fished my club tourny today and i was anxious to try the fat ikas i got in the mail yesterday. i caught 15 pounds by 7:30 and was culling by 8. i decided to throw an ika, because the bite slowed a little. i threw it tigh to shore, let is sink pulled it up once and let it fall, BAM--5.7 pounder. to make a long story short, we finished 3rd with 20.27 pounds. i went thru the only bag i had in about an hour. love 'em and the bait monkey already made me buy 10 more packs. i was using the black/blue color with a 5/0 gama ewg. those baits are super soft. am i using the right sized hook? anyway the ika is the real deal.

I think 4/0 EWG Offset Worm Hooks are a better size, but it sounds like your 5/0 worked just fine.

Congratulations!