Anyone tried a fat ika on a c-rig?  Seems like it should work.  With a long enough leader I should be able to get some of the nice ika action.  Do you agree?

I'm fishing some deep water (flooded quarry) from a canoe tomorrow and the only soft plastics I have on hand are a bunch of senkos, some yum craw papis, and a few fat ikas.  

yea it should work...I don't see why not

Well.......I split shot rig senkos and they work really way presented that way. the worst that could happen is that you don 't catch a thing.

Hooksets are for free.

Let us know  

Maybe.

That's not how I fish them. I am not looking for "action". I fish Fat Ika like a live crawdad. I'll be interested in how they work out for you guys on a C-rig.

I personally would not thing it will work very well.

RW, I guess by "action" I meant the backwards fall and wiggling tentacles.  Not darting movement through the water like a tube or something.  

This is quoted from RW's "infamous" magic lure thread:

I cast parallel to cover or structure, let the lure settle to the bottom and fish it like a Senko with a short (6-12") horizontal sweep. I then let the lure fall on slack line so that it falls vertically, not moving forward. I work the lure slowly, letting it pause for 10-20 seconds or more before moving it again. I like to picture a crawdad moving over rocks and hiding.

I can see doing a similar thing on a c-rig at more depth.  No?

Regardless, I'll let everybody know how it works out.  I'll also be experimenting with a new DD22 and some other cranks so I may not be able to give the ika c-rig a thorough work out.  But I'll definitely fish it for a portion of the trip.

OK, not much to report unfortunately.  I didn't catch anything on the fat ika c-rig.  I did have one fish hit, but didn't get the hook set.  I wouldn't draw any conclusions from this as the fishing was pretty slow tonight.  I just couldn't find where the fish were.  It was a 50 or 60 acre quarry, very deep, I've only been to once before.  And we were fishing from a canoe.  No depth/fish finder.  

I did catch one 12" bass on a Norman DD22.  Had another on a jig, but I got too anxious and my line broke right on the knot.  But that's for another post.  My partner caught only one small crappie on a shad rap (almost as big as the fish).  

I wish you luck but I think that is not going to work...the lure is way too heavy. Let us know what happen

The lure is too heavy for what?  Not sure what you mean.

The lure is too heavy for what? Not sure what you mean.

For a C-rig presentation

Hmmm...still not sure what you mean.  Lots of people use a variety of creature and lizard baits on c-rigs and some of them are pretty heavy.  GYCB's Kreature is a perfect example.  If you're trying to imitate a crawdad scooting across the bottom I don't see how weight matters.  What I mean is that I would expect the fat ika to have essentially the same presentation in 20' of water tied to the end of a c-rig as it does in <10' of water t-rigged weightless.  

Now whether the fish are interested in that presentation at that depth with given cover etc. is another question entirely.  Yesterday they weren't.   :'(

Never used a fat ika on a C-Rig but I have used a Spidergrub on one.  I was impressed with the results.