Hawaiibassfishing Forum

hey whats the theory with the plastic ball or bead on the front of the senko is there more action and how do you work it? got a couple chases and blowups without the bead wondering how better or if i should try it with!

One reason for the bead is to help the worm manuver over limbs, branches, etc. when being reeled back in. There may be other reasons like creating a small wake thru the water.

Gary Yamamoto showed me the bead thing. Like RW said, it's to help the Senko slide over sticks and grass without hanging up on the nose of the worm.

With a regular plastic worm rigged Texas Style, you have a bullet weight. This not only gives it weight, but helps it slide through the underwater structure. The Senko sinks and doesn't really need a weight. But as the line comes over a twig, the worm hangs up and pulls the worm down the shank of the hook. So by using a plastic bead, the worm doesn't catch and pull down the hook shank so much.

I buy a string of plastic beads, or the more expensive glass beads, at a craft store or at Wally World.

I have also used pink, orange and read beads. I don't think the fish care one way or the other.