Senko Recipe Help

[Bobby Saffel]

I am planning on getting a 5" senko mold from del-mart and had some questions on how to get the right action out of the bait without alot up toughness. Here are some of my questons:

1. I have just started pouring and bought all of my plastics from MF because from what I read they were the best. I have medium now and know I need their supersoft to get the most action out of the bait. Does supersoft naturally sink or do I need to add salt to my recipe to get the fall? If so, will the salt make the plastic firmer?

2. If I have to put salt in it, how much per cup of plastic to make it sink like a senko?

3. I have seen MF sells a slow sinking plastic, will that make a better senko that supersoft?

To be honest I poured my first worms last night with a free mold MF gave me just to practice getting the mixture right and dealing with the plastic ingeneral. I spent more time trying to see how colors mix and heating the plastic and did not take into account to buoyancy of the bait. It kind of shocked me when I threw my plastic in the kitchen sink and it bounced right back up. Any ideas and tips will be great.

Thanks.

[gone2long]

There are many posts regarding senko recipes and they basically all contain salt and softener, and do yourself a favor and search the color recipes as they are pretty good and you'll save yourself allot of time and plastic getting them right.

[DaBehr]

I prefer mine to float. That way when the bass toss them I just grab them and re-hook!

You know....those wacky hooks can come with a weight!

[Bobby Saffel]

I prefer mine to sink but that's a personal preference. I know they make wacky hooks with a weight, but I also like a weightless texas rig in the spring. I want one recipe that will work wacky and texas rig.

[Richard Prager]

I would recommend M-F sinking soft. It requires about 30% less salt than other formulas which will produce a more transparent bait with better colors. I mix in 1 capfull of softener per ounce of plastic.

If you go with their SS you shouldn't need any softener at all.

[MonteSS]

I started out hand pouring salted sticks like you are. I used Pickling salt as recomended and had a hard time with it. I found the plastic with salt was pretty thick to pour. Fine line between hot enough to thin it out and burning it.

I switched now to injecting and use Bear's powdered salt. The powdered salt is easier to use but really changes the colors and transparency.

I use

1 cup Calhouns medium

2 tablespoon of softener

4 tablespoon bears salt

Baits are stiffer than Yammamoto but sink similar. Durability with an o-ring and wacky is amazing. I can catch 50 fish on one bait. I prefer a stiffer bait than one that folds in half when twitched.

....Bill

[Bobby Saffel]

Thanks alot guys. This all helps. I will play with them. Y'all have no idea how much having access to this kinda of information helps. I know it's a trial and error hobby, but you have get guidence from people who have been down this same road. I do want to make my baits the way I want, but since I'm new, I need a starting point.

Thanks,

Bobby

[Richard Prager]

This is where I learned.

I'll let you in on a little secret......The Search feature is you friend!

Have fun!

Richard