Has anyone of you thought about looking into what Japanese anglers fishing in Japan are using?

A lot of HOT newer baits are coming from Japan

No one has thought of that!  Good idea!

Could several of the members get together and order some baits if someone has a contact or can import?

Has anyone of you thought about looking into what Japanese anglers fishing in Japan are using?

A lot of HOT newer baits are coming from Japan

95% of my baits are from japan and I have quite a few of them. :)

Here's a good japanese online shop.   www.ichibantackle.com

Has anyone of you thought about looking into what Japanese anglers fishing in Japan are using?

A lot of HOT newer baits are coming from Japan

I do it all the time  

You guys have deeper pockets then I do.

Their new technique for finess is a wacky worm with a round jighead for a hook.

Their new technique for finess is a wacky worm with a round jighead for a hook.

Nothing new, pretty old technique and it wasn 't even developed in Japan, it was developed in the US.

Jap lures are expensive to begin with, but with the US dollar falling as much as it has those prices have gotten even worse.

Just in case there was confusion...

I was talking about baits and lures rarely or never seen in the US

Same thing goes for techniques

Japanese products are great, I love buying tackle from Ichibantackle.com. Best finds: Evergreen Sledge Escarda, Deps spinnerbait

Too thick for my blood..

I was talking about baits and lures rarely or never seen in the US

Same thing goes for techniques

For example....?

Go to a lake where every fish has seen every bait in every color. Get your partner to tie on a Japanese made lure that is painted different, swims different and has a different rattle that they haven't seen and get back to me.

I only use one bait from Japan called Yellow Magic.  Its a very expensive popper but it is worth it.

I've never used any lures from this company but they have some cool but odd stuff.

http://www.tsunekichi-inc.com/brand/index.html

I was talking about baits and lures rarely or never seen in the US

Same thing goes for techniques

For example....?

Oh, he means something like this my man:

N 'stuff like that, ya know, kool stuff.  

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Wo that really is some cool stuff....tried any of it?

From those 5, yup I 've tried the first two and the last one, the fisrt one ( Okera ) is nothing special, no better nor worse than any other creature bait out there in the market. The tail less grub is a really nice bait but it 's tiny size doesn 't bring anything out of the ordinary, good numbers bait, but you can catch about the same with a regular 3 inch grub.

It ain 't the wand, it 's the magician.  

I just got some dynagones :

and some Jackall Bros. Pine Shrimp:

but I haven't gotten to try either of them out yet.

There are loads of baits used in Japan that has never been used here, though unless you find a website (as some were listed) that will ship to the US then we all will just need to wai until another angler brings it here.

Here are a few reputable place to order Japanese tackle online:

- Plat

- Japan Tackle

- Japan Fishing Line

and there are a bunch on ebay too.

Years ago, Wacky Worm in Gilbert, PA carried Berkley Japanese soft baits (Irregulars only) which were not available here in the US. I've tried several, and found them to be okay in my book, but nothing spectacular.