I had great luck with yum dingers last year in the crystal clear strip pits I fish. Texas rigged mostly. 2.99 a pack. Started out with senkos but at the rate I was going thru them I switched to yum dingers. Didn't noticed any drop off in bites.
The Bass Pro Shops stickworm might have pulled off the win if price was figured into the points. That's one you should test. If you try it let me know how it ranks please. Keep the pool demos coming. My favorite
Super late to this video, but I just found your channel today. I love the Yamamoto on a Texas rig and the Strike King on a whacky rig. Great comparison videos my friend! I'm hooked.... no pun intended. Take my sub and a like. Keep em coming!
The one that always caught lots of bass for me were tiki worms……they used to sell them at Walmart but I haven’t seen them for a while now. You video proves why I never caught much with the General, matter of fact I can’t remember ever catching a bass on General.
I saw someone else do a pool test except they also included the bass pro shops stik o, it actually performed better than the yamamoto. I was a bit disappointed in the Big Bite performance, I bought several bags of them earlier this year. Looks like I'll be changing to the Bass Pro version!
Interesting perspective and you did a great job of being consistent for each.Funny tho, up here in Canada I use Yum Dingers in my fav colour and the small mouth at my cottage lake find them absolutely irresistible every time. they are the Go To bait every time. Senkos are too expensive and don't last more than 1 or two fish so I don't even buy em anymore.
I definitely like the senko and the googan baits lunker log also I cought my pb largie on the zman bang stickz it just has a lot of action but you do have to run it with a 3/16 bullet
Great video. I just wish you would have put the rankings of each group at the end of each segment. Going back to see which worm ranked where is a pain. Looks like you did do it for the last segment but I don't know if that was just for the Neko rankings or the overall standings. Great video overall. If you do this again try the BPS Stik-O, they copied the Reaction Innovations Pocket Rocket as well but I've heard good things. I hate Bass Pro but these are the only two things I will buy from them.
I've always used to Yum dingers and always love them I don't know this video does show it not looking so great. I wonder if they made some recent changes to the plastic. Love your videos by the way
gotta try on a weighted shank swimbait style "flutter hook" for a horizontal fall- thats my #1 way to fish it. The wiggle as it falls horizontally is similar to a wacky rig, but texas style weedless for the best of both worlds. I skip it under bushes and trees- it is the very best way i have found to fish this lure. Check it out!
Watching your great videos for the first time. In the video you mentioned a shin knot. I’ve been fishing for 65 years. Thought I knew all of the knots. But What Is shin knot
Flat side goes down on the 48 baw. It and the ocho are my go to's for wacky style especially weighted. Senko for weightless texas. Any of them are good for weighted texas. My uncle came back to Louisiana from California with what they now call the Neko rig back in the early 90's. Funny to see it getting national acclaim today. We always used trick worms for that presentation. We just called it nail weighting. Believe it or not guys there are times when a senko is too aggressive and gets out fished by the cheaper do nothing competitors.
James Barron, I 2nd the Bass Pro brand stick bait. Very similar action to Senko but considerably cheaper. Miliken fishing did same pool vid and came to same conclusion. Senko are essentially 1 bite baits. At $1 per bait, can get expensive quick.
Always feel like I'm giving up when I go to go the Senko but damn it they almost always work. Wish they weren't so pricey because they fall apart like a bad alibi.
I read recently in the advocate that there were concerns about the overfishing of speckled trout in Louisiana waters I’m wondering if you as someone who fishes weekly. Do you feel that our waters have been overfished and do you agree with the need to reduce creel limits
I'm 100% in favor of reducing the limit IF it's done for biological and not political reasons. As we watch this process unfold, we'll all be able to tell if it's the former and not the latter: If the limit is dropped to the single digits, it's for biological reasons. If it's dropped to 15, it's for political reasons. Both of the top fisheries biologists at the department have told me for years a drop to 15 will have no benefit to the fishery because as a percentage, very few anglers catch more than that. A drop that will actually benefit the fishery will have to be significantly less than 15.
I grew out of having to get limits some time back but I know too many people who think they have justify a 2 1/2 hour drive and the cost of a trip with every fish they can get. I release every fish 3 pounds and over regardless the species but it especially warms my heart to see a fatty speck swim away. I keep enough specks to keep my family happy plus it supplemented with bass and catfish. I say drop the creel limit because it will not effect my weekly 2 hour drive from Clinton to Chalmette at all. Fun and informative video. Thanks, MM.
@@jsalterxpress.2480 Any reduction in creel limits need to address the commercial/charter market first. Those guys bringing 3-4 guys almost daily and catching 100 trout per day is hurting the fishery much more than the regular weekend Joe who may catch a limit once in awhile but not daily like the guides and their "client" do. The charters need a lower per person limit simply due to the sheer number of guides and the days on the water they get. If that is not addressed, then I am not at all in favor of reducing recreational creel limits. Going with only 180 days a year to fish and only a 3 man limit for those days ends up being 13,500 trout taken per year per guide. We all know they fish more days than that and even though they don't catch a boat limit every time they fish but it is still a very significant number of fish taken by each guide, every year.
Marsh Man Masson Texas TPWD yesterday just passed a 5 Trout limit for the upper coast where I reside.Its now statewide from Port Isabel to Sabine.In effect September 2019.
Joe I agree 100%. It’s a conundrum for sure. All the out of state of people who come say it’s for the “meat run” much like a Texas deer hunt is to some people. The big deal is gonna be all the money the limits bring to the state. Liberal limits are actually pushed as a selling point to visit our state. I’m headed out to Chalmette now, wish me luck.
Do you have anything to do with the Pros Choice Senko style worms at SportsMans Warehouse? They have a few colors named after Marsh Man. Wondering if that’s you cause they have no action yet in this vid you criticize those baits
Lol just saw on your new vids under description -you have links to them. I’ve had luck on them, just no action. We all need to make a buck so I can’t blame you
Love the pool test on lures. But I think the hook you used is too big and too heavy. That must have affected the actions, in particular the weightless one. I have seen better actions.
Love the pool underwater footage Million dollar question? Do you think you could catch speckle trout on these stick baits; Especially after the morning bite dies down and the fish seem to hug the bottom!
I had great luck with yum dingers last year in the crystal clear strip pits I fish. Texas rigged mostly. 2.99 a pack. Started out with senkos but at the rate I was going thru them I switched to yum dingers. Didn't noticed any drop off in bites.
Thanks to your pool videos I have been able to weed out a lot of the "trash" baits and catch a lot more fish! Keep up the great work
I learn from every one I do. I could never understand why the Yum Dinger wasn't productive. It looks great out the package. Now I know why.
@@MarshManMasson same here, I have learned so much. The shrimp underwater video was definitely very eye opening. My wallet thanks you!
Thanks for all of the effort. It was really informative.
You can only post pool videos. I would watch them all day long
one word to describe these pool vids is fire
Another excellent video my man!
Once again a great pool video, very helpful
These are great, thanks for posting 🤙🏻
My favorite is a GrandeBass Snake O
Super great video. Amazingly helpful.
Love the pool test videos
The Bass Pro Shops stickworm might have pulled off the win if price was figured into the points. That's one you should test. If you try it let me know how it ranks please. Keep the pool demos coming. My favorite
Loving that Zero never used it before but I’m going to go buy a couple of bags of it
Awesome vid thanks for the info.
You should show the shopping process too. I love seeing the US Bass Pro Shops!. (Watching from Oz!)
Keep em up, good watching!
Super late to this video, but I just found your channel today. I love the Yamamoto on a Texas rig and the Strike King on a whacky rig. Great comparison videos my friend! I'm hooked.... no pun intended. Take my sub and a like. Keep em coming!
The one that always caught lots of bass for me were tiki worms……they used to sell them at Walmart but I haven’t seen them for a while now. You video proves why I never caught much with the General, matter of fact I can’t remember ever catching a bass on General.
The size and weight of your hook effects the action of a soft stick bait. The yum dinger and BBB trickstick are my most productive stick baits.
Yum Dingers for Calico bass are insane !!!✌
I saw someone else do a pool test except they also included the bass pro shops stik o, it actually performed better than the yamamoto. I was a bit disappointed in the Big Bite performance, I bought several bags of them earlier this year. Looks like I'll be changing to the Bass Pro version!
Interesting perspective and you did a great job of being consistent for each.Funny tho, up here in Canada I use Yum Dingers in my fav colour and the small mouth at my cottage lake find them absolutely irresistible every time. they are the Go To bait every time. Senkos are too expensive and don't last more than 1 or two fish so I don't even buy em anymore.
I definitely like the senko and the googan baits lunker log also I cought my pb largie on the zman bang stickz it just has a lot of action but you do have to run it with a 3/16 bullet
Great video. I just wish you would have put the rankings of each group at the end of each segment. Going back to see which worm ranked where is a pain. Looks like you did do it for the last segment but I don't know if that was just for the Neko rankings or the overall standings. Great video overall. If you do this again try the BPS Stik-O, they copied the Reaction Innovations Pocket Rocket as well but I've heard good things. I hate Bass Pro but these are the only two things I will buy from them.
A couple of baits I've seen on TH-cam are the Bass Dynasty and DOA Snak-Oil, would love to see you pool test them.
I've always used to Yum dingers and always love them I don't know this video does show it not looking so great. I wonder if they made some recent changes to the plastic. Love your videos by the way
Absolutely appreciate this ☝️
I would love to see what a swim senko looks like!
gotta try on a weighted shank swimbait style "flutter hook" for a horizontal fall- thats my #1 way to fish it. The wiggle as it falls horizontally is similar to a wacky rig, but texas style weedless for the best of both worlds. I skip it under bushes and trees- it is the very best way i have found to fish this lure. Check it out!
I love the pool videos but I wish you would show alittle footage of the rod action
So much for Berkely's million dollar lab research. Almost 20 years after the fact they came out with a plastic version of rebar!
Hahahaha! Now that's funny right there
Rebar might have better action
Watching your great videos for the first time. In the video you mentioned a shin knot. I’ve been fishing for 65 years. Thought I knew all of the knots. But What Is shin knot
Good test, I think the BBB trick stick is a good compromise of price and quality.
Iv had most of my luck on the dingers. I love senkos but for the price I go with the dingers or bps stick o
Flat side goes down on the 48 baw. It and the ocho are my go to's for wacky style especially weighted. Senko for weightless texas. Any of them are good for weighted texas. My uncle came back to Louisiana from California with what they now call the Neko rig back in the early 90's. Funny to see it getting national acclaim today. We always used trick worms for that presentation. We just called it nail weighting. Believe it or not guys there are times when a senko is too aggressive and gets out fished by the cheaper do nothing competitors.
Haha we just watched this in archery class today😂
what size hook is he using?
What part of south Louisiana do you live at? I'm also in south Louisiana
James Barron, I 2nd the Bass Pro brand stick bait. Very similar action to Senko but considerably cheaper. Miliken fishing did same pool vid and came to same conclusion. Senko are essentially 1 bite baits. At $1 per bait, can get expensive quick.
Is this a freshwater or saltwater pool? I think that will effect the buoyancy of the baits...
Love your comments like "better off just threading it on a hook and trying for catfish" LOL
Always feel like I'm giving up when I go to go the Senko but damn it they almost always work. Wish they weren't so pricey because they fall apart like a bad alibi.
😂
Really question if we are watching the same footage on some of these???
What brand of braid are you using on your baitcaster
Fireline
Idk about the look underwater but all I’m saying is here in Indiana particularly in the river I slay bass on the yum dinger all day long
Elaztek baits have great action but they gum up and stick to each other in the package after about a year.
What size hook on the texas rig?
4/0 EWG
That baton what lure company is that
Cajun Lures
Bass Pro stik-o is the best senko imitation on the market....and super cheap.
I read recently in the advocate that there were concerns about the overfishing of speckled trout in Louisiana waters I’m wondering if you as someone who fishes weekly.
Do you feel that our waters have been overfished and do you agree with the need to reduce creel limits
I'm 100% in favor of reducing the limit IF it's done for biological and not political reasons. As we watch this process unfold, we'll all be able to tell if it's the former and not the latter: If the limit is dropped to the single digits, it's for biological reasons. If it's dropped to 15, it's for political reasons. Both of the top fisheries biologists at the department have told me for years a drop to 15 will have no benefit to the fishery because as a percentage, very few anglers catch more than that. A drop that will actually benefit the fishery will have to be significantly less than 15.
I grew out of having to get limits some time back but I know too many people who think they have justify a 2 1/2 hour drive and the cost of a trip with every fish they can get. I release every fish 3 pounds and over regardless the species but it especially warms my heart to see a fatty speck swim away. I keep enough specks to keep my family happy plus it supplemented with bass and catfish. I say drop the creel limit because it will not effect my weekly 2 hour drive from Clinton to Chalmette at all. Fun and informative video. Thanks, MM.
@@jsalterxpress.2480 Any reduction in creel limits need to address the commercial/charter market first. Those guys bringing 3-4 guys almost daily and catching 100 trout per day is hurting the fishery much more than the regular weekend Joe who may catch a limit once in awhile but not daily like the guides and their "client" do. The charters need a lower per person limit simply due to the sheer number of guides and the days on the water they get.
If that is not addressed, then I am not at all in favor of reducing recreational creel limits. Going with only 180 days a year to fish and only a 3 man limit for those days ends up being 13,500 trout taken per year per guide. We all know they fish more days than that and even though they don't catch a boat limit every time they fish but it is still a very significant number of fish taken by each guide, every year.
Marsh Man Masson
Texas TPWD yesterday just passed a 5 Trout limit for the upper coast where I reside.Its now statewide from Port Isabel to Sabine.In effect September 2019.
Joe I agree 100%. It’s a conundrum for sure. All the out of state of people who come say it’s for the “meat run” much like a Texas deer hunt is to some people. The big deal is gonna be all the money the limits bring to the state. Liberal limits are actually pushed as a selling point to visit our state. I’m headed out to Chalmette now, wish me luck.
Only thing cant test is senko being soft bass seam to hold on to it longer
sam shepherd or because it has so much salt. Pry why they hold on
Do you have anything to do with the Pros Choice Senko style worms at SportsMans Warehouse? They have a few colors named after Marsh Man. Wondering if that’s you cause they have no action yet in this vid you criticize those baits
Lol just saw on your new vids under description -you have links to them. I’ve had luck on them, just no action. We all need to make a buck so I can’t blame you
Love the pool test on lures. But I think the hook you used is too big and too heavy. That must have affected the actions, in particular the weightless one. I have seen better actions.
Wft do you have against Zman? I never see yiu use them. They should always be shown for s9ft plastics.
Love the pool underwater footage
Million dollar question? Do you think you could catch speckle trout on these stick baits; Especially after the morning bite dies down and the fish seem to hug the bottom!
Absolutely. I have many times.
I'll third bass pro
That's weird cause I Texas rig yum dingers and catch tons of bass
ChingChong3 GD mobile I know that's why I said it's weird...less action and I catch more bass on these than the sticko and ocho
I am glad you are telling these people to stay away from the Yum Dinger so I can keep cashing checks
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Bass Pro Stik-O should be in this comparison.....Awesome bait.
4 snooks??
Worms aren't jerkbaits, why are you fishing it that way 🤔
I’m sure the YUM dinger has caught more bass than all the rest combined.
Lol I think you meant the yamamoto senko, since it's literally used by every pro throughout history
I prefer not polluting the environment so I don’t use senkos
not one of baits did what I thought they would do a real worm will out performe any thing I saw nothing flutters down sorry