BassdozerStore.com: deps Balisong Minnow 130F ~ Power Rip/Rolling Jerkbait

September 7, 2010

deps Balisong Minnow 130F ~ Power Rip/Rolling Jerkbait

Bassdozer says: "The deps Balisong Minnow 130F is an example of the new breed of big minnow baits that are a current trend in Japan. This trend and these bigger types of action-packed jerkbaits haven't caught on yet in the USA or Europe, but give them a try if you are a powerfisherman!""

Type: Floating
Length: 5-1/4" (130 mm)
Weight: 3/4 oz (20 gr)
Depth: 0 to 4 feet
Hooks Three #4 Owner ST-36
Suggested Tackle: 6' 6" to 7' medium heavy rod with 14 to 20 lb test line.

The Deps Balisong may in some respects look like other jerkbaits in the package, but when you cast it out and experiment with different retrieves, you’ll quickly realize that this is no regular jerkbait. The whole concept of jerkbaiting has just changed.

deps calls the Balisong a "power rip/rolling bait". Slightly larger than most other jerkbaits at a substantial 130 millimeters, every aspect of the Balisong has been engineered with an action and purpose in mind. The 12 mm wide bottom allows the Owner #4 treble hooks to sit flush and avoid snagging or catching one another. The weight transfer system, similar to that found in the deps Buzzjet and Radscale, allows the bait to move on two axes, both side-to-side and up-and-down.

On the retrieve, the Balisong will dive to a depth of four feet, but its strength is not necessarily how deep it dives but rather how it responds to even the subtlest rod actions. The lure has an exaggerated roll but is so precisely balanced that even on a super-fast retrieve it will always return to true center. But that wide side-to-side gait also allows a skilled angler to manipulate it through endless sorts of retrieves, from stop-and-go to feather-light twitches to hard jerks, allowing you to create infinitely adjustable amounts of flash, the better to fit the mood of your quarry.

The rolling action precisely imitates the rhythms of any big baitfish, whether they be blueback herring in the Carolinas, tilapia in Texas or hitch at Clear Lake, California.

No matter how hard you try to fish it, you can’t overpower or unbalance the Balisong, but you can make it perform in infinite ways only limited by your imagination to match the conditions and moods of big bass.

The deps Balisong Minnow 130 takes power ripbaiting taken to the ultimate extreme. Shouldn't you?

deps Balisong Minnow 130F ~ Floating/Rolling Jerkbait ~ 1/2 Mirror Wakasagi