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Deps Sakamata Shad 12.7 cm: Soft Plastic Lure with a Leaping Darting Action for Perch and Zander
The Deps Sakamata Shad is a slender soft plastic lure from Japan that stands clearly apart from conventional shads. A single short twitch makes it veer sideways and shoot upwards, much like a small baitfish in flight. No elaborate hook tuning is needed to trigger a strike from perch, zander or pike.
Keels and Fins Drive the Leaping Action
A keel runs along each side of the body. When water meets these fins, the flow is deflected downwards and the lure lifts with every pull. At the same time, the fins act like a rudder and keep the action stable. If you set the hook with the body slightly curved, the effect is amplified. The lure then darts even more sharply, which is particularly helpful with hesitant fish.
Streamlined Body and Forked Tail
The body has no edges or protrusions and therefore offers little water resistance. This makes the lure easy to work and lets it glide far to the side after every twitch. Fast sequences are also possible, deliberately provoking reaction strikes in open water. The forked tail follows every movement and swings like the tail fin of a real baitfish.
Versatile from the Surface to the Bottom
Fished weightless, it imitates small fish fleeing just below the surface and occasionally leaping clear of the water. On a split shot or Carolina rig, you work close to the bottom. Let it rise and sink abruptly as you fish. This makes it a highly visible zander shad and perch lure for fish holding near the bottom.
Salted Material for a Secure Hook Hold
The 12.7 cm version contains 10 % salt and weighs 9.8 g per lure. The salt ensures long casts and a controlled sink rate. At the same time, the material is highly tear-resistant, holds the hook reliably and withstands more bites. A marked hook-setting guide makes it easy to rig the hook straight. Deps recommends a size #3/0 offset hook, although it is worth comparing hook dimensions, as they vary between manufacturers. Each pack contains six lures.
- Leaping, erratic darting action thanks to side keels
- Streamlined body for long glides and fast retrieves
- Can be fished weightless or on a split shot or Carolina rig
- Tear-resistant salted material with hook-setting guide
Hersteller: Deps Co., Ltd., 106 Saion Nichō-chō,Ukyō-ku,Kyoto,JP, [email protected]
Verantwortliche Person: Köder Laden, Grupellostr 25, 40210 Düsseldorf, DE, [email protected]
Body shape: Smooth lines, minimal resistance, maximum glide!
The consistently smooth, flowing body line creates very little water resistance. This makes the Sakamata Shad exceptionally easy to break sideways and it glides remarkably far after every twitch. Even at high speed the sideways break stays controlled - exactly what triggers reaction strikes in open water, when the predator has no time to inspect the lure.
Keel and fin: The upward surge that defines the Sakamata Shad.
The keels moulded into both sides of the body produce that surging movement of a fleeing baitfish breaking upwards - simply rigging it on the hook is enough. The fin deflects the oncoming water downwards and thereby drives the lure upwards, while at the same time acting as a rudder that keeps the lure running true instead of letting it tip away uncontrolled.
Forked tail: The split tail trails every movement and shimmers along with it - it works like the tail fin of a real baitfish and carries the action on into the sinking phase.
Material and hook marking: The material is built for high tensile strength: the lure holds securely on the hook and tears out far less readily than comparable soft baits. A marking is moulded into the body that lets you insert the hook perfectly straight without twisting it - the prerequisite for the lure to break properly at all. Salt content, and with it the sink rate, varies by size; the larger models are also available as a Heavy Weight version with an extremely high salt content that runs deeper with no added weight and works steadily from the mid water column down to the bottom.
Universally usable: Fished weightless, the Sakamata Shad imitates baitfish fleeing towards the surface and repeatedly bursting clear of it. On a split shot or Carolina rig it can be worked near the bottom so that it looks like a fish suddenly rising off the deck and instantly disappearing again. A tip for more aggressive strikes: rig the lure with a slight bend in the body and the keels bite harder, making the break sharper and more erratic.
- Bait Type
- Soft Plastic Lure
- Swimming behaviour
- Sinking
- Fish Species
- Perch, Northern Pike, Pike Perch, Asp, Chub, Black Bass
- Number in Pack
- 6
- Weight
- 9,8 g
- Manufacturer
- Deps
- Length
- 12,7 cm
- Made in
- Japan
- Model
- Sakamata Shad
- Product
- Sakamata Shad Soft Plastic Lure
- Material
- Soft Plastic
- Fishing Type
- Freshwater Fishing
