Senile1-

 Very nice.  We dug through that boat for about 15 minutes looking for them.  After finding a few open packages of treble hook lures in the bottom we stopped.  I'm gald you found a few of the scraps we left behind.  

You will have to let me know how those work on Smithville Lake.  I know they work where we fish.

Vyron, I will post a picture as soon as I can get to it.

Why don't you just order them from GYBC and be done with it??????  They are not that expensive.

$7.48 per bag on Yamamoto's website  That is a lot of money for soft plastics IMO.  I must say though, that if I didn't pour my own, I would still buy them ;D

The Fat Ika still hasn't been "discovered." Away from BR members and GYCB fanatics, no one talks about it or uses it effectively. It can be your secret weapon. The Fat Ika has been my #1 producer for two years.

rw   kb kindle here   i have never fished a fat ika  but have been reading your articals  about them   when you have  mostly small mouth bass in your lake that run about 3-4-5-lb   mostley 3-4 lbs  what size ika you talking about and hook size.   and are you saying to have the eye of hook at the skirt tennicals  thank you rw great reading  kb  you did mention that 194 was a real good color are you meaning  a194j  color  for stained water  kb   never clear    with brown crawfish  there main diet  

       7.48 per bag on Yamamoto's website   That is a lot of money for soft plastics IMO.  I must say though, that if I didn't pour my own, I would still buy them                

I don't believe you will get every get the right texture or color like GY does.

I'd just thought I'd add in about popularity. In Chicago the only stores that have them get like one shipment of them a year and they tend ot stay on the self. When I ask people about them they say yeah "I heard of those" or "I used one once" and the conversation seems to stop. When I'm up in Michigan the employees at several well known fishing stores have no idea that the Ika exists. Just thought I'd back up they aren't often used in the Midwest.

bassdocktor

I got some Palm Trees today at the BPS in San Antonio TX!  Im hoping the guys in my club dont know about them

Danny

kbkindle,

The Fat Ika is 4". You are correct about the color I recommend, 194J, but other colors may be more effective for you.  I use a 4/0 EWG Gamakatsu Offset Worm Hook. This is a GREAT lure for smallmouth on lakes, but I'm not so sure about river fishing. The action of the fall on slack line is important and doesn't work as well in moving water.

road warrior

how small of a hook can you go with for smallies on a regular ika?

where do u guys purchase these baits? please give me a couple diff wesites thanks

google GARY YAMAMOTO CUSTOM BAITS

The 4/0 EWG Offset Worm Hook is the only hook I ever use with a Fat Ika.

The GYCB website is www.baits.com

ROAD WARRIOR

Thanks for the help thank god for web searches.

By the way nice pair!!!!  BIG, HEAVEY, and FUN TO LAND

thanks guys ;D

Here is the one I am making now.  It is called the Western Hula Stik  It is 4" long.

One more angle

8-)

U ll do well with that!!!!!!!!!

People on the forum have been long asking for an ika copy

Here is the one I am making now.  It is called the Western Hula Stik  It is 4" long.

It looks great. Do you have an idea of how much you'll be asking for these?

Around KC I know of two people the use ika's, me and my buddy Fatman1267, and he uses them a lot more than I do. The Cabelas here carried the palm trees earlier this summer, but they quit carrying them because they were not selling. A few weeks ago he and I went out there and the shelves where they had been were empty. We ended up finding them in the bargain cave for .25 per bag. We bought them all.

oh you bum, no wonder i couldnt find em. hey by the way i saw some there last weekend. me and jayhawkfishin use em, im just starting with them.