Fishing with a Texas rigged Senko or any soft stickbait can be a highly effective technique for catching bass. Because of the Senko's soft composition,however, some anglers may find that they're not getting as many bass per Senko as they wish. Luckily, there is one easy hack you can try to get more bass per bait when using a Texas rigged Senko.
When rigging a Senko onto the hook, insert the hook into the head (thick end) of the bait and push it through until it comes out the bottom. Next, turn the hook 180 degrees, pull the hook down the Senko until the hook eye is buried in the head and insert the hook point back into the bait. The Senko should hang straight and the point of the hook either hidden in the body or punched through and Tex-posed on top.
Each time the Senko is cast, runs into cover, or the hook is set, the hook tears the plastic around the hook eye as well as the body where the hook point penetrated. After several casts the torn areas often become large enough to make re-rigging next to impossible causing many anglers to discard the bait for a new one.
Although some folks may use a soft plastic glue to temporarily mend the torn areas for another cast or two, here's another hack that gets several more casts and a few more bass too...
Simply flip the Senko around, pinch about a 1/4" off its tail end and set-up the Texas rig as depicted via the image below:
Since both the hook eye and point/shaft of the hook now penetrate solid, non-torn plastic, the nearly spent Senko is ready for more action and bass!
