Japanese Bass Fishing Weekly Report #010 — Week Ending 2026-08-14

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🗾 Lake Summaries

🏔️ Lake Biwa

Summer (Jun–Aug)

Pattern: Fish retreat to deep weed edges (10–20 ft). Wacky rig, drop shot, and swim jigs on eel grass flats dominate.

Best Lure: deps Cover Scat

Note: Biwa is the proving ground for premium JDM tackle. If a rod, reel, or soft bait works here under ext...

🏔️ Lake Nojiri

Summer (Jul–Aug) · Smallmouth

Activity: Fish move to 15–30 ft rocky ledges and submerged points. Drop shot with small soft plastics on 4–6 lb fluorocarbon do...

Best Lure: Jackall Crosstail Shad 2.8"

Note: Nojiri is where Japanese ultra-finesse was stress-tested against pressured smallmouth. The 2.5-inch ...

🗻 Lake Kawaguchi

Summer (Jun–Aug)

Pattern: Fish go deep (20–35 ft) in thermocline. Spinnerbaits on shaded docks and pork trailers on drop shot alternatives.

Best Lure: Deps Slide Swimmer 90

⚠️ No soft plastics — hard lures & pork only

📊 Top JDM Lures This Week

Boso Kaeru 房総蛙

↑ Up

ミミキング

New

ZBC Swamp Crawler

↓ Down

セクシーインパクト

↓ Down

Imakatsu Big 2Way

→ Stable

💡 Trend of the Week

Summer patterns are setting in — fish pulling deep in Japan, finesse rigs dominating.

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