Softening senkos - Before & after pics.

[Bassboss]

I'll start off by letting you guys know Gander has Big Big Bait Trick Sticks from for .99 cents. I picked up a bunch cause they were so dang cheap.

First thing I noticed right out of the bag is that they were really hard, and not flexable. When I was fishing them, they hardly had any action both texas rigged and wacky rigged, and they didn't catch any fish. So rather then having a bunch of useless senkos sitting around, unused and un-fished, I decided to take some initiative and soften them up.

I took them out of the bags, and put them in a stainless steel pot, filled it with enough water to cover them, and added a little more then a TBS of salt, and let them boil on high for 15, 20 seconds. Then I took them off the heat, drained most of the water, put cold water back in, and let them cool.

I left one aside so I could see the see the difference, in the treated, and untreated ones.

Before


After


You can tell from the pics, that the treated ones are softer, and noticeably more flexible. What you can't tell from the pics, is that the treated baits lost some of their shininess. I doubt the bass care, or can even tell much of a difference.

I haven't got the chance to fish them side by side yet to see which catches more fish, and which has more action. I'd assume from my experiences before, that the treated baits would out fish the un-treated baits 10 to 1.