My Outing Yesterday

[ChiCityBasser]

I read the article and ordered some of the Fat Ika baits after finding them on the tackle warehouse site since Cabelas doesn't carry them. I wanted to give them a try this weekend and didn't want to pay extra for expedited shipping. Next stop ebay and I found them but not in the color RW suggested. I ended up with watermelon/small gold/large black flake #323. I used a 5/0 EWG hook but also put a worm rattle inside and made it out to a couple of the local lakes. I got hits but kept missing fish cause I was too anxious to set the hook. I made it to a small farm/retention pond and wanted to put some time in just getting use to fishing it since I fish cranks mostly. My first cast a fish hits it on the fall but I miss him on the hook set. Next fish same thing I missed cause I set the hook to early. I work my way around to other side of the lake and again first cast a fish takes it but this time I wait til I'm sure he has it and set the hook on a 2.5lb fish. I ended up getting three more before the Ika was ripped off by jumping fish.

I fished it on a 7' Field & Stream Tec Spec Tube/jigging rod with a Quantum Kinetic PTi-B20 with 30# Cajun Braid.

Thanks RW for the article and thanks to you I'm now Senko and Fat Ika educated.

[Grey Wolf]

It truly is an excellant bait.

[ChiCityBasser]

The other Fat Ika fish from my outing.

[ICU812]

Way to go man sounds like the new technique is really working for you! It's great to find new ways to get'em! Nice fish too!

[ChiCityBasser]

Way to go man sounds like the new technique is really working for you! It's great to find new ways to get'em! Nice fish too!

Thanks and gotta get in my practice time with plastics after mostly fishing cranks. The hookset and knowing when to set the hook is what I've really had to learn. Always good to catch on a new technique after seeing all the success guys like you and the rest of the board have with all types of lures.

[Big-O]

WTG and keep catchin'em!

Big O

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[Sfritr]

Must have been a rare coincidence. Everyone knows you can't catch fish on an Ika..........

[Mrs. Matstone]

Nice fish and report. Congrats!

[jignfule]

That's one of the great values of this board. Fat Ika is one of my go to baits and I probably might have never tried them if not for this Bass Forum. Good job on your catch.

[ChiCityBasser]

That's one of the great values of this board. Fat Ika is one of my go to baits and I probably might have never tried them if not for this Bass Forum. Good job on your catch.

Thanks for all the responses and before this board the fat ika is something I probably would have never tried either. Now I have one tied on everytime out.