How's the first weekend of BASS opener in Wisconsin?
senko in 19-20 fow? Did you weight it down or did you cast it in 19-20 fow and caught the fish in suspended water? Two different things so you cannot say you caught fish on a senko in 20fow. I've dropshot in 29fow and caught smallies on the St. Croix. My buddies uses a jig and senko as a trailer and caught fish in 19-22 fow....but nothing on a weightless senko, letting it sink in 19-20 fow because I think that takes a long while for it to sink, too darn slow.
WI opener was a slow bite and I mean SLOWW...
No big fish at all while pre-fishing, all 1-2lbs bass, all on plastics. Dropped a ice fishing cam down and confirmed we were definitely on some big bass but no takers.
Still feel confident in the spots we have in mind for this weekends tourny tho.
As for the bass I caught in 19-20fow, it was weightless wacky rigged on a calm mid-summer day on a drop off. Fish were suspended on the bottom 5-10fow so I figured why not try it? Took a while to free fall but when it hit bottom (and yes it did hit bottom), the bass picked it right up. This is the only lake I've had success doing this but when you need to slow things down, going super slow may just be the ticket when others are going slow as well.
Weird part is I tried a small weight (1/8oz) and they didn't seem to like it. All the frustrations from finicky bass.
By the way it was a nice 3.5lbs bass during an evening tourny and still didn't win big bass. lol.
Never tried a senko as a jig trailer before tho, interesting.
How would you guys suggest fishing gin clear lakes?