Tournament Finesse / Lure Development
Daisuke Aoki
青木 大介
Founder of DSTYLE. Tournament-honed precision tactics reflected in his DEHIGHRO rod series and a range of finely-tuned JDM finesse lures.
✍ Editorial note: All gear on this page was confirmed by Bass-Dash's editor (30 years of bass fishing experience) by directly watching the source videos listed below. Only items explicitly stated by the angler as their current gear are included — no speculation.
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📺 Verified Sources
- Daisuke Aoki — 2026 NEW DEHIGHRO DSTYLE MOVIE — Watch on YouTube ↗
- Daisuke Aoki — GEELACANTH 4.8 / DSTYLE MOVIE — Watch on YouTube ↗
- Daisuke Aoki — FEELACANTH 2.5 / 4.3 / DSTYLE MOVIE — Watch on YouTube ↗
- Daisuke Aoki — D #02 D-Chan — Watch on YouTube ↗
- Daisuke Aoki — D Channel #044 Feel Alive!! D-Chan — Watch on YouTube ↗
- Daisuke Aoki — FAT DSTYLE — Watch on YouTube ↗
Daisuke Aoki's Tackle Setup
🎣 Daisuke Aoki's Rods (2)
🐟 Daisuke Aoki's Lures (16)
- DSTYLE Gillacanth 4.8 Free rig, football head, and as a ChatterBait trailer Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Feelacanth Free rig and mid-strolling when bass are feeding on slim baitfish such as smelt and minnows Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Torquey Straight Go-to worm he carries in his stock bag Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Bilola Slim First-string worm he always carries as stock Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Reserve topwater First-string topwater in his small plug box Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE D Blow Shad First-string shad in his small plug box Amazon eBay
- Jackall TN Type-D lipless crankbait Lipless crank he always keeps in his first-string hard-bait box Amazon eBay
- Gary Yamamoto Cut Tail worm Kept in stock as his top go-to worm Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Bilola He says "it floats like a plug, so it's strong" and "you can work it slowly": slow presentations using its buoyancy at Lake Sagami Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Gillacanth 4.8 He says "the first fall is strong": fall-based fishing at Lake Sagami Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Gillacanth 4 He says "I switched to the 4 and got one right away" and "free-fall fishing works": the bait that caught a 45 cm-class bass Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Gillacanth 5.8 He mentions the 5.8 gets bites too: a size-rotation option Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Mimiking Fat He says he thought of dropping this Mimiking Fat "if it were from the bank": for cover along the shore Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Mimiking Fat 8.4 The main bait that caught bass on the water. A big worm in Durability material, explained in detail by him Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Mimiking 6.8 Mentioned by him as part of the existing Durability series lineup Amazon eBay
- DSTYLE Mimiking 8.8 Mentioned by him as part of the existing Durability series lineup Amazon eBay
Each item below is grouped by the source video it was confirmed in.
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Rod
Dehighro 66 power finesse
DSTYLE
Usage note
Specialized for mid-strolling, hover-strolling and swimming heavier 4" and 5" worms
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Rod
Dehighro 68M power finesse
DSTYLE
Usage note
Power finesse: light rigs on braid pitched into cover and shaken
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Gillacanth 4.8
DSTYLE
Usage note
Free rig, football head, and as a ChatterBait trailer
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Feelacanth
DSTYLE
Usage note
Free rig and mid-strolling when bass are feeding on slim baitfish such as smelt and minnows
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Torquey Straight
DSTYLE
Usage note
Go-to worm he carries in his stock bag
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Bilola Slim
DSTYLE
Usage note
First-string worm he always carries as stock
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Reserve topwater
DSTYLE
Usage note
First-string topwater in his small plug box
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
D Blow Shad
DSTYLE
Usage note
First-string shad in his small plug box
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
TN Type-D lipless crankbait
Jackall
Usage note
Lipless crank he always keeps in his first-string hard-bait box
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Cut Tail worm
Gary Yamamoto
Usage note
Kept in stock as his top go-to worm
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Line
Xenos
Sunline
Usage note
First-string braided line he carries
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-04-29
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Lure
Bilola
DSTYLE
Usage note
He says "it floats like a plug, so it's strong" and "you can work it slowly": slow presentations using its buoyancy at Lake Sagami
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-07
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Lure
Gillacanth 4.8
DSTYLE
Usage note
He says "the first fall is strong": fall-based fishing at Lake Sagami
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-07
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Lure
Gillacanth 4
DSTYLE
Usage note
He says "I switched to the 4 and got one right away" and "free-fall fishing works": the bait that caught a 45 cm-class bass
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-07
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Lure
Gillacanth 5.8
DSTYLE
Usage note
He mentions the 5.8 gets bites too: a size-rotation option
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-07
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Lure
Mimiking Fat
DSTYLE
Usage note
He says he thought of dropping this Mimiking Fat "if it were from the bank": for cover along the shore
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-07
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Lure
Mimiking Fat 8.4
DSTYLE
Usage note
The main bait that caught bass on the water. A big worm in Durability material, explained in detail by him
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-19
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Lure
Mimiking 6.8
DSTYLE
Usage note
Mentioned by him as part of the existing Durability series lineup
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-19
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Lure
Mimiking 8.8
DSTYLE
Usage note
Mentioned by him as part of the existing Durability series lineup
Where to Buy
Info as of: 2026-05-19
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