I use this bait quite a lot, and I am just curious how other fishermen use it. What is the most effective method of fishing these? I almost always pull it up off the bottom, then let it glide back down on a slack line. I let it sit on the bottom for several seconds then give it a couple quick upward lifts again with the rod, then let it swim back to the bottom again. I reel in some line each time. I am trying to make it look like a startled crawdad, the way they scoot away when disturbed. The bass will usually hit the Ika when it gets back to the lake bottom. I've heard of fishermen basically just winding it back slowly dragging it along the bottom, almost like working a plastic worm. Does anyone fish it this way?