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What's better using a senko worm or keitech swimbait for bass?
Both the Senko worm and the Keitech swimbait can be highly effective for bass fishing, but their effectiveness can depend on a variety of factors such as the conditions, time of year, and the specific behavior of the bass on a given day.
The Senko worm is a versatile bait that can be rigged in a variety of ways, including weightless, wacky style, or Texas rigged. It's a great bait for when the bass are in a more lethargic state, or in cooler water temperatures when bass are less aggressive. It can be fished slowly and methodically, making it a great choice for fishing around structure or cover where bass might be hiding.
On the other hand, the Keitech swimbait is a more active bait that can cover a lot of water quickly. It's particularly effective in warmer water temperatures when bass are actively feeding. The swimbait's realistic swimming action and vibration can trigger aggressive strikes from bass.
In the end, both baits have their place in a bass angler's arsenal and can be effective in the right conditions. It's all about understanding the behavior of the bass and adapting your tactics accordingly.
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Best Hooks For Bass Fishing: Senko, Worms, Crankbaits, Topwater, Swimbait! by TacticalBassin → these two are money the last two i want to talk about before we move into soft plastics weightless senkos drop shots texas rigs is going to be a little finesse head a little guppy head again this is also a swim bait head by dirty jig's tackle that is the guppy head that is money on a spinning rod a light bait caster but that is my favorite little swimbait head for your 2.8 3.3 sized soft plastic swim baits and the last but not least is going to be the flashy swimmer if you guys want something a little different you want something to add a little flash you want something to be a little bit more weedless check out the owner flashy swimmer we have done tons of videos on this this hook in the past but this is a must-have now the reason i'm kind of talking about this right now is because summertime you're fishing through vegetation you're fishing reaction baits you're typically fishing a little bit faster but as we know with covid and stuff there's been a little bit of shortage on a lot of fishing tackle you know as soon as stuff got it started getting delayed from overseas you know stuff started getting backward and and things have been harder to get so these are the main staples in my my my summertime fishing so get the stuff while you can i don't know if this
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Best Hooks For Bass Fishing: Senko, Worms, Crankbaits, Topwater, Swimbait! by TacticalBassin → big soft swim bait hook now what this is this is a hook that has a twist lock on the top you thread that onto the face of your swim bait and again you want this you want this bait hanging parallel to the hook shank and you're going to rig this up through the belly of the bait now the owner beast comes in a ton of different sizes but this is actually a 10-ought the 10-out works great for a lot of your six-inch soft plastic swim baits this is actually the scottsboro tackle but the benefit of this bait right here or this hook right here is is weedless very easy to fish through structure very easy to fish through grass and cover that sort of stuff but if you guys haven't already go look at the owner beast hooks they come in a lot of different sizes a lot of different weights but this right here is a must especially if you want to throw these larger soft paddle tail swim baits now for you guys that like an exposed hook obviously we're going to recommend the hook that matt and i both designed that's the tactical finesse head this is a awesome swimbait head it's made by dirty jigs tackle if you guys don't know they make some of the nicest stuff nicest jigs on the market so we paired up with those guys and came out with the tactical finesse head
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Best Hooks For Bass Fishing: Senko, Worms, Crankbaits, Topwater, Swimbait! by TacticalBassin → of your stuff covered so you can fish right now through fall into winter and have all of your terminal tackle so you don't have to worry about back orders the last technique i want to talk about it is a great technique you guys have seen it in the tournaments right now a lot of guys are fishing deep drop shotting and catching a lot of fish a lot of big fish pressured situations you slow down you throw that more finessy technique you get big bites but there are so many drop shot hooks on the market i wanted to simplify it for you now i throw simplify for it i have three different ones for you if that's simple enough again not brand specific i believe matt's number one favorite drop shot hook is going to be this trocar right here trokar drop drop shot hook i'll link it down below in the video description in all of these hooks i typically throw a one or a one knot sometimes a two odd if i'm throwing a big bait but typically a one or a one on so the trokar is a must-have another great one is that g finesse by gamakatsu uh the aaron martin's drop shot hook is a spectacular hook it has that nano coating on it very sticky very slick a very good finesse light wire hook and then the other one that we always use is going to be that mosquito light
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Best Hooks For Bass Fishing: Senko, Worms, Crankbaits, Topwater, Swimbait! by TacticalBassin → most of you guys have seen the matt allen swim bait head this has been a top seller a bestseller sold out all across the country for a a long time matt and matt allen and kurt from dirty jigs built this built this head several years ago and it has been money the difference between the two we like to throw the heavier wire hook just like in the treble hooks we like to throw that heavier wire hook but it is not always needed especially when you're in clear water you want to downsize the actual swimbait you're throwing you're going for smallmouth or spotted bass in pressured fisheries clear water the fish are line shot you know we've kind of talked about the last couple weeks we've talked about knots we've talked about different types of line now we're talking about different types of hooks and now you know why there's so many different styles because it all changes depending on the situation you're in so we got the matt allen swim bait head that is your everyday chuck and wine swim bait head it's got a heavier wire hook if you're fishing big bass fisheries this is the swim bait head you want especially if you want an exposed hook if you're fishing lighter line pressured fish clear water and you just don't want to have to throw a heavier stout or heavier action rod check out the tactical bass and finesse head by dirty jigs
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Best Hooks For Bass Fishing: Senko, Worms, Crankbaits, Topwater, Swimbait! by TacticalBassin → hook by owner it comes in the mosquito and the mosquito light again talk about that diameter of of metal that the actual how thick the metal is on that hook so it's a lighter wire hook more of your finesse techniques when you're fishing clear water small mouth pressured fish again clear water that's when i'll go with that mosquito light or that gamakatsu one last technique i almost forgot it i got it sitting right here is flipping and punching how do you talk about summertime fishing without going and fishing that heavy cover you know you have your guys that are out on the ledges cranking you have your guys out on the ledges throwing drop shots you have your guys up shallow flipping weightless baits texas rig baits and then you have those guys that are punching heavy baits one ounce ounce and a half ounce three-quarter two ounce tungsten weights down through the vegetation down through the cover and punching that bait through and sticking fish so a punch and bait or a heavy texas rig i typically go with that jungle flipping hook or the trokar both of these hooks are very good very strong you could run 65 80 pound test braid and not bend these hooks out this jungle hat jungle hook has that that nano coating on it as well very strong hook the main differences between these two hooks is going to be the hook
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Best Hooks For Bass Fishing: Senko, Worms, Crankbaits, Topwater, Swimbait! by TacticalBassin → bait back and you have a hook point bent out so that is when i will go with the st56s again against the same it's a round bend it's just a heavier wire hook so just to refresh top waters i always throw the round bend it's if they're really eating the bait you could get away with ewg but i typically doesn't matter if it's a popper or a walking bait i will go with a round bin style hook last reaction bait i want to talk about before we talk about some soft plastics is going to be a swim bait now there's a lot of baits you can throw during the summer time a frog a horny toe that sort of stuff but most of those baits come pre-rigged obviously a frog comes pre-rigged horny toad we can talk about that in a in its own separate video so let's talk swim baits now there's a lot of different books on the market obviously there's a lot of different baits on the market i want to give you kind of my four or five favorite hooks that you can apply to different swim baits let's start off by talking about the owner beast if you guys haven't heard of an owner beast hook you've probably been living under a rock because they've been around for a long time and they kind of were the first and set the standard for that
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