This Japanese Technique Is Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen In The US! Ft.  

Sorry, my English is too good

8-trap technique huh? I’m gonna have to try this one.

Fishing for over 50 years and just learned something new. Thanks you guys made my day!

Been watching hata takuma for years. Severely underrated RU-vid channel

"The speed is accelerating and getting faster." This is the exact reason some days fish will hit finesse baits right at the boat when you're speed cranking in the end of a cast. People think, holy shit how did that happen? When they need to be thinking I'm taking off the drop shot and throwing for reaction the rest of the day.

thats wild in clear water

秦さーん！🎉😂俺たちの時とテンション変わらんやん😊 ジェフさんと秦さんのコラボ最強🎉🎉🎉

Very cool! Thank you for creating and sharing this video! My father used to do something similar many years ago with an inline buzzbait and a cane pole. The figure-eight is famous in musky fishing. Very cool to see it work with bass as well, especially in such clear water. Just amazing to watch!

I watch that dudes RU-vid all the time. He rules, very funny too! Crazy that you guys linked. Good video!

Great interview, thanks guys.

this stuff is a whole new world for me thank you for focusing on this type of fishing

Awesome interview! I love Hata! Total stick.

Awesome video Geoff. He was the reason I bought a Dowez Swimmer!

Helluva demonstration, thanks for sharing

I have read Mike Bucca, the maker of Bull Shad baits likes to really rip and crank fast his baits to get bass to react and bite. Thanks, excellent video.

This is a fantastic video. I can't wait to try it. Went out a few weeks ago and I see where this technic would work great. I always wanted to use swim baits but no luck. Maybe this be a game changer. Can you do a video with the cheapest equipment to start. Thank you

The mid retrieve speed acceleration was a thoughtful observation.

That’s an amazing technique 🔥🔥🔥

Dope!! Would have been cool to meet him when he was in town!

Legit watched this work when I was trying to get grass off my sebile after a long cast on lake Murray, SC this year!! Thought it was a “one time fluke” but this changes my perspective lol. Great content, as always.

Japanese Geoff at it again! PSYCHO!

Great tips❤👍🏻

Knowledge is power and equals Big Fish!!!

Bro! Hata is the man! That’s dope you can speak the language too.

HATAAAAA TAKUMAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Legendary Japanese bass angler.

Great video again. Love your channel. I am going to Biwa this coming May 2025, and wondering if you have any advice on that trip, in terms of where to stay, other lakes to fish, or anything else that comes to mind? Keep the vids coming!

Was trout fishing at Chaparral lake in Scottsdale several years ago and witnessed a young boy doing figure 8 along the shore. Saw him catch several nice bass.

Great video! Wondering if you tried the figure 8 when you were musky fishing in MN? Very similar, yet you were quick to point out that 8 trapping is on the surface. Thanks to Hata for the breakdown.

Oliver Ngy has been doing it too. don't remember when he started, but I know it's been at least a couple of years. Hata definitely proves that personality goes a long way too. Even lunker bass notice it.

Very cool technique! 🤙

That was cool. TY

I didn't realize it had a name, but I've been doing similar for years on any species that follows my bait without biting before I run out of line to retrieve. I can confirm it works on large mouth, white bass, and as of yesterday a small gar.

A must try when i fosh next to docks

Been doing this for over 20 years, learned it on accident then saw some guys fishing for pike doing it and found out it was an actual thing.

Jeff spittin that lingo

Thinking outside the box produces well. I always say, think outside the box. You never know when you will figure out the next best way to catch a fish.

“Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.” “Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” ~ Bruce Lee

I always enjoy your videos Geoff . I’ve seen Small mouths attack like that in a cell or pack. Your right about when you have a follower and just freeze. I’m guilty of that . I’ll try to keep that technique in mind when I get a aggressive Bass chasing. I’ve seen video with muskies in Pikes chasing lures and fishermen during a figure 8 motion in the water. Cool video

I learned to do it with cranks at urban ponds. Now I do it for salt bass in ca from shore ( standing on ledge). 1 thing I learned is to not keep the drag to tight, but tight enough to still set the hook. A tight drag, with little line out has cost me a few lures.

At first I thought he was pulling a Mike Long...very unique and effective.

Pretty cool technique! Kind of similar to Jigger Pole Fishing.

Amazing

This has been a round for quite a while.

It will be interesting to know the history about bass assimilation in japan

Wild!

I hate to tell you guys this, but back in the 1940's through the 1980's this was done in the South (USA) with a long cane pole, a stout 2-3 ft. length of line and a topwater plug. Very common technique before people had fancy baitcasters and spinning reels.

heehehehe that japanese joke flew right over his head hehehe

I thoroughly enjoy your videos and respectfully suggest you research "jigger-pole" or "jigger-bob" fishing and also the figure-8 technique used by muskie fisherman. The footage in your video is phenomenal, and it is exciting to see this technique resurface.

Very cool

I like watching the Japanese anglers on IG that pitch/flip the tiny klash in the inlets and small waterways. Short accurate casts that land without making a splash, they do like a fast but gentle dead walk that looks like it’s swimming super slow

I tried this technique on a Snook under the lights at night under a dock with an jackall dowzswimmer 180sf and landed a 27" to my surprise.

Thanks.

8 trappin since middle school . Dudes an OG trappa .

🔥🔥💯💯

HATA ROX" He showed me the "DOWZ ONE" GO JACKALL-GO CBF!!!

Musky technique. It works well for them, so it makes sense that it works for other predatory fish.

He is pro Staff from Shimano Jackall and other brands from Japan he is legand.

秦さんがアメリカ人のチャンネルに出てるのに感動です。

Those that live in the North, know this technique well if youve musky fished..but figure 8ing on a spinning reel with a tiny bait is much more difficult than figure 8ing on a 8 foot musky rod with a 6 ounce bass bait..this is were the crossover happened I believe..thanls to swimbaits..

You mentioned that you are using 16 lb test flourocarbon can you tell me the exact brand? Thank you for your time and reply

I’m excited to watch this while I eat dinner. I’m going to reply to this comment when I’m done watching

I caught a nice fish doing the figure 8 but it was on accident

I watched this video a second time. What is the biggest bass caught using this technique? Does anyone know? I always thought the really biggest super large bass might be lethargic? This is like Musky technique? It would be neat to know what rod he is using. This technique is probably tough on rod tips. Those are big bass at 7:30.

My grandpa has been 8 trapping musky since the 70's. They stole that technique from us

Fish get trigger when bait gets faster. 8 figure means dinner bell and who wants to get the food better.

I’ve caught huge snakehead doing the figure 8

A RIP 3/4 through the retrieve with a dead stop triggers bites

OMG😱

someone tell him there's subtitles

This technique has been used here in Northern California for 15+ years. It’s top secret tho and I’m sure it came from Japan. Don’t tell anyone tho

How many rods has Hata broken 😹

I keep wanting to say... ahhh

Na, I amost fell! This is Ben with costume...!

誰が８トラップを発見したのか？ 確かサタン島田さんじゃなかったっけ

No hookup video today so this will do

Isn't this what they do to Muskies in the north?

Musky style

First

I don’t know a more stupid and strange fish than bass. if you tried to catch our pike like that, you’d get tired of pulling the swimbait like that

This technique is old I've done it so many times already

i dont fish for sport. thats lame. number 1 is a dumb dream. i just enjoy eating delicious fish.

This isn’t anything new. Pike and Musky fisherman have been running figure 8’s at the end of a retrieve near the boat for decades.

Hey man! I’ve recently found your channel and I love your content. I was pleasantly surprised to see that you speak Japanese. I’m looking to move to Japan in the next two to three years and I would like to know what apps or learning resources you would recommend? Your experience learning the language would be great as well. Thank you! 🫡

I thought Satan was doing the 8 trap with his Balam 300 before this?

Next level is NOODLING