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[gallowaypt]

Sorry if this subject has already been covered, but how well do Fat Ikas work for largemouth? I enjoy, and have success, fishing stick bait style baits. Would the Ikas be a good addition to my arsenal?

[tnbassfisher]

Very well. Try roadwarrior's method.

http://www.bassresou...-to-catch-bass/

[Crestliner2008]

Very well. Try roadwarrior's method.

http://www.bassresou...-to-catch-bass/

X2! Some great information there.

[gallowaypt]

Thanks TNbassfisher. I actually just read that great article earlier today, but was just unsure if Ikas are mainly effective on smallmouth.

[roadwarrior]

No.

I caught the "Big Bass" on the RoadTrip at Guntersville this year on a Fat Ika.

7 lbs- 7 oz

[bassh8er]

Love that Fat Ikas, and have had great success on the Damiki Hydra as well; it's become my go to plastic.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

They have been catching lmb extremely well for me lately The Kinami Palm Tree I use are the same thing just different colors bought Fat Ikas as well here my report.

http://www.bassresou...-beat-the-heat/

[gallowaypt]

That's a hog roadwarrior! The hydras and palm trees look great as well guys. Thanks for the suggestions. Based on your report, quakenshake, these things really do catch numbers!

[HeavyDluxe]

Do you guys typically Tex-pose these with the frilly end up towards the hook eye, or down towards the bend? To put it another way, do you insert the hook into the frill end or the pointy end?

I'm assuming you'd always want the frills towards trailing the direction of retrieve since it could look like both a baitfish or a craw that way.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

That's a hog roadwarrior! The hydras and palm trees look great as well guys. Thanks for the suggestions. Based on your report, quakenshake, these things really do catch numbers!

Yeah that and apparently smallmouth to boot.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Do you guys typically Tex-pose these with the frilly end up towards the hook eye, or down towards the bend? To put it another way, do you insert the hook into the frill end or the pointy end?

I'm assuming you'd always want the frills towards trailing the direction of retrieve since it could look like both a baitfish or a craw that way.

Yes
Is this clear enough for you to see? the eye is at the skirt end

[gallowaypt]

Nice thanks for the pic quakenshake. Is that a 5 EWG? I've never even seen a smallmouth around here!

[ChiCityBasser]

After reading the article by RW I got a bunch of the Fat Ikas and learned to fish them and they are my GO too plastic lure when nothing else seems to work. Maybe its my confidence in them but they are the first plastic lure I reach for when I'm out and keep one on a rod. I usually rig them up backwards like in the pic with a worm rattle inserted inside them on a 5/0 EWG hook. I tried them with a 4/0 EWG hook but kept getting missed hook ups with them. They have produced my largest tourney fish to date of 3.23lbs and I've also fished them on a weighted swimbait hook and had they produce as well.

[gallowaypt]

I never thought of adding a rattle Chicity basser. Do you use this in murky water, or for all presentations. I just got my first pack today and tested them in the pool. Ridiculous action!!

[ChiCityBasser]

I never thought of adding a rattle Chicity basser. Do you use this in murky water, or for all presentations. I just got my first pack today and tested them in the pool. Ridiculous action!!

I use it for all presentations and started using it in the one clear lake I fish with the ika falling into the grass and really worked well and now I add one most times I use it.