As fishing lures have evolved, building a better trap for the predator became more difficult. There are still new innovations every year from proven companies in fishing tackle manufacturing. One of those new technologies came to my attention last summer from a company out of Japan.

A close friend in the industry confided in me last year at ICAST and handed me a mysteriously wrapped lure to take home and “play with” as he put it. When I got to my room, that evening, I unwrapped a new glide bait called a Kotetsu from the company Kaesu out of Japan with the moniker of Extreme Lure Factory.

The Kaesu Kotetsu looks like a medium to smaller sized glide bait. But it’s a lot more than that.