No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

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No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by Cal » Mon Dec 30, 2019 7:00 am

No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

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Introduction: During ICAST we came across a new bait for Berkley in their Powerbait soft plastics, the four inch Jester. It's a crawdad imitator designed to move in the subtle and not so subtle ways depending on current and how much movement you try to impart to the lure through the movement of your line. We brought some in for a closer look.

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Re: No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by smalljaw » Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:29 am

Which soft plastic company did the designer leave Berkley to start up?
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Re: No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by Cal » Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:32 am

smalljaw wrote:
Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:29 am
Which soft plastic company did the designer leave Berkley to start up?
Doomsday : http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdoomsdayreapercraw.html
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Re: No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by smalljaw » Tue Jan 14, 2020 3:40 am

How long has Berkley sat on that design? Doomsday has been around for several years now.
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Re: No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by TheRedBeardBasser » Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:47 am

Berkley has been sitting on the design since 2013. It was first known in Japan as the Berkley Bubble Creature 3.8

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Re: No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by Johnny A » Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:12 am

smalljaw wrote:
Tue Jan 14, 2020 3:40 am
How long has Berkley sat on that design? Doomsday has been around for several years now.
Those notches on the claws look a lot like the tail section of the Imakatsu Javalon which has got to be 10 years old, at least.
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Re: No Joke About It, Berkley's Powerbait Jester is a Contender

Post by TheRedBeardBasser » Sun Aug 30, 2020 6:37 pm

That type of shape is actually far older. It goes back to a Mann’s “spear” type grub. Then Iaconelli used that to design the Devil Spear, then a Designer from Asia used that inspiration to create the Bubble Spear 2.2. Then the following year they created the Bubble Creature (aka) Jester in 2013. The Designer of this bait left Berkley in 2015.

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