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Bass fishing, Bawo, Bushido Craw, Exthread, Imakatsu, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing, Legit Design, Toray -

Overview The Imakatsu Bushido is a versatile craw style soft plastic lure. The lure comes in two sizes, 3 inches and 4 inches. The 3-inch model is great when the fish are on smaller bait. It is a very compact and a perfect choice. Even though it is a smaller profile this lure has a ton of action. The four-inch size is better when you want more vibration and movement in the water. The claws have such an erratic action. The plastic is a very soft material which make the claws move with the slightest movement. This is great when...

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Bass fishing, Imakatsu, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing, Metal Craw -

Overview The Imakatsu Metal Craw Spin is an out of the box lure. At first glance, it looks like a very limited situational lure, but that is far from this lure’s potential. There is so many ways to fish this lure in which you would fish other traditionally lures so it is something the bass are unpressured too. Imakatsu offered the metal craw spin in 7g, 9g, 10g, 11g, 13g, 17g. The small body of this lure came through cover very well. What I really was impressed with was if grass got stuck on the lure I could clear the...

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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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Bawo, crankbait, Imakatsu, Japan Import Tackle, JDM fishing, Runvolt, Toray, ZPI -

Overview The Imakatsu Runvolt 120v is a shallow diving crankbait that could be a secret weapon in your cranking arsenal. The runvolt is a smaller profile that could pack a large punch. This crankbait has a very tight side to side wobble with not too much roll. The body shape is like a fatter shad style body. This style creates a hybrid between the tight shad style action to a big wide wobble that a square bill has. The bill on this crankbait is almost shaped like a spoon. This style of bill is a great style for any speed...

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