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Bass fishing, Exthread, Imakatsu, Japan Import Tackle, Javallon Gill, JDM fishing, swimbait, Toray -

Overview Not very often you come across a lure with the amount of realistic and action as the imakatsu Javalon gill. These new baits have recently hit the US market and I got a good chance to test and experiment this bluegill style swimbait. Inside the javalon gill is a weight balance foam insert that makes the lure swim true every single cast. If the foam insert falls out and is missing which has happened to me, you can insert a nail weight at the belly of the bait which will make the lure also swim true always.  The Javallon...

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Bass fishing, Gancraft, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing, Jointed Claw, swimbait -

Spend a day out on Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. Seemed to be a very slow day so I decided to pick up a big bait. My swimbait of choice for that day was Gan Craft Jointed Claw 230. This swimbait has a very nice action on a straight retrieve. I prefer tweaked the bait action by a twitch-twitch pause action. This way if a bass is following the bait no matter which side he is coming from he has a chance to see the bait glide out towards him by including that extra twitch. The drawing power of the Jointed...

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Bass fishing, Dstyle, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing, RESERVE, topwater lure -

I took a trip to a local lake to test out the new Dstyle RESERVE top water bait. The lure itself is a very lightweight bait to throw, so it is recommended that you throw it on ultra-light spinning tackle. If you prefer a bait casting rod it Is recommended that you throw the reserve on a light action rod with fairly light drag. Since it is designed to be throw on a spinning rod the hooks are very light wire. If you wish to upgrade decoy hooks is a great choice to change too. This top water bait is a...

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Bass fishing, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing, Level Minnow, RAID Japan -

Recently spent some time testing the Raid Level Minnow and have been doing very well. The level minnow has a totally new swimming action. As most jerk baits are meant to swim nose down on the pause and have more of a rolling action the designer of the level minnow wanted something totally new. The bait is designed with a catapult lip that allows the bait to swim horizontally and have more of a gliding action than rolling. The level minnow is more of a finesse approach to jerk bait fishing so it is equipped with light wire hooks. If...

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Bass fishing, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing -

Hello! My name is Jake Gaston. I have joined the Japan Import Tackle team recently as a field staffer. Very grateful to be able to have this opportunity and share my knowledge of JDM tackle with everybody. I started in high school tournament bass fishing and did very well. I had a background of JDM tackle before I started tournaments a brought my background of JDM tackle into tournaments which helped me place in these events as well as I did. I will be posting posts to share how well these awesome lures work. Thank you!

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