Red Dragons

Nope...EXACTLY the same bait. 8-) Exactly the same bait, couple of different colors- Shoots, Derek Yamamoto blanked today at Mead- guess they weren't eating the Palm! just kidding, it's the same bait

5" yamamoto spider jig- #196 pumpkin blk/grn flake- 3/4 oz. football head 5" senko- green pumpkin- wacky DD-22 sour grape Pop-R/ Rico- shad 6" Robo- Aaron's Magic T rig Shoots, I need a bunch more...

I like a 5/0 Owner Wide Gap Plus- you need a wide gap, the Fat Ika is a thick bait. Easy to tex-pose through the thin wee end

I love the 5" Hula grub, one of my staples (that's a #209 on a 1 oz football head in my avitar), but the body is about half the diameter of the fat Ika. Same as the regular Ika, though, and I'll keep a few spider jigs that got the tails ripped off to use as a "skinny Ika" on a drop shot. But the Fat one is a different creature, you can flyline it in 25' of water when the wind is mellow and it's a good one. It's like a big fat gumdrop or something...

What he said...

Last year was 27 pounds for 3 days to win? I think 8 pounds a day and you're in more than great shape at Mead, at least the smallies look like they will help out- Starts Thursday, always great to follow the action at the Open.

CA, AZ, NV, UT, WY, MN, AL, FL, NY, IL, HI, NC, WA, CO Mex, Canada, Bahamas- Itching for Panama and I'd really like to fish TX