The Duckett Ashi Urchin-Style Bait 33mm × 15mm puts a unique spin on the Japanese-inspired urchin bait with a longer center body rather than the traditional round center. The elongated 33mm × 15mm core provides additional surface area for rigging while maintaining the wild, multidirectional action anglers expect from an urchin-style presentation.
Constructed from durable TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer), the Ashi features an array of flexible appendages that pulse, flare, and quiver around the entire bait. TPE's elasticity and buoyancy allow the appendages to remain responsive during the fall and continue moving with very little angler input. Similar modern TPE urchin baits are valued for their durability and ability to create a slow, subtle fall with lively tentacle movement.
The longer center body distinguishes this Ashi from conventional ball-shaped urchins. It provides anglers with more room for hook placement, specialized urchin rigs, and weight positioning while creating a different profile in the water. Fish it with subtle twitches and pauses to make the tentacles expand and contract, or adjust the internal weight to control the fall rate and keep the bait in front of suspended fish.
The Ashi is particularly well suited to forward-facing sonar fishing, where its unconventional profile can be presented directly to suspended or roaming bass. It can also be adapted for Neko-style, drop-shot, weighted-hook, nail-weight, and specialized multi-point urchin rigs. Center-mounted urchin hooks can help preserve a balanced 360-degree presentation while keeping the hook points exposed around the bait.
Features:
- Center Body Size: 33mm × 15mm
- Longer, elongated center body
- Japanese-inspired urchin-style design
- Durable TPE construction
- Flexible appendages create 360-degree action
- Tentacles pulse and quiver with minimal movement
- Increased center-body area provides versatile rigging options
- Excellent for forward-facing sonar / FFS
- Designed for suspended and pressured bass
- Works with nail-weight and specialized urchin rigs
- Can be adapted for Neko and drop-shot presentations
- Excellent for twitch-and-pause retrieves
- TPE provides excellent stretch and durability
- Store separately from traditional PVC/plastisol soft plastics
