I just saw something pretty cool on Tackle Tour about some of the latest trends to come from Japan, one of them is something called subsurface prop baits. The article is done by world renown Hideki Maeda, who if you don't know is a pretty big deal in the Japanese bass fishing world. I enjoyed checking out the latest Tackle Trends from Japan piece.
I really am just starting to get into prop baits down here in Florida, but know they have been around forever. The Devil's Horse is a killer on big bass. But this whole subsurface thing takes it to another level. Big companies like Megabass, Lucky Craft, Gan Craft and Deps are now making the baits.
I read the article and wanted to see more. Unfortunately I couldn't find a good video of the action for the exact baits, but did find this one from another cool bait from Japan.
What do you think about subsurface prop baits? Will they catch on here in America?
2 comments:
I think it will catch on here Tyler. The whole deal in Japan stemmed from the accidental use of flourocarbon with a topwater propbait I believe. Some of us have been using flourocarbon with various topwater baits for awhile now. There are some guys here local in North Carolina who have been using buzzbaits/flourocarbon for subsurface action and have gotten great results. We've used flouro with poppers as well....gives you a very different action to the baits and we all know that sometimes it takes something alittle different to make a big impact. Give it a try, you might be surprised by the results !!!
I heard that too about the fluoro for topwaters...haha I posted this a few months ago http://tbrinks.blogspot.com/2010/11/fluorocarbon-for-topwater-baits.html
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