bassboy

Thanks everyone for the info......its most helpful. I dont find using them 'intimidating' so to speak....in fact I am quite pleased with them, as they have netted me more fish than anything else this year. However....they are new to me so I am still trying to learn my way around them. I wondered if the dual rigging would impede their action.....and I did not try it on the weekend and stayed Texas with the 4/0. I did wonder if the 4/0 was a bit big.....and I was actually told 5/0 (which I have also). Glad to see the varied answers though. Will have to try the circle hooks, and also whacky rigging them. Thanks again for all the comments!!!!!!! Bill

Hi Everyone.... I bought some Senkos last week...used them for the first time on sunday and actually caught something this time! However....I lost more than I caught (one 'eye') I guess my question is....were the fish that were biting too small? Or was I being too impatient? I missed probably 4 or 5 before I though enough to delay on my hookset, which got the the above 'eye'. Being the first time using them I dont know if I am 'doing it right' so to speak. I was using a 4/0 hook rigging them texas style. Has anyone double rigged them? What I mean, is rigging them regular, but then tying a snell onto the bend of the hook and using another hook down by the bottom of the bait. kinda like this : I am not sure if it will futz the action or not.....or even if its a waste of time.....just thought I would throw it out there and see what people think...... Thanks in advance, Bill

We need a drooling emoticon here.....so for lack thereof Ill use this one: Nice fish!!!

I feel your pain....been there twice but thankfully nowhere near as big. Passed both of mine......first one not so bad but the second was absolutely horrid. Wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. Get well soon!!!! PS....they say beer is good for keeping them away......

Hiya..... New to Senkos and the like and was wondering about this myself. I did find a listing, of course if you dont mind eprey. The price seems ok but not sure about shipping. It says they are Senko's in the listing but I didnt see any packaging. $10 (US) for 40 6" seems like a good price after reading this thread. Not sure about posting the link here so I wont, but feel free to send me a PM and Ill send it back. Bill

Congrats! Nice looking boat! Took us a while to find what we were looking for too. Hopefully you are as happy with yours as we are with ours!! Now all we have to do is break the curse of the bambino. Havent caught a darn thing since we got the boat (2 months ) Bill

Nice Fish! (he exclaims as he drools into the bottom of his empty livewell ) Congrats!! Bill

Thanks for the replies guys..... I never thought of doing a half and half....kinda like backing line on a fly rod......definitely worth a think. The knot though....have to look that one up. Is it anything like a blood knot? That one I know.... As for cheap stuff.....the only rod/reel I have that is new is the BC stuff that I bought last year at LeBaron as a package.....had heard the benfits of BC and wanted to try it. HUGE learning curve.....and lots of birds nests but am at the point now where there are more good casts than birds nests. Other than that, most of my gear are hold overs from before. Newest reel was bought in 1989. I really like it (Shimano TX125 w/ quickfire and rear dual drag) and I figure that until I get to be a little more fish saavy, its pointless spending decent coin on something I may not be able to appreciate....if that makes any sense. I was similar, in that I lost interest.....well....not so much lost interest, but my parents sold their place on Sturgeon and moved to Lindsay. Since I had no way of towing a boat (very small car and no trailer for the boat) the boat went in the deal. Not only that.....things just seemed to get 'too busy' as well. Am glad to be back fishing though. I am pretty low tech myself.....though I have a fish finder, I am not the greatest at using it. I am enjoying the learning curve though. I cant seem to get out fishing enough.....and launching the boat myself, while not a daunting task to me, is just something I am not sure if I am comfortable with yet. Mostly weekends when I go fishing now, since by the time my wife gets home from work is usually around 6:30-7ish and a little late to be going out really. I am home most nights at 4:30. I find it difficult fishing a lake I havent really fished before too. Though I have been on Scugog quite a few times, I havent really figured out where the fish are yet, though I have been advised by several people. So my catches there have been limited to a couple of small bass, and some perch and crappie. Scugog is probably my main choice, because if its proximity to me. I can be on the lake in about 1/2 hr of leaving home. Lake Ontario might be closer, but its a little 'big' for me yet. Will more than likely be going out tomorrow morning so will see what that brings. Thanks very much for the advice guys! Bill

I thought a fetzer valve was a distortion amp for electric guitars?? You dont mean zerk fitting do you? Indeed congrats on the new boat

Hi Everyone..... My first post....be gentle!! My name is Bill.....I live in north Oshawa. I did a lot of fishing (with not so much luck) as a younger fellow, and after long last have taken it back up again. I got my wife hooked (no pun intended) last year when we borrowed her father's boat one time, and have thankfully got her interested too. Bought a boat a month and a half ago (16ft Tracker super guide with 50 hp Merc) and have been out a few times.....Mostly Scugog but got blown off Simcoe a couple weeks ago. Have not really caught anything to speak of save a crappie or two in Scugog, and we both caught 2 walleye from shore just up from the dock in Port Perry shortly before mother natures carp cull. Seems to be a lot more to this than when I last fished......different types of line especially. I have 3 cheapo spinning setups, and one cheapo bait casting setup. I have new line on all reels but am wondering about this braid stuff (dyneema and or spectra.....essentially same material under a different name. Use this stuff [80-100 lb test] on my stunt kites) and flourocarbon. I went with 6lb FC on one spinning reel, and 8-10 on the others. I am using regular mono (14lb) on my baitcaster. I kind of got the understanding that braid is best used on the BC and mono and FC on the spin stuff. Is this correct? I have 2 spools of braid I would like to try but dont really want to empty the BC. Looking forward to chatting with you all.......seems like a great bunch of people here. Thanks in advance, Bill