Damiki Cranking out New Concepts this year
Posted by Jason Sealock on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 @ 03:14 PM
Damiki recently signed on as a partner with FLW Outdoors and their products have slowly started to gain momentum in the U.S. But with their new product offerings that foothold is about to get a lot stronger.
The Mega Miki is there first product in the "big worm" market that is dominating sales across the Southeast and midwest. This very unique worm is a spin off of their Finesse Miki. The Mega Miki features a cupped tail at the end of a whip like section of the worm that tapers out to a meaty head that will hold a larger worm hook. The worm has the size and look, but the action is great in the water. Because the plastic is so soft, the tail floats up off the bottom.
Brian Thrift credited the Mega Miki with his big catches at Guntersville. "I threw it a bunch there and they loved," Thrift said. "I got a bunch of giant bass on that worm."
The worm should be available in September in the States.
The Slim Jack is their new shallow running jerkbait. It's not quite a wake bait but even at a slow straight reel this jerkbait has a tight wiggle. It looks good and it's been a dominant bait in Japan recently. So it's only a matter of time before it's adopted back in North America.
The Tremor is their unique new lipless crankbait. What's unique is that they will offer the bait in rattling and silent versions. We asked Thrift why he wanted silent.
"I just think there are times when you have bass in shallow grass on real clear lakes where this bait will be a big key," Thrift said.
When those loud baits are turnoffs in cold water, this silent bait should be a killer.
They also have a new DC 300 size of their popular crankbaits that runs 12-15 feet on 12-pound fluorocarbon. It has a hard thump but what Thrift likes is the high floating nature.
"This crankbait is weighted so that you can reel it aggressively but then as you stop it, the bait actually floats backward as it comes up. So I can crash it down into a tree and then back off it and let it come back off the branch and then start back up over the branch.
We also liked the Sneak, MTB Noisy and the Buzzing Shad. More about them later.