Japanese Smelt – Best Bait & Lures

Japanese Smelt in Kamuibetsu National Park

Hook size: B#9, S#8, G#7, D#6

Habitats: Shallow Pond, Deep Pond, Lake Shore, Shallow Lake, Deep Lake, River Mouth

Traits: Easily Spooked

Baits and lures that catch Japanese Smelt in Kamuibetsu National Park

Soft plastics on a jighead

• Tube (retrieve: Jigging, Twitching)
• Worm (retrieve: Jigging)

Natural bait (float or feeder)

• Cheese (hook 8-4/0)
• Bloodworm (hook 10-7)
• Eggs (hook 10-6)
• Dough (hook 6-1)
• Leeches (hook 7-2/0)
• Pearl Barley (hook 10-5; throwable)
• Redworm (hook 6-2)
• Hotdog (hook 10-1; throwable)

Feeder / bottom bait

• Pellets - Regular (throwable)
• Wafters - White

Groundbait / other

• High Impact (throwable)

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Other fish in Kamuibetsu National Park: Amur Catfish, Ayu Sweetfish, Brook Trout, Cherry Salmon, Chum Salmon, Dolly Varden Trout, Feral Koi, Japanese Dace, Japanese Eel, Japanese Freshwater Crab, Magoi, Mozambique Tilapia, Northern Snakehead, Pond Loach, Rainbow Trout, Sakhalin Taimen, Sockeye Salmon, White Spotted Char