Seiji Kato

Seiji Kato is the founder of Jackall and an expert lure creationist from Japan.  He has worked designing lures for Diawa and Lucky Craft.  He is credited with creating lures such as the Staysee, Moonsault, CB, LV, Bevy Shad, and many more.  Kato has earned the right to be known as one of the best lure designers in the world.

After his success with Diawa and Lucky Craft Seiji founded his own lure manufacturing company called Jackall Bros.  The company prides themselves in making innovative lures that out perform others on highly pressured lakes.

Give them a shot, you'll love'em!

By: John Gipson

            If you thought the Giron looked sweet you in 2008 you haven't seen anything yet! In 2008 Jackall made me a 100% believer in the quality of their products. However, Jackall has completely revamped their product line for the 2009 fishing season to make them the absolute best. With the additions of the Cover Craw, newly sized Squad Minnows, Muscle Deep 7+, TN/60, Mickey Sr., Bowstick 130, Flick Shake 6.8, and many new color patterns have moved Jackall to the pinnacle of the lure industry. Some photos of the new lures and color patterns are listed below. To watch a video of the new color patterns and lures introduced at ICAST please click on the following link. 

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/icast08.html?ccode=JACKLURES

New Color Patterns

Jackall Lures are also available online at Tackle Warehouse.

Jackall Lures are also available online at Tackle Warehouse.

Check the Jackall Website for an online brochure of all new color patterns and lures for 2009.

Jackall Lures are currently available at Lunkers, D and R Sportscenter, Al and Bob's, Lake Drive Marina, Michigan Tackle Specialties, and BJ's Sporting Goods.

Jackall Lures are also available online at Tackle Warehouse.

This is the hottest soft plastic bait to hit the tournament trail in Southwest Michigan that I've ever seen.  It really works well on our highly pressured, crystal clear, natural lakes.  The Flick Shake is a system that puts together an innovative jig head and a very soft plastic worm.  When they're used together and rigged wacky style the Flick Shake system creates an original, irresistible action.  To create this action use a rod with an extra fast action tip and use your wrist to flick the bait on slack line. 

Fish won't have lock jaw anymore!!!!!  

Probably the most innovative lipless crankbait on the market the TN 70 has many features that make it enticing.  The bait will actually stand straight up on its nose when it hits the bottom because of a tungsten weight on the outside of its lip.  The nose weight also frees up room inside the bait creating an extreme amount of rattle vibration.  The TN 70 is the perfect lipless crank bait to catch Southwest Michigan's prespawn smallies and largies that are hanging out on deep grass beds and gravel piles.

Make sure you use a rod with a lot of backbone and a very soft tip to absorb the viscous strikes you'll get when fishing the TN70.