Make your own senkos for Pennies 

"A real life senko!" I'm convinced Roland thinks senkos are more of a real worm than a worm lol, love you Roland

Doesnt matter what Roland is talking about, he always makes it feel like the most interesting thing. Love this channel.

Quite literally the last guy in the world who needs to make his own lures... but here he is, fishing as if he just got his first rod and reel. Roland is the man!

Damn, I'm so glad Roland found RU-vid. Best fisherman by far on here

Should've named the video "How to turn your Senkos into Senkos"

No beef with Mr. Martin, it's just that there is a bit of investment here that is certainly more than pennies, so the title can be a little misleading. $35 for the mold, $50 for the injector, $35 for the plastisol, $10 for the dye - you are looking at $130 before you make your first worm, roughly the price of 23 bags of senkos retail AND, I have used many knock off baits, but the salt inside the senkos makes it sink fast and gives it that signature flutter. I know the video implies we have senko's lying around, but truth be told, my senko's are fished to death and lost at sea, I don't have anything lying around. True perhaps once you make the initial investment then you can make a significant number of baits, however I'm not sure how well they will work compared to the genuine article. Again, not trying to hate, this man is a legend and certainly not the first to suggest or try this, just pointing out the obvious in the title.

Love you Roland! I've been watching you since I was a little kid...30 plus years ago. I'm 46 now and I can still sing your intro from back in the day! "He's a great American fisherman........" lol! We live in SoCal but don't you worry, there's plenty of us over here that yell "SON!" whenever you set the hook home on a fish. Thanks for the years of pure American enjoyment. May your days be long and your nights be pleasant sir.. D. Acker

Roland and bill dance. That would be a party SON. made rainy days fun watching there antics

Roland is the best..never a video I didn't enjoy. Been bass fishing for 55 years. Still enjoy learning something new.

I love it...guy is worth millions and gets worms for free...makes his own in the microwave. Awesome stuff!

Roland is a legend from the old days. If they had social media back in the day they would have had to come up with a new name for Roland, legend just wouldn't have been enough!

Great video Roland! We got my dad a senko mold along with others for Christmas. We are hooked and it is a blast hanging out with him making our own lures and experimenting with colors not to mention recycling old lures

Thanks Professor Martin! To think of all the torn worms I’ve thrown away in 45 years..I’ll be getting a mold..and my wife’s measuring cup😄Beautiful job on that boat also 👍👍 Couldn’t imagine being in your classroom..I’d get in trouble just to get to stay after school! 😂

Roland, always a pleasure watching your shows. I have been a fan for 40 years or so. Keep it up buddy...

I enjoy these DIY classes from the Master !!

Thank you, Roland! You're the best out there. Like others have said, no matter the subject, you bring a lot of excitement to your videos. Thanks for teaching us so much over the years. Son!!!

Love watching you and Scott! Thanks

First channel I subscribed to on RU-vid..thanks for always being a teacher Roland.

Thanks for the video Mr. Roland! Your my go to guy when it comes to getting advice on fishing. Keep making videos and you be to 1,000,000 subscribers before you know it!

Roland, we love your videos, keep em coming.

Thanks, Roland...another awesome video!

Been fishing only a few years now, mostly off instinct and a few videos here and there. Stumbled across this channel last night only to learn some guys have been watching you since the 80's. Absolutely stunned by the knowledge you're willing to share.

Your such a cool guy! I love your videos. I’ve found myself using a lot of your tips lately. My story is centred around my love for fishing, I was a very avid angler 2000-2015 during most of my adult life, which started as a kid. I had sustained an injury at work, debilitating and left me without the ability to walk, let alone fish. I was in a bad place and my outlet , my passion has suffered because of it. I had to wait a very long time to have my surgery because I was so young. I had broken my hip and needed replacement, no cartilage and extreme pain. 2015 to 2020. Fast forward to 2020 , I’ve had my surgery and changed my whole outlook, I’ve lost over 100lbs to become healthier. But what also is coming back to me is my love and passion for fishing! I’m able to fish and catch like I used too, I feel the enjoyment and I appreciate it more than ever. I could go on allday, but I wanted you to know and understand what fishing can really mean to some people. Thank you 🙏 Roland, I feel inspired when I watch your videos and the knowledge being passed on, your a great man.

I’ve been watching you forever and you never disappoint. Nice video and I will save my old plastics and try this great idea.

Man, it's great to see you still doing your thing. I watched your show all the time back in the day with Orlando Wilson's show right after, "Fishing in the West" . Thanks for the video! Something I'm definitely gonna look into.

This seems very fun. Using the exact mold that Yamamoto uses gives me piece of mind as far as action and such goes. Thanks Roland! -Leo V.

Roland make sure you tell the Kids to wear gloves. Hot plastic on the hands or body is no joke! Thanks for sharing.

I need to order me one of those mold makers cause I have 2 kids 5 nephew who started bass fishing and I'm going through 2 to 3 bags of senko thank you as always Roland Martin.

Glad to see you showing folks how to save money, it's even more exciting making new designs and experimental lures.

Thanks for the nice trick. It looks that we can get creative here by adding different ingredients/color to make custom lure 👍

Roland. I love your channel I've been watching you since I was a kid. Grew up in Tennessee right on the chickamauga lake. Yessir. But even though I'm a volunteer for life I'd rather watch and learn from you than bill dance. Hahaha... Maybe one day I'll come down to Florida and find ya for some fun and fishing of course. Thank you for 35 years of teaching me how to fish. I owe you a ton. Thank you.

been watching the master since i was a young squirt. The man is still cool as hell. Love ya man

One of the nicest fisherman my father and I ever happened across when I was a kid. Dad and I were at the Neuse Sport Shop in Kinston, NC when you were on the way to a Bassmaster tournament in New Bern at Lawson's Creek. My dad passed last year and my son and I are trying to get into making our own baits including reusing a lot of my dad's old soft plastics and making our own new baits out of them. Thanks for the great video Mr. Roland and thanks for all the memories watching your shows for the past 40 years!

Great job Roland your a fishing legend

Thanks Roland Martin. For all you do

Just subbed! You and Bill, childhood fishing hero's!!!

Gary Y may not like you not buying his Senkos haha !!!! Roland, I’ve been a fan of yours for decades and I am now 70 and still fishing, but, son, you take it to a whole new level of seniors who still got it going on 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😜🎣😜 Bravo

Ill be completely honest. As a boy I watched with my father and we used to fish all the time all over the midwest. up till the day he took his life. My sons asked to go fishing and alot of memory's came back. At first I was appalled at the idea again. Then I started watching these knowing I have not fished in 25 years damn near 40 now. Roland does have a infectious joy to him. So much so we grabbed a lil jon boat and were going to start fishing knowing all our time is short. So Thanks Roland Dad and Grandpa would be happy we getting on the water!!!

Awesomeness! I can even do this....I thought one needed a special cooker to melt the plastics so I never even tried. Now I can recycle the plastics in my little efficiency apartment. Thanks Roland!

Motivated now to try this out , thanks Roland.

Hey Roland! That looks fun! Thanks for the great content.

Love your videos, also love your building. Wish I had a shop like that.

Your shop is awesome!

Thank You Brother Roland for the Great Video. Making your Worms can save a Lot of Money. Do More Great Topics like this in the Future.

Im looking forward to the next video, I would love to see how to use the plastisol along with the color and glitter additives 👍🏽

Keep Teachin ...Son... grew up watching the Legend!!

Another great video by Roland 👍

Good stuff Roland! 💯

Great video Roland

Great video Mr Roland. Love your enthusiasm and positive energy. Hey, when are you gonna take us on a tour of your project boat? I guess I should check your past videos as I just recently found out you have a RU-vid channel. Congratulations on 70k. Great channel 👍

Roland I just wanna sip on some sweet tea and talk shop in the garage with ya. Been a long time fan since I was 13 I’m 35 now you are a legend sir.

Awesome Roland. First time viewer but will be watching more for sure

Roland great video I make my jigs now I like making my own baits it’s a great way to save a lot of money

Lovely DIYs you come up with

Great video and tips!! Thanks for sharing! 👊

This is good to know. Mr roland you and bill dance know the goood stuff I caught 28 bass with Yamamotos sinks in little under 24 hours none of them where trophy to anyone else's eyes except mine and that all that matters to me gotta start small before you go big with the pros. Thanks so much

Thanks Roland what a great video! im going to give this a try

Excellent video Roland I have so many old plastics and I pick torn baits left behind by other anglers when out fishing, Will try the Lure Works Mold to recycle a lot of these used plastics.

Nice, we appreciate all your knowledge. We are like little sponges here to soak up your goodness!

Wife “why does it smell like burnt plastic?” Self “oh just renewing my old senkos.” Wife “ so you finally found a use for the microwave, because that thing is not for cooking.” Self “ that’s right honey.” Wife” WTF did you do to the meat thermometer, and my Pyrex measuring cup!?!” Self “ oh that will come right off, don’t worry about that.” ....later that night, on couch with new senkos I made from old ones smiling, thinking about all the bass I’ll catch tomorrow....After I go to the store and buy a new measuring cup and meat thermometer, and some flowers.

I used to watch Roland back in the 80's and fished local tournaments in a club back then but what a time it is to be a fisherman for all you lucky people. If I were still fishing, I'd be doing this ASAP... Imagine all the color schemes you could come up with??? PS: The molds are very reasonable in price, I'd be purchasing more than one..

Thanks to Roland For the Videos.I've caught 3 Big Bass last week on the Winterhaven chain of lakes thanks fo the tips.all were 3 to 5 pounds..

I remember as a kid (12 yrs. old) in Old Davie, Florida across the 1st Broward Community College and Nova High School, around 1975. A friend's Dad was making curly tail worms in his shed at night and weekends with two up dies, we cleaned the pots after school sometimes, thought one was cooled off and burned the heck out of three of my fingers when I was pulling the cold plastic and hit the hot inner core. Didn't know I could move that fast pulling that plastic off my fingers. These were the flat profile curl tail worms, folks used in the waterways and old Alligator Alley. Now it's all residential and apartments, phosphate quarries gone and muck land drained.

Thanks Roland. Got a bunch of plastics right now but I'm thinking that as I start to run low I'll start collecting some molds and do it myself as well.

Love it, i try the same thing before with crapy molds made by me, so I will be looking for those molds specially if I can replicate Yamamoto senkos...

Thank you Roland that was interesting

How did I not know you could melt these in the microwave? I’m going to have to machine my own molds now. I used to buy 10” and 12” flip worms and lizards. Can’t find them anymore. Thanks Roland! Nice to see such a legend like yourself sharing your knowledge.

Great video, thank you Sir. Now I'll be looking for a mold and injector.

If you put another clamp in the very middle of the mold you probably won’t get that flashing that you gotta peel off.. it can be a pain to set and pick off lol also maybe top off the sprue hole with just a little more plastisol- some times when it’s cooking it draws up so a little extra in the sprue will help it turn out better… thank you for the videos you make! I loved your spinner baits making video and the story you told about losing Mrs. Martin’s favorite pole lol glad for your sake you got it back lol hehehehe! You and Mrs. Martin are really awesome ppl! Role models to me…. I would love to fish with y’all lol I think y’all would be a blast to fish with 😁 plus I know we’d have an awesome time sharing fishing stories too! I got some good ones my self lol thank you again Mr. Martin for making these videos!!!! From: Beth - TomBoyBaits - from KY

That actually looks like a lot of fun.

If anyone wants the Senko recipe to make a stick from new plastisol.... 4oz medium plastisol 2 tablespoons pickling salt (Walmart) 1 tablespoon softener You can also use soft Plastisol and leave out the softener. Add salt before cooking the plastic and stir well The large amount of salt is what makes them sink and wiggle. The more salt the weaker the bait. Powdered salt can be used but really clouds the color and transparency. If using them Texas rigged with a weight, Wacky with a weighted jig, or shakeyhead/Neko, use only one teaspoon of salt for taste. They will be much more durable.

Thats awesome. So simple.

Great video!!!

Hello Roland, I still have a copy of your book, "101 Bass Catching Secrets", from the late 70's early 80's. I remember you talking about Floyd Mabry and what an awesome crankbait fisherman he was, he loved Bomber crankbaits.

Awesome info! I need to look into this.

I love it Roland. SON!

My wife said hell no, you got enough shit laying around here now😂

I'm never disappointed when I click on a Roland Martin Outdoors video.

Never seen your videos, seem like a good man! Was always curious how long the dry time was after injecting, of course still have to cure but wow that was quick.

Such an awesome video I had to Share😎❤😎

Love your video’s

Just awesome! 🤙

Thanks this was really helpful

Good viddy Roland!

LOL, nice start with a game of "Hide and Senko"!

Back in the 70's we used to pour our own worms. The only problem they were flat on one side. We bought our supplies at Gibsons department store, which went out of business about 40 years ago. After that no one made the stuff any more.

Thanks Roland!

The beginning looked liked a kid on a Easter egg hunt... Lol love the videos

Anyone else remeber the plastic molds for kids in the 70s? I made tons of bugs and worms for fishing!

Pretty cool. Makes me wanna buy a fluke mold now and recycle used plastics. I know how I am and wouldn’t save a penny but enjoy tinkering with stuff

Edgee thing = flashing. Good job Roland

It’s like making creepy crawlers as a kid with molds.

Lol Is it just me or do the old senkos laying around seem staged. Great video either way.

The Lureworks mold is 5.25" and a basic stick worm. Do-it has a mold that they licensed from GYCB that is the actual Senko in 4", 5", and 6" models. The important part is if you melt down old Senkos, remember to use all the same color, if you mix colors they will come out brown. Also some PPE would have been nice, 350 degree plastic will cause some serious 2nd degree burns and when the plastic splashes on you it will stick. You should use gloves and more importantly you need eye protection, you only get 1 set of eyes and 350 degree molten plastic splashing in your eyes can very easily cause blindness. Please use safety equipment if trying this.

Thank you Roland.

This man is awesome

Great video thanks

Love it!

As a machinist, I freaked when I saw that Bridgeport milling machine in the back!

I wish ide got molds 15 years ago. O invested into molds for weights to make extra money which I did till I lost my business home and all after I got hurt real bad and coulnt run my business any more so me and my 7 year old daughter moved south become homeless for that summer but we fished had a lot fun on river in a pontoon boat then lived in bus then got a nice camper from my dad. But I was fishing one day for dinner. Someone stoped to see and wanted to fish was kid my daughter age and his mom. They fished over hr had a blast took pictures laughed and had a blast. When they left they gave my rods back told them no keep i had plenty take your son fishing more they never had fished. So she cried he cried me too. Lol but I looked at my daughter said i cant sell my fishing gear anymore im gonna give it to the kids. I already did tournament back home before we left and lost it all. Was a thank you to the town for riding with us 19 almost 20 years one month away from 20 years. So I spent few k got fishing gear and had 2 tournaments and gave almost all away. When I got south gave the rest away and started giving mine away. Then went out found cheaper gear got some donations now been 15 years. Even your son sent me hat and stuff to give away. I tryed to get signed hat from you but I no your busy. Scott was one the first fishermen after 2 others that gave hats and other stuff but that was lile 6 years ago. Wish I could have wrote and got more hats from fishermen and ladies not 1 sent a hat only 2 wrote back said they cant send hats to any one i was said we have girls we gave to alot and they would have loved a hat from lady fishermen. But I wish ide spent money for bait molds when I could work. Yes weights helped alot even more of ide got weight for bass fishing them weights get pricey when you give away. And my disibilty just couldn't buy alot. We would get lucky and yard sale have some but its almost over im sick cant walk. Im setting up a truck for disabeld person had a toy hauler I got few months ago also for a year trip state to state fishing and giving away the rest my fishing and camping gear to great kids all over the south. Spent my last 6k getting toy hauler and truck and storm hit last week rain wind then froze 4th Jan headed to dr. Looked at my camper went to it looked thru a crack that's not supost to be there and my roofs on the floor it took doen 16 ft of 24ft trailer. So bathrooms covered but guy that was gonna tear it doen and leave the bathroom covered well its about to fall also woods broke and got wet its half way Down. I had thought if I keep bathroom and kitchen covered added wall some roof back sealed it up good. Atlest it would keep dry i have now porch on the trailer can get my grill and table chairs. I sleep out side anyway camping I have a frame i use out side. It will be ok. But only if i get help to build the walls and roof back over the bathroom and kitchen. That never happen one who's gonna help someone disabled they want more money to fix when your disabled cause they no you cant. Well I cant and cant pay them that much either. So now im stuck at home in bed sick and cant go camping fishing or give fishing gear away to kids all over. So 15 years I got to give guess im blessed enought kids. But ill try to fix this trailer get sick trying cause o want it fixed some. Atlest if I get to sick and never can use maybe my daugter will. Shes having my first grand baby in about 1 week. Cant weight shes moving back in the baby daddy he left what a bum. But i raised my daughter alone from 7 months old till well 18 she left home after she grad 1 year early. Hey I was so proud. Grad the 11th grad. Not many kids take 2 years clases in 1 school year to grad but she did so she can start her life. Well she cane back 3 tines now 4 times so 21 years im still raising her alone. Lol. Ok woe alot said about molds. Lol. Wish I could make it to 60 or 70 and be fishing but 6 months ill be 50 and pray ill be fishing some. ere. God bless you bro and your fsmiky