what's so special about Keitech?

[avidone1]

I've been fishing for so many years that I tend not to get excited about the newest lure to end all lures.

But that doesn't mean I don't pay attention when something seems to have 'legs'.

Keitech baits seem to have an excellent and enduring reputation.

Please tell me what makes them so special as opposed to Yamamoto plastics, or zooms to name a few of my favorites.

[Nathan Burton]

As far as their swimbaits go, they have superior action and flat out catch fish. One of my favorite soft swim baits in my tackle bag. 

[Raul]

You'll never know until you try.

[fishballer06]

Great colors
Great action
Great sizes
Great scent
Great packaging to keep baits safe
And fish eat them up.

[iabass8]

Most swimbaits will kick and come through the water well at a faster retrieve making them all seem alike. Where a Keitech shines is at slow speeds. Where the majority of soft swimbaits on the market tend to have little to no action (i.e the bait will not roll side to side and/or the tail will not wiggle) when fished at a very slow pace, the Keitechs will continue to kick and the body will roll side to side even at the slowest of speeds. It takes very little to impart action on the bait. That is what sets them apart from pretty much everything on the market. 

[Airman4754]

Nothing now, but they came up with a great design. The BPS Speed Shads and the knock offs Kicker Fish make all fish the same at the same speeds. I'm sure there are more companies that make great knock offs now too. 

If you're not into the reality of one or two bites per thousand casts that comes with fishing the big swimbaits the Keitech style allows you to fish in a similar way with a lot more production as well as some other techniques. 

One bait I think Keitech has done a great job with that doesn't have an equal to is the Noisy Flapper. That thing has a monster profile and a ton of action. I love fishing it. 

[Maxximus Redneckus]

They are the mainstream now ,,as.was creme and.manns back in the day..lizards,all lures peak at some point its all about who is around 40 yrs later and still catching fish thtas not to say that lures that are no longer made aint any good either .ppl change businesses go bankrupt etc .

[Ktho]

They are extremely thoughtfully crafted imo, much more so than the knockoffs or other brands. That's why I like Japanese product, they have a much more thoughtful and artful approach to everything they do. The baits have a channel on the bottom and top for EWG hooks and little spots for nail weights. The scent is strong and packaging is great, there's a lot to like about them. The body stays mostly still while the tail kicks even when being move slowly. Now none of that would matter if they didn't get bit, but they do they get bit really well. Keitech has quickly become my favorite new company that I've tried in the past 1+ year. The Crazy Flapper, Mad Wag  and Live Impact are also really killer baits that don't get much attention.
 

[Dye99]

3 hours ago, Nathan Burton said:

As far as their swimbaits go, they have superior action and flat out catch fish. One of my favorite soft swim baits in my tackle bag. 

Yup. Pretty much...Impact fat swim baits work well for me on their own, or as trailers. Great bait!

 

[Maxximus Redneckus]

9 minutes ago, Dye99 said:

Yup. Pretty much...Impact fat swim baits work well for me on their own, or as trailers. Great bait!

 

No offense but i dont think fish care about superior food they focus on the weak injured food before they try to eat a cocky minnow,,i may be wrong but thats my 2 cents

[Dye99]

20 minutes ago, Maxximus Redneckus said:

No offense but i dont think fish care about superior food they focus on the weak injured food before they try to eat a cocky minnow,,i may be wrong but thats my 2 cents

None taken. Seems to me it isn't the fish that is care about the plastic minnow different fishermen use as much as you.

So what does a person gain, by telling others that what they have found effective wrong?

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Not wrong by any means ..if your catching thats what counts. I have crankbaits that are over 15 yrs old they used to have superiorer colors finishes .the more beat up and inferior they got the more fish they caught 

[Dye99]

Just now, Maxximus Redneckus said:

Not wrong by any means ..if your catching thats what counts. I have crankbaits that are over 15 yrs old they used to have superiorer colors finishes .the more beat up and inferior they got the more fish they caught 

I agree!

I think the reason why keitech is good, is because they have stayed around and have maintained a product that hasn't gotten worse with age, with so many great tackle companies that haven't!

Many of the new lures are just junk....Hence why I buy three at once to get the one that swims as advertised. They definitely don't make em like they used to.

 

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

5 hours ago, avidone1 said:

I've been fishing for so many years that I tend not to get excited about the newest lure to end all lures.

But that doesn't mean I don't pay attention when something seems to have 'legs'.

Keitech baits seem to have an excellent and enduring reputation.

Please tell me what makes them so special as opposed to Yamamoto plastics, or zooms to name a few of my favorites.

Over 10 years fishing yamamoto plastics(senko 3-4-5-6", ikas, swimkos, flappin hog) biggest fish 4#

 

3 months fishing Keitech Swing Impact Fat 6+#

Keitech has consistently caught me more fish in a day and they avg bigger size as well.

3 of the 5 main lakes I fish the SIF has my PB numbers wise in a days outing.

I still really really like fat ikas and go to them when the Keitechs arent working but the Keitechs have proven themselves to me.

 

[hawgenvy]

Tons of bites x good hook up ratio + versatility/weedlessness = Keitech swimbait awesomeness

[Gundog]

Pretty much all the reasons stated above are why I fish Keitech swimbaits as much as possible. They catch fish, period. 

[everythingthatswims]

I've tried lots of other brands, and keitechs really stand out. I used to not fish paddle tail style swimbaits much at all, now I almost always have a swing impact fat or swing impact tied on to one of my rods!

Completely different action than any other swimbait I have used, it's more subdued and natural, great at all speeds, and is one of the few swimbaits that fishes really well completely weightless.

[SDSOONER]

How would you recommend someone that is new to this bait, fish it ? 

[everythingthatswims]

10 minutes ago, SDSOONER said:

How would you recommend someone that is new to this bait, fish it ? 

The 4" swing impacts are good on a 1/16-1/8oz head, fished on light line with a spinning rod. You can also rig them weightless on a 1/0 EWG hook and they will swim really well at a CRAWL, I do this when fish are extremely skittish and spooking off of the "plop" from a senko or wacky worm, you can cover a lot of water with it and cast way past the fish you are targeting. 

 

The 3.8" Fat and 4.8" fat are the others I have used. I like a 3/0 weightless screw loc hook for the 3.8s and a 4/0 for the larger ones. I would recommend at least 15lb test so you have the power to collapse that bait and hook the fish. When you land them make sure you grab them so they stop shaking, this will make the baits last for a few bites rather than 1 or 2 since they are so soft. 

[BaitMonkey1984]

EZ Shiners on a keel weighted hook are a must for clear water applications. Great bait. Scent is squid which is different than any other scents. Not durable whatsoever but I subscribe to the camp I want to catch fish, and can care less if I am catching fish but my bait is getting chewed up.

[hawgenvy]

1 hour ago, SDSOONER said:

How would you recommend someone that is new to this bait, fish it ? 

My fav is to use the 4-8 Swing Impact Fat on a 4-0 screw-on belly weighted swimbait hook, 1/16 or 1/8 oz, with the point texposed in the top groove. Fish it fast, fish it slow, fish it real slow, twitch it or bring it in steady, yo-yo it, pause it or not, bring it along the bottom or on or just below the surface. Skip under docks or wiggle it through grass, toss to structure, toss to the depths, drop it between lily pads or cast to shore. Whatever works.

[BassThumb]

The swimbaits are ultra soft, which makes them swim at an extremely slow speed, but also gives them poor durability. 

All in all, they're great baits with a lot of hype surrounding them. It's pretty much a double whammy!

[Hogsticker]

The Japanese take bait crafting rather serious and generally produce precision, highest quality stuff. Keitech baits are hand poured, yet have a consistent product you generally don't see with hand pours. Most of the other paddle tails from big name companies are injection molds, including knock offs. The hand pour gives the Keitechs a softer, more supple plastic. This allows them to keep moving at the slowest of speeds and retain more action throughout the retrieve and on the drop. Injection molds are harder, yet generally more durable. All that aside, they get bit so who really cares! I've tried enough to know nothing really compares and produces like Keitech. 

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13 hours ago, iabass8 said:

Most swimbaits will kick and come through the water well at a faster retrieve making them all seem alike. Where a Keitech shines is at slow speeds. Where the majority of soft swimbaits on the market tend to have little to no action (i.e the bait will not roll side to side and/or the tail will not wiggle) when fished at a very slow pace, the Keitechs will continue to kick and the body will roll side to side even at the slowest of speeds. It takes very little to impart action on the bait. That is what sets them apart from pretty much everything on the market. 

Yes, but that's not always a good thing. They are certainly good baits, but nothing that can't be substituted for. If I remember correctly, in the LMB world, the lure de jeuer has been everything form basstrix, roboworm, Yamamoto, paca, RI, and this other one that escapes me, but it was all the Rage. JDM is where the sheep are grazing right now, that,s all.

 

 

 

[Allen Der]

is anyone using their other plastics besides the swimbaits?  their stick bait and finesse worms look interesting