Senko fishing from a boat

I disagree Berkley Many times a fish will follow the soft plastic deciding whether to hit or not to hit and your guess as to where a fish may be holding could be wrong and fish is 10yds into cast have caught many a fish not off the drop or initial spot of cast sometimes when they are fussy takes an extra little twitch to get them to attack but I will give you when the bite is really on and you know where they are they will hit most often off the drop.It all depends how much time you have.I am not opposed to switching it up Senko is not the only lure I own ha ha just don't like when others look down upon Senko users it is far from being a skill less bait not everyone can just throw it out and reel in fish though sometimes it seems that easy places I fish, cranks don't cut it from shore. hard jerks spinner baits and soft plastics and once in awhile break out my spook still trying for my first fish off the spook.

I agree that when fishing from shore your choice of lures may be more limited and you may need to cast long distances to reach the good spots or cover more water. I don't look down on Senkos. I've been fishing soft plastics from the shore since the early 1970s when I was in middle school. When I returned to fishing last year, after a decades long hiatus, I looked in my tackle box full of (now) vintage spoons, spinners and crankbaits and realized that I had never caught a fish on most of them. I took an oath to learn how to use them all properly. Believe me, it's pretty satisfying catching a fish for the first time on new type of lure.

I have also learned that success is more about the skills and repertoire of the person fishing than about which lure they use. One reason that Senkos are so popular is that they are so versatile. They can be skipped across the tops of the lilly pads, they can imitate a swimming snake, crawled across the bottom, jigged, jerked, dropped.

I think Stratos and Shawnramone aren't trying to discourage use of Senkos but rather encourage expansion of fishing technique and repertoire. By switching to a different lure you force yourself to develop new techniques.

Well said maybe I was a little harsh no matter how old we are or how long we have been fishing always fun to catch fish off a new lure learn something new.I bought a spook this year and am trying to master walk the dog few looks no takers yet!Just thought he was coming off a little condescending.

I use this trick in my small kayak when the wind/current is not too strong and there are weeds nearby: I keep a rope tied to my keel on one end, and the side of my boat on the other. I then wrap it around a lilly pad or really any kind of weed, and usually I'll stay put for a while. You'd be surprised at how strong those weeds are!

This lets me "anchor" and "unanchor" pretty quickly.

Sometimes the rope comes loose, and I take that as a sign from the fishing gods that I should move on to another spot. Can't argue with the fishing gods!

I have found that weightless texas rigged or wacky rigged senkos are impossible if your boat is moving around a lot. A weighted texas rig can be fished pretty easily if the boat is on a slow drift, but it becomes much more difficult when the boat is rotating and moving a lot of water. My suggestion would be to just find spots where you think you will have success and just throw an anchor out. That way you can fish whatever you like however you want it, and you will catch more fish if the spot you're on is a good one.

I just started boat fishin a bit this yr and like most said it is about hitting spots the shore guys can't and also attacking fish from different angles. It is not about how much ground u can cover. So if it is windy find a spot that looks fishy drop your anchor n u can use whtever lure floats your boat.