Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits
A New Paradigm for Fish Attractant Usage
Story by Russ Bassdozer

Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits was so impressed with the results of the original MegaStrike that the company has now worked with MegaStrike to formulate an amino acid based fish attractant with a crawfish additive exclusively for Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits.

Gary Yamamoto has developed hooks that work best with his baits, made exclusively for him by Gamakatsu. So it is only natural that we would develop an attractant that works best with our baits, made exclusively for us by MegaStrike, says Bassdozer.

As far as I know, MegaStrike is the one on the leading edge of applying amino acids and proteins to entice fish into holding on, says Bassdozer. Based on MegaStrike's innovation in this area, expect to see a spate of new products that may look like, may sound like but aren't MegaStrike.

One secret to Megastrike is the use of amino acids. Bass need to consume amino acids. They are used for the production of skin cells, blood cells, their digestive system, for replenishing their protective slime coatings and for producing body mass and muscle. Bass cannot produce certain amino acids on their own just like we cannot produce vitamin C. We have to obtain it from fruits, vegetables or we take a vitamin C tablet. MegaStrike has isolated the amino acids and put them into a gel that does not wash off. It adheres to the baits and stays put on the baits for at least 45 minutes or longer based on the cover and water conditions. Since the amino acids are water-soluble they work in conjunction with the chemoreceptors and olfactory glands of the fish. When inhaled by the fish it registers as real food and the fish retain the baits allowing a longer strike detection time and more fish in the livewell.

Another trade secret that differentiates MegaStrike is that the company has developed a way to get the molecules to repel each other, thus dispersing the scent throughout the strike zone. Unlike other attractants with molecules that may coagulate together and therefore never really disperse throughout the water column, MegaStrike's molecules keep pushing apart from each other - indefinitely.

Not only does the exclusive Yamamoto attractant formula have the amino acids and proteins, the diametrically opposed molecules, but Yamamoto also deploys crayfish additive to really entice the fish into striking the baits. After six months of working with MegaStrike's chemist, the Yamamoto formula was deemed a success and ready for market.

Now, we feel that there has never been such a fish catching combo as Yamamoto soft lures and the new crawfish MegaStrike developed with and exclusively for Yamamoto. Legendary fisherman Roland Martin calls them the “dynamic duo”. We believe the combination of Yamamoto baits and the Yamamoto formula of MegaStrike will be one of the fastest growing strategic partnerships to ever hit the fishing industry or the water.

Let's face it, we all know the Yamamoto name would never go on this product if it didn’t work.

Says Bassdozer, "Even if Yamamoto's exclusive new MegaStrike attractant doesn't win a medal in new product competition at the ICAST show, it will prove its mettle as a winner in the ultimate competition between man and fish."