This Is One Of The Hottest Rigs Out Of Japan To Catch Giant Bass!

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Жыл бұрын

We have mentioned the Biwa Rig for the past few months now and decided to give a run down on exactly what the Biwa Rig is!
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@wolfganghaydn8000 Жыл бұрын

biwa rig have been used not only for shallow water application, but for deep water fishing as well for quite sometime in Japan now. Also, over there, it is known as "Mid Strolling" (ミドスト）for mid range strolling. (which they've been using this technique for different range of water regardless of name of this technique)

@benczarnecki9406 Жыл бұрын

I was under the impression from all of my research that the Lake Biwa rig was hover shot fishing a paddle tail worm and that when they fish a ballhead like this and wiggle the rod tip while retrieving the bait that it was called mid strolling or midst for short, that’s just what I had gathered from all the Japanese videos I watch

@wingort9 Жыл бұрын

As always you share great information !

@dalestevens7734 Жыл бұрын

love your episodes I always pick up small things from all the detail you include. Example would be the the difference the line tie makes on jigs and how to use it,

@sonofafisherman743 Жыл бұрын

Great video and great looking bait 👍

@Balthizaar Жыл бұрын

I’ve been using the Ryugi Vespa ball head size 2, 1/16th oz with a 2” easy shiner for awhile now for early post spawn bass on BFS gear. I like the Ryugi more than the keitech ball head because the keeper is much better. I like tungsten for size but will give the midst a shot, the weed guard would be a plus.

@troyseal9877 Жыл бұрын

I have been using very successfully the swimming yum dinger cut to 3" on a 1/16 ballhead for whippers and white bass that refuse to bite bigger baits. Catch tons of smallies, spots and LM on it too. Another body that works really well is the 3" slider grub.

@TheBaitmanTV Жыл бұрын

I literally filmed a show and used this today. Toshi from OSP showed it to a friend of mine. It slays on schoolers

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to seeing it!

@frankhunt5018 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff guys, what size hook is on the 1/8 oz, Midst Jig Head?

@Snoogleheimer Жыл бұрын

Cool, it just got shipped. 😀

@chrisgroves255 Жыл бұрын

I like how you danced around the phrase " Damiki rig" 😉 well done 👏

@stupiditypissesmeoff330 Жыл бұрын

Or weedless Ned rig. Or swim bait with ball head jig. Anything for views right??

@bittabrutha31 Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! A 1/8 ball jig with a small swim bait on it.😂Thanks for the info 🙏🏾

@nawinchester Жыл бұрын

How does the OSP shad tail differ from the Megabass Spark Shad? Will they have a similar action/profile on a Keitech ball head?

@bayouburner281 Жыл бұрын

I was just wondering wth this rig consisted of, thanks for posting. Looks killer👍🏼

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@CommanderKev5095 5 ай бұрын

Looking for bait recommendations for suspended bass 4-6 ft. Southern NC bass fishing along with drift fry. And weight size as well

@charlesreid1599 5 ай бұрын

I’m really old so my eyes don’t work all that well but it looks like the example you showed in the tank, which looks pretty awesome by the way. It looks like an inline eye and not like the one you were explaining with the cross eye. Or was that just me?

@joeschranz4525 Жыл бұрын

Howdy. I just bought a st croix victory full contact finesse and was wondering what a good reel would be around the same price range for the jig fishing and pitching I would be doing with it Preferably shimano under 200$

@btran92 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been killing it with this rig on ultralight. Caught a 4 lber which is large for the lake. It’s funny how the big fish won’t hit the regular sized stuff, but when you downsize they suddenly want to bite.

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Glad it's been working for you!!

@zekethefishgeek8690 11 ай бұрын

OR up-size to giant glide type ultra realistic looking baits and the same thing happens...

@JonJonsOutdoors Жыл бұрын

I get it now!😂. Someone was looking ahead when they put the bento boxes together!!👊🏻👊🏻 Thanks guys!!

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Cheers my friend! 🍻

@reubensolly2237 Жыл бұрын

Could y’all do a how-to episode on the “Mid-Strolling” technique? It’s been around a while and there’s Japanese videos about it but there’s hardly any info in English.

@konnerholt6838 Жыл бұрын

Interesting little rig! I was curious fishing pole you recommend for the IXI Shads and other finesse rigs on bait caster

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

So those can be a challenge. A lot of guys love the Megabass Destroyer P5 Z Crank Elseil for this size bait. I like a little softer rod, so Kasumi 611 for me. Or Flatside special in orochi

@greghiday Жыл бұрын

Is this technique like tight lining?

@Snoogleheimer Жыл бұрын

Hey Ben, you're a tackle nerd. lol

@vaschier72 Жыл бұрын

Hi, just a question, bio rig it is just a way to fish or a style it is not a brand name or swimbait brand, so in Canada we have a brand name bio rig, it is the same or it is just a way to fish

@stanjepson2054 11 ай бұрын

When are you going to have the DEPS Midst jig head back in stock

@Snoogleheimer Жыл бұрын

I ordered the Megabass Landsat from you guys. To go along with my Daiwa 22 Exist. 😁

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your business 🍻

@Snoogleheimer Жыл бұрын

@@thehookuptackle_usa You're welcome. I'll be buying a lot more stuff.

@gstixfishing9746 Жыл бұрын

Literally catching em on that right now

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Haha! Of course you are 🤣🍻

@rich5916 Жыл бұрын

How is the steez 7’6 compared to the nrx+ 902?

@jackconkin7948 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Charlie Brewer.😊

@Cufootball7 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ben couple of wind buster questions since I consider you the expert. 1) when will they be in stock? 2) I fish a lot of cypress trees with a wacky worm and is the wind buster strong enough to get them out of the trees and does it skip baits well? O and Sorry these may be off topic questions but I don’t have social medias and this is the only way to ask.

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Windbuster will be back in April 2023. It’s a strong rod, but definitely not a flipping style rod - so just depends on how heavy the cover is

@jacquelynswartz4671 Жыл бұрын

Al Linder has been doing this technique for years with a single tail grub same exact set up look it up works great around grass

@iceman5117 Жыл бұрын

This. A twister tail on a lead head is most people's first soft plastic lure for crappie and so forth. Call it what you want, but this isn't anything new or special

@j.n.572 11 ай бұрын

Yeah this was a really big article in In-fisherman about 15 years ago. I bought a (now-discontinued) Fenwick Elitech River Runner light power trout rod about 15 years ago to throw 2-3" grubs and paddletails on light ballhead jigs for white bass, walleyes, smallies etc. Recently, I've been swimming 2.8 white ghost Keitech's texas rigged on #1 EWG's with 1/16th oz bullet weights because I ran out of weedless ballheads.

@ChrisRodgers5150 Жыл бұрын

Is this different than a damiki rig?

@DrGargani Жыл бұрын

we are now getting "strolled to death" here on KZfaq with all of the numerous hover/strolling variations as the different tackle companies battle it out for what has already become a very competitive market. Put in the right place at the right time, they will ALL work.....

@ghostlywarrior8149 Жыл бұрын

This is what most flats fisherman in Florida have been doing for decades. I have been catching giant snook on that rig for decades.

@xDx0xUxGx 6 ай бұрын

Would the Liar Minnow work as a hover rig?

@warpath6717 11 ай бұрын

So, this is different than the hover rig?

@EK99_00 Жыл бұрын

Who makes that jig? What color?

@FishingThePNW Жыл бұрын

So glad that you guys don't mispronounce keitech like almost the entire bass fishing community does!

@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын

That little bait should be absolutely killer for snook under lights at night in Florida. Really anything might bite them that eats glass minnows, which are little bait fish that can be hatd to imitate. You'd probably need a stronger hook or jig head for heavier tackle.

@ripptydevibes2581 Жыл бұрын

One of the biggest overlooked secrets to this rig is everyone over fishes it. When you watch spawning smelt preparing in the dark, a single tail kick drives the smelt 1.5ft then they suspend like a stick. Basically, paddling baits automatically over apply action . Paddle tails will help slow the bait, but you cant control the paddling. Straight tails with tiny "pops" is the only way to truely mimic smelt. Not to mention the power of dead sticked smelt presentations can end up with your buddy losing the rod right outa his hands lol.

@MLipinski100 Жыл бұрын

I dunno guys. This feels like If I were to come up with a brand new rig, let's call it the Matt Rig, that utilizes a bobber stop, a flipping weight, and an EWG hook, in order to fish soft plastics in and around cover. If this can be called the Biwa Rig, the Texas rig shall henceforth be known as the Matt Rig. Maybe the nuance is too nuanced for me :)

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Like I said, it's basically a ball head swimbait - just a variation on that. super nuance 👍🍻

@stupiditypissesmeoff330 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, total bs

@maxl3189 Жыл бұрын

@@stupiditypissesmeoff330 american fishing is just annoying, the ways use set hooks to all of the stupid names for different rigs lol way to complicated

@adamwilson8819 Жыл бұрын

So this is just a different upscale version of Tightlining like we do around East Tennessee in the winter.

@r8r4lyfe45 Жыл бұрын

Was that rigged upside down in the first underwater footage?

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

@thetravelingmongo Жыл бұрын

I use this for trout fishing monster Brown Trout here in the SoHo River 🤫

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

I could see that being killer!

@paulyang8276 8 ай бұрын

What is the name of the soft plastic

@brianwilson4184 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff as always Ben , I didn’t realize you posted a new video tel late. I can’t imagine Jeffery fishing that technique though 🤔 I was some what comatose from fishing this morning . The humidity is terrible down here in the southern Az arera 🥴😵‍💫

@bryanturner2494 Жыл бұрын

This was a joke, it has to be. I got magical hook attached to a wire that u can connect blades that spin. I'll be happy to give it to you for a low low price of 20 bucks. Just u. I call it spin kick

@erylopez9235 Жыл бұрын

This like hover strolling but instead a hook and nail weight, we use a jig head! Go Kenta Kimura for hover strolling!

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

👍🍻

@xxxxxxx3760 Жыл бұрын

the only bait fish we have in are lake is Japanese pond smelt are fish dont get very big but there's a bunch of spots

@jimb1283 Жыл бұрын

This style works great for those of us that beat the bank. Get the Frish.

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Frish is dope!

@dupont24x Жыл бұрын

I'll never fish this rig. I just love this channel and content, as well as all the amazing tackle you guys have to offer! Will support your business, always!

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support! Not every rig is right for every angler. Thanks for watching 👊🍻

@combatjjforlife5304 Жыл бұрын

Ive done this with my swimbaits many times didnt know it was a big deal lol

@064pointbreak Жыл бұрын

8:49 - Midst is short for Midstrolling; in case you did not know this

@davidscales8614 Жыл бұрын

I do this with a Ned head jig.

@kzdoezit7410 Жыл бұрын

It’s called “MIDO SUTO” (mid strolling) rig over there

@jimb7304 2 ай бұрын

Definitely not a unknown technique anymore - look what you've done!!!!

@pequenioedgarito3067 10 ай бұрын

You dojt have stock of the issei liar minnow

@iceman5117 Жыл бұрын

People have been fishing curly tails on ball head jigs for decades. It's most people's first soft plastic lure for panfish. This isn't anything new I'm sure VMC is going to come out with a $10 box of leadheads called "biwa" jigs though. No, eagle claw certainly doesn't have the same thing for $2 a dozen

@catdogc5024 9 ай бұрын

Smelt or as we call them wakasagi lol that’s how you know you’re a real Jdm tackle nerd

@phengmoua4266 Жыл бұрын

Was up guys

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

👊🍻

@JubbyzUnkle Жыл бұрын

This is the Richard gene the fishing machine rig.. Lol for real, check his his old vidz out

@williamjenkins3720 Жыл бұрын

Yep! A sport second to none.

@dontdoxmebro1780 Жыл бұрын

So basically a crappie jig for bass?

@iceman5117 Жыл бұрын

Not even, it's just a crappie jig.

@fishaholic122 Жыл бұрын

No more whiskers huh?

@thehookuptackle_usa Жыл бұрын

It an on and off relationship

@davidkimbler4744 Ай бұрын

Seems like a lot of explanation for something that's been used for decades?

@wadeedwards4398 7 ай бұрын

They never have anything in stock

@dazedandconfused502 Жыл бұрын

Is anyone falling for this?

@stupiditypissesmeoff330 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely not, shits getting out of hand really. I could make one hell of a pro staff salesman I know that

@dragonli1863 Жыл бұрын

This effective here our place, but we do not have the name, just jighead+T-tail, only we apply this more finesse way. Over 17 years, our bass fishing, tournament, recreation fishing, 95% is in shore fishing, off shore or open water fishing, is not effective, even USA pro have been here 20 person times in total.

@trumpking4874 11 ай бұрын

It pronounced Kite tech. LOOOONG I. Kietech

@rhodesianhunter9360 Жыл бұрын

The rivers are full of bite sized bait right now....all day long.

@bronzeback29 Жыл бұрын

This is nothing new....walleye guys have been doing this for years.

@stupiditypissesmeoff330 Жыл бұрын

GUYS, I’m going Mr. Wonderful on you.. WTH are you even talking about?? You’ve put a swim bait in a ball head weedless jig and gave it some BS Japanese name. Give me a break?? Hey I’ve got 3 baits I bet you’ve never heard of. One is called a goochitoochihoochi rig. You ready?? It’s a Russian bait. Russians really know how to bass fish. Small weight, tiny. It’s a hook, Gameakstu. Pronounced Game ah caught sue, with a live work on it. Yeah, it’s crazy. New rig. Give me a break dude, i don’t even know if I want to check the rest of your channel out after this. Sorry, but I had too. Total bs guys. I never even comment, never; and I had to leave one. Kiss my bass!

@lansemclain6175 Жыл бұрын

Calling that anything other than a swim bait is asinine.

@bryanturner2494 Жыл бұрын

Soooo?? What is new about this????? Cheap light weight jig head with 3 inch grub with trimmed tail? It's a grub . A $29 lightning by Berkeley. A ugly stick 🤣🤣🤣. Absolutely completely unnecessary video.

@gregorybickham4871 Жыл бұрын

The hottest lure in Japan is literally the exact same lure used for decades on the coast, can be bought in every Walmart in the US, and only costs a couple dollars. JDM lures are just overpriced imitations of widely used rigs that target ignorant fishermen.