In “I Put This Rare Japanese Bait to the Test – Here’s What Happened!”, I explore the effectiveness of the Hideup COIKE, a unique and hard-to-find Japanese bass lure. Fishing on South Holston Lake during a challenging cold front, I experimented with various rigging techniques to determine the most successful method for this innovative bait. Join me as I share insights, tackle setups, and on-the-water results, providing a comprehensive review of the Hideup COIKE’s performance in early-season bass fishing.
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About this video:
In I Put This Rare Japanese Bait to the Test – Here’s What Happened!, I take the Hideup COIKE, a hard-to-find Japanese lure, out on the water to see if it really works for cold-water bass fishing. I break down the best rigging methods, the conditions I faced, and how this bait performed in tough early-season fishing. If you’re looking for the best bass fishing lures for February through April, this is one you need to see!
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I bet it would work on a free rig
"We got hairy dice, hairy worms, and we've got hairy balls" !! Hahaha. Two sizes of hairy balls. lol #100percentwatchsquad
Used to buy them in a gumball machine


Interesting bait , not something I’d try but it looks cool. #100PWS
You are the man Hank! Good stuff brother!
I think that the cashion rods are the best in the business. I have a few of them and I love them
Three weeks until the first club tournament. Keep them videos coming. #100percentwatchsquad
Now we’ve got Hairy Balls!
I’ve seen a bunch of channels making their own to save some money
BassGeek is always on top of the newer stuff! Pronounced co-ick-ay.
I just cant gey myself to try this i jave some kind of derange syndrome
It was designed to look like a hairy shad hence the name hairy ball lure



I hope Mrs. BassGeek didn’t get too mad at you for buying those spiney baits, LOL. #100PWS
It’s a sea urchin lure! Try it in saltwater I bet the saltwater fish love it!
He did his best not to say he didn't like it. I ordered some already gonna give it a go this spring.
Great info Hank, thanks..
Looks like a octipidabber..lol
Hey geek!
These fuzzy baits are fun. I have a few packs of dice and I guess they would catch a bass if the damn bluegill would stop destroying them the second they hit the water. lol not using a $20 bag of baits to catch bluegill.
Fuzzy balls


. If it catches fish I don’t care what they name it. Hope Mike didn’t get too cold on the underwater shots. Great info as always.
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The rigging you are referring to is the system hook RPZ Talisman made by Zappu x Ryugi collaboration and it’s the real deal !!! I have been using it with the coike and it’s a smallmouth magnet
. Thank you for the video Hank this was a pleasure to watch. Hopefully your Sunday is going well. As always tight lines I appreciate you for always bringing us the best content !!! 

Those bots are busy in the chat. Anyways thank you Hank.
The Hook is from Varivas, it's a Mosquito Hook with a loop, for the tungsten grenade sinkers from Varvias to, because same of Hideup Teammembers works with Varivas, surce Lurenewsr!
Interesting to see you use this.
Love the videos showing the use of new baits, great job… #100watchsquad