Working an Ika ?

[jignfule]

Tried the Ika out for the first time and was successful on smallies. Noticed that they were hitting it on the intial fall and I could only get 1 fish out of each hole. I tried bringing the Ika back to the surface & letting it fall slow again as I retreive it. That didn't work, all the fish I caught was on that first drop. I also tried slow retreives letting it scrape the bottom and tried short hops, nothing. Any Ideas?

[Hammer 4]

For me, I have the best luck, casting it to whatever cover there is, let it sit for about 10 secs..then give a couple Small twitches..it's a second or 2 after the twitch, that the bass grabs it..

[Big Tom]

I have caught all of my Ika fish by letting it fall to the bottom on slack line.  Most of the time, this is where the strike occurs.  If not, I drag the bait back to me pretty slowly pausing every so often for varying lengths of time.

[ib_of_the_damned]

All my fish were caught rigging it backwards and letting it fall on slack line, let it set for a few seconds, then POP it up and let it fall back down on slack line. Rinse and repeat varying the amount of time between pops.

[b.Lee]

I've caught mine by rigging backwards, then letting it fall to the bottom. I slightly lift it up s it sits up and then I shake the tip of the rod. Usually get a bass to strike it when the tentacles go crazy

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

For me, I have the best luck, casting it to whatever cover there is, let it sit for about 10 secs..then give a couple Small twitches..it's a second or 2 after the twitch, that the bass grabs it..

x2 I don't do too well with this bait myself but the success I have had was had by working it like a fluke twitch and settle or walking the dog underwater.

[Crestliner2008]

I do likewise; casting it to the cover and letting it sink there for a bit. Then I use a lift and drop (on slack line) retrieve, back to the boat or shoreline. Has always been a great producer for me, either on the initial drop or even during the above retrieve.

[roadwarrior]

I do likewise; casting it to the cover and letting it sink there for a bit. Then I use a lift and drop (on slack line) retrieve, back to the boat or shoreline. Has always been a great producer for me, either on the initial drop or even during the above retrieve.

Exactly!

8-)

[iceintheveins]

Has anyone here ever pegged a sinker to the Ika and worked it through thicker weeds?

[Hammer 4]

Yup, but there was a ton of snot grass, so the Ika got covered with it.. > Tulies oth, it works fine..though I didn't get any fish on that day..