd either catch far
fewer fish or catch many more gut-hooked fish.

I'll readily concede the possibility (probability?) that I lack what it
takes to detect hits by feel (even with Fireline). But I am what I am, and
whatever that is, it requires me to carefully watch the line.


Try keeping a finger in contact with the line, never move the bait with
the reel, and always "weigh" the lure before moving it.

"RichZ" wrote in message
...
Marty wrote:
"Olebiker" wrote in message
oups.com...

RichZ wrote:

Try keeping a finger in contact with the line, never move the bait with
the reel, and always "weigh" the lure before moving it.

Thanks Rich, I'll see if that makes a difference.

Steve wrote:

Two of the reasons why you're not feeling the hit is because of either the
rod itself, or the way you're holding the rod. On spinning tackle, I
changed my grip to ahead of the reel foot. Then, I can easily extend my
index finger and keep it on the rod blank itself. The handle set on most
rods really dampens the feel, so keeping your finger on the blank really
helps to feel more bites. Of course too, it helps to use a good blank in
the first place.

Steve, I hold the rod such that the reel stem is between my third and fourth
fingers. I'll give your suggestion a shot too.

"Marty" wrote in message SNIP


I rarely feel hits with worms, Senkos or soft jerkbaits, so I have to
watch my line to detect hits. Without the line-watching, I'd either catch
far fewer fish or catch many more gut-hooked fish.

I'll readily concede the possibility (probability?) that I lack what it
takes to detect hits by feel (even with Fireline). But I am what I am, and
whatever that is, it requires me to carefully watch the line.


Two of the reasons why you're not feeling the hit is because of either the
rod itself, or the way you're holding the rod. On spinning tackle, I
changed my grip to ahead of the reel foot. Then, I can easily extend my
index finger and keep it on the rod blank itself. The handle set on most
rods really dampens the feel, so keeping your finger on the blank really
helps to feel more bites. Of course too, it helps to use a good blank in
the first place.

I cut my teeth fishing walleyes on livebait rigs. If you want to fish a
frustrating, picky and finicky species of fish, try fishing walleyes! Bass
are easy to feel in comparison.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

Bob, alot of times when the wind is whipping really good, add some
weight to your Senko style bait so you make sure it's getting bottom
contact, I like a splitshot on windy days while deadsticking.