Gary Yamamoto Senkos has caught me hundreds of bass, and plenty more than any of my other equipment in my tackle box. Definitely my go to when the bites slow; the most versatile bait ever created.
I’ve caught two bass in hundreds of casts. I’ve used 5 inch green pumpkin (with varying flake colors) wacky rigged and Texas rigged. Idk why they’re not biting
@@MemeEnthusiast24 start with baits that allow you to cover water faster, then transition to slower moving baits. Hit the high percentage spots. Walk the bank and cover water quickly. Don’t be stubborn on one bait or technique. If you’re still not catching anything, go somewhere else
Awesomeness! Senkos for me have caught more Bass than any other lure. But if we’re gonna be honest it doesn’t matter what lower they were using at this particular like anything would’ve put the same fish in the boat
Too water fishing is my number one but if they aren’t hitting any top water my first choice will be a senko or other stick bait. It produces fish like no other bait. Tactical bassin channel has some very interesting ways to modify the stick bait to get more bites as well. One last tip! Don’t throw away a used worm that is tore up! Cut the worm in half and use a ned rig. Works just as good and will get the big and small fish.
Like others are saying I’ve also caught more bass on the Yamamoto senkos than anything else I’ve ever used, if I Wacky rig them then I’m almost guaranteed to catch something. I went on a fishing trip in Maine a while back and went to this little bait shop in the middle of nowhere and the guy who ran it showed me how to wacky rig, I thought it was stupid because the action doesn’t look like anything realistic to me but I did it anyways and I’m glad I did I catch bass every year using this bait with that method
I work in Tempe AZ and there was a Gary Yamamoto shop in walking distance. I spent soooooo many paychecks there. Lol Senkos never lete down thou. It's gone now unfortunately. 😕
Its funny hearing that "drop shotting" was introduced to the US by Japanese fishermen in the mid 90s. I was taught the exact rigging in the early 80s when I was first fishing. People have been rigging that here for many decades before the 90s. Its actually quite common for bank fishing for catfish. I literally can throw a rock in Wheeler from my back yard and am within a couple of hours from Lake Guntersville and Eufaula lol. It wasn't some Japanese secret.
The Gary Yamamoto Senko is the best and awesome famous stickbaits in this world 🌎,it catches more bass than any stickbaits,that's my favorite bait, the best for any bass anglers.
The all black as well as tinfoil color yum dinger are my absolute favorites . I caught my PB 8.5 pounder on the 5 inch tinfoil (Wacky Rigged) and close to a hundred other bass on the all blacks . Plus you can’t go wrong with the cheap price . Central FL .
@@Bdawg122x The entire world has been facing the same economic downturn as the US. Stop blaming Joe Biden for everything just because Fox News told you to. Better yet, leave politics out of fishing discussions lol
You don't know who Gary Yamamoto is? Are you new to bass fishing? He's Gary Yamamoto man, the creator of the most widely used, most popular, most successful lure in decades- the senko. He fished competitively as well, won several big tournaments I think- but I know him because of the senko, the swim senko, the zako, his double tail grubs, the Ika, etc. You should try more of his stuff- it all works.
I’ve seen trash fish babies (sucker? Carp? ?) that covered every square inch of a small perc pond. The had dark backs and translucent belly’s making them appear long & skinny. Instinctively, they would lay perfectly still on the bottom to avoid predation. Intermittently, they would move to eat something floating nearby before settling back on the bottom laying perfectly still again. As their numbers diminished from predation they quickly grew to about 4” long the last I had seen them. I believe the Senko mimics the various trash fish in every body of water. On the bottom they stand out just by laying there perfectly straight.
@@joshuagibson2520 Percolation Ponds. They’re square man made ponds that are along the creek to retain water so it can seep in the underground water table, instead of just flowing down out into the bay. There are sixteen ponds in a row and I’ve fished them since I was a kid. l know them all like the back of my hand. About 5 or 6 years ago the water district (city) drained them one by one and buried all the fish alive and they’ve been empty since. Recently they just announced a water shortage due to a drought, but by keeping these ponds drained they’re causing the water shortage. California is so corrupt. They’re stealing all the water and land that they can right now. It’s crazy.
His baits have this kind of action, because they're made with A LOT of salt. Because of the high percentage of salt, and the extra soft plastic used, the senko won't last many bites, but it catches them pretty damn good
@PT Bass ive heard of the rubber rings before but i aint got time for that ...i want to put the hook in it and go...i fish some private and semi private ponds that are loaded with bass so me and my bud are usually 40 50 60 70 bass
@@jamescole3524 here in zimbabwe most of the anglers are on a budget, so we tie a piece of thread on to the rubbber to the points were the hook protudes from the rubber, using this way you can catch as many fish as you like by just using one soft plastic, it's a great way of saving your soft plastics
@PT Bass here in zimbabwe you'll get just one senko for 1usd so for a 10pack you'll need 10bucks and that's very expensive comparing to our Monthly wages this side
I buy the yum dingers and have caught up to 7 fish on one bait. I did a test with yum dingers and Gary Yamamoto senkos as well as the Berkeley senkos. The yum dingers caught me more fish and bait lasted longer than the other two.
i’ve found that cutting the “tip” off and re-rigging it after hooking a fish doesn’t compromise the action of the lure too much. i’ve caught fish with 5” senko worms cut down to 3-3/4”
I've heard this said a few times and it never makes any sense to me. How can a bait be too easy to use? Isn't that the goal of every bait maker? Create a bait that catches fish and is easy to use?
This was before the cartel was killing everyone. I wonder if 1 bait has ever made more $ than the original GY Senko. Gary know lives or at least he owns land with a bunch of tanks on it stocked with huge bass. He does some charity events or did. But he has made a fortune off that damn plastic bait.
Get a bag of Yum "senkos" boil them for 60sec, they will be as soft as real senkos and be as good for 1/5th of the price. Yamamoto baits are overpriced af.
This was awesome! Brought me back to watching bass fishing on TV on Saturday mornings as a kid.
Oh man best memories
Dont forget the Bill Dance bloopers ...lol
@@d-money5976 hahaha how could I forget those! His attempts at not cussing were absolutely amazing 😂
When I found out they replayed those same episodes on Sunday night I would watch em a second time. 😁
this is the only "how to" video you really need to watch for Senkos
Gary Yamamoto Senkos has caught me hundreds of bass, and plenty more than any of my other equipment in my tackle box. Definitely my go to when the bites slow; the most versatile bait ever created.
I've caught more bass on a Senko than any other bait.
@Chicken Fingers naw, I can't always count on a Senko when the bite gets tough.
I’ve caught two bass in hundreds of casts. I’ve used 5 inch green pumpkin (with varying flake colors) wacky rigged and Texas rigged. Idk why they’re not biting
Yup. My color is the red Shad. That or the classic green pumpkin always works. Brush hogs are my other go to.
@@DoctorSess I slay em up north on the Brush Hogs. Smallies love them
@@MemeEnthusiast24 start with baits that allow you to cover water faster, then transition to slower moving baits. Hit the high percentage spots. Walk the bank and cover water quickly. Don’t be stubborn on one bait or technique. If you’re still not catching anything, go somewhere else
Awesome Senko documentary! I’ve got one rigged in some form every time I hit the water.
LOL this video is absolutely amazing. Hilarious to juxtapose this with the fishing videos that are out there today
Awesomeness!
Senkos for me have caught more Bass than any other lure.
But if we’re gonna be honest it doesn’t matter what lower they were using at this particular like anything would’ve put the same fish in the boat
Too water fishing is my number one but if they aren’t hitting any top water my first choice will be a senko or other stick bait. It produces fish like no other bait. Tactical bassin channel has some very interesting ways to modify the stick bait to get more bites as well. One last tip! Don’t throw away a used worm that is tore up! Cut the worm in half and use a ned rig. Works just as good and will get the big and small fish.
Like others are saying I’ve also caught more bass on the Yamamoto senkos than anything else I’ve ever used, if I Wacky rig them then I’m almost guaranteed to catch something. I went on a fishing trip in Maine a while back and went to this little bait shop in the middle of nowhere and the guy who ran it showed me how to wacky rig, I thought it was stupid because the action doesn’t look like anything realistic to me but I did it anyways and I’m glad I did I catch bass every year using this bait with that method
I work in Tempe AZ and there was a Gary Yamamoto shop in walking distance. I spent soooooo many paychecks there. Lol Senkos never lete down thou. It's gone now unfortunately. 😕
Wow this brings me back...
These are the greatest episodes and videos ever
Just caught my PB today on a senko. love em
Its funny hearing that "drop shotting" was introduced to the US by Japanese fishermen in the mid 90s. I was taught the exact rigging in the early 80s when I was first fishing. People have been rigging that here for many decades before the 90s. Its actually quite common for bank fishing for catfish. I literally can throw a rock in Wheeler from my back yard and am within a couple of hours from Lake Guntersville and Eufaula lol. It wasn't some Japanese secret.
Yeah it’s also a pretty longtime saltwater technique.
It’s really the only way to fish cats on the Ohio
were they drop shotting soft plastics for bass in the 80s?
flate falling.i love it.
I use your bait exclusively! Always catch bass! Fish weightless! The chartreuse and Watermelon pearl are my favorites!
Fish weightless ??why
@@sheldonpartridge3829
Very slow fall, and a lot of bites come on the fall.
When ur senkos get too beat up, cut em down to bout 3-4" and Ned rig em. Iv been doin it for a bit and crushing it
The rainbow trout color is without doubt the best Senko on the market today.
Great Mr.Yamamoto !!!
The Gary Yamamoto Senko is the best and awesome famous stickbaits in this world 🌎,it catches more bass than any stickbaits,that's my favorite bait, the best for any bass anglers.
They work really well
I'm not happy that the 5" Senko worms have almost doubled in price overnight. I just recently landed a 6 pound Largemouth on a Yum Dinger worm. 🤠👍
Because all of the sheep who listened to tyrants and succumbed to shutting the whole world down for over a year.
The all black as well as tinfoil color yum dinger are my absolute favorites .
I caught my PB 8.5 pounder on the 5 inch tinfoil (Wacky Rigged) and close to a hundred other bass on the all blacks .
Plus you can’t go wrong with the cheap price .
Central FL .
@@Bdawg122x
The entire world has been facing the same economic downturn as the US. Stop blaming Joe Biden for everything just because Fox News told you to. Better yet, leave politics out of fishing discussions lol
idk who you are but these are gold!!!
You don't know who Gary Yamamoto is? Are you new to bass fishing? He's Gary Yamamoto man, the creator of the most widely used, most popular, most successful lure in decades- the senko. He fished competitively as well, won several big tournaments I think- but I know him because of the senko, the swim senko, the zako, his double tail grubs, the Ika, etc. You should try more of his stuff- it all works.
Love this channel , Just subscribed!
Great Info, Thanks for posting
Awesome content thanks for sharing
Have one of your molds Gary, thanks for releasing it to doit ! Fyi y'all, dead on plastix has a sinking plastisol,salt kills your plastics.
I’ve seen trash fish babies (sucker? Carp? ?) that covered every square inch of a small perc pond. The had dark backs and translucent belly’s making them appear long & skinny. Instinctively, they would lay perfectly still on the bottom to avoid predation. Intermittently, they would move to eat something floating nearby before settling back on the bottom laying perfectly still again. As their numbers diminished from predation they quickly grew to about 4” long the last I had seen them.
I believe the Senko mimics the various trash fish in every body of water. On the bottom they stand out just by laying there perfectly straight.
I'm gonna assume you mean PARK ponds. I ate percs for years too, but it's not in my autocorrect these days. Lmaooo.
@@joshuagibson2520 Percolation Ponds. They’re square man made ponds that are along the creek to retain water so it can seep in the underground water table, instead of just flowing down out into the bay. There are sixteen ponds in a row and I’ve fished them since I was a kid. l know them all like the back of my hand.
About 5 or 6 years ago the water district (city) drained them one by one and buried all the fish alive and they’ve been empty since.
Recently they just announced a water shortage due to a drought, but by keeping these ponds drained they’re causing the water shortage.
California is so corrupt. They’re stealing all the water and land that they can right now. It’s crazy.
gary seems like a super cool dude
What year was this video from originally?
Love his watch, it’s a Rolex datejust blasted with diamonds. He’s making money doing what he loves.
Senkos are my ol’ reliable
What year is this?
Have one of his spinning reels
When weeds come in summer on ponds for bank anglers I don’t know any better way than a senko ... maybe fluke as you can change both on same hook .
I throw spinner baits all summer - they don't look much like a bait fish, but bass love em either way lol
I believe the world record bass he’s talking about is from pines flat lake in ca. At the time
Lake of the pines
@@smokeonthewater8259 Yep.
They used Gary as click bait....I wanted to hear it from the man himself
Oh! Did you see that!
I caught the state record spot bass on this lure i not know i did
mr yamamoto how come your worms break so easy around the hook
His baits have this kind of action, because they're made with A LOT of salt. Because of the high percentage of salt, and the extra soft plastic used, the senko won't last many bites, but it catches them pretty damn good
@@corykent7 they sure do...so do the yums...i m on a budget
@PT Bass ive heard of the rubber rings before but i aint got time for that ...i want to put the hook in it and go...i fish some private and semi private ponds that are loaded with bass so me and my bud are usually 40 50 60 70 bass
@@jamescole3524 here in zimbabwe most of the anglers are on a budget, so we tie a piece of thread on to the rubbber to the points were the hook protudes from the rubber, using this way you can catch as many fish as you like by just using one soft plastic, it's a great way of saving your soft plastics
@PT Bass here in zimbabwe you'll get just one senko for 1usd so for a 10pack you'll need 10bucks and that's very expensive comparing to our Monthly wages this side
The center of the Senko is NOT the middle…. Take time to find the sweet spot , it will change your hook up ratio 100%
Great bait it b nice to catch more than one fish per worm ….. they tear way to easy
I buy the yum dingers and have caught up to 7 fish on one bait. I did a test with yum dingers and Gary Yamamoto senkos as well as the Berkeley senkos. The yum dingers caught me more fish and bait lasted longer than the other two.
those Mexico lakes were in their prime at this time...
Ok the bes.. simpel
If only I could catch more than one fish on them... At 7 bucks a pack, they should be just slightly more durable.
At least the head side could be a bit tougher.
Yamamoto knows but heck he is making money hand over fist with the current recipe
i’ve found that cutting the “tip” off and re-rigging it after hooking a fish doesn’t compromise the action of the lure too much. i’ve caught fish with 5” senko worms cut down to 3-3/4”
But how many are in a pack? Over a dozen, I think. That's a fair deal, in my opinion.
That's called a bubba shot
Who the eff disliked this video!?
awesome bait. just too easy to
use.
I've heard this said a few times and it never makes any sense to me. How can a bait be too easy to use? Isn't that the goal of every bait maker? Create a bait that catches fish and is easy to use?
This was before the cartel was killing everyone.
I wonder if 1 bait has ever made more $ than the original GY Senko.
Gary know lives or at least he owns land with a bunch of tanks on it stocked with huge bass.
He does some charity events or did.
But he has made a fortune off that damn plastic bait.
These guy are not in a hurry to put the bass back in the water since they are not taking pics or anything
Get a bag of Yum "senkos" boil them for 60sec, they will be as soft as real senkos and be as good for 1/5th of the price. Yamamoto baits are overpriced af.
This is definitely something worth trying. Good tip!
Someone's gotta pay for that diamond studded Role Gary had on!
I don't call them senkos.. I call em old reliable/ last resort when Im not getting any bites.
5" #297
It's Caught me a 5.5lb Small mouth
We not finna talk about how icy that guy was rigging up the Texas rig