FD Guard-Equipped Jointed Bait: Dominate Cover with Walking-the-Dog Action

1. The FD Guard System enables walking-the-dog action deep in cover and along the bottom

The Bassroid Jr. Taboo is a new genre of hard swimbait that can effectively target heavy cover areas that were previously difficult to fish with conventional swimbaits. Equipped with Fish Device's patented "FD Guard System," it achieves remarkable snag resistance. This allows you to entice bass with a walking-the-dog action even in the depths of cover and near the bottom where obstacles abound. Its unique bass-shaped silhouette, featuring a tall body profile and shortened distance between the front and rear hooks, maximizes compatibility with the FD Guard, achieving both excellent cover avoidance and high hookup rates.

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The Easy One-Touch mechanism allows for quick field adjustments, as the FD Guard can be attached or detached without tools.

2. Three joints make bass strike even when they're tired of seeing the same walking-the-dog action

Unlike typical walking-the-dog lures that use a single joint, the BassRoid Jr. Taboo inherits the three-joint design of the original BassRoid Jr.

The second and third joints are equipped with elastomer dampers that mimic cartilage, moderately restricting movement while achieving a natural, smooth walking-the-dog action without any unnatural motion. This effectively appeals to bass that have grown accustomed to monotonous walking-the-dog actions.

With its relatively compact size that can be handled even with a Medium-Heavy rod, it offers an excellent balance of water displacement power and controllability, allowing anyone to easily produce an effective walking-the-dog action.

3. Recommended Technique: Bottom Dog-Walking

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The true strength of the BassRoid Jr. Taboo lies in the "Bottom Dog-Walking Technique" that takes advantage of the FD Guard's superior cover avoidance capabilities. By attaching a "Quick Changer" weight of at least 1/8 oz to the front hook eyelet to create a slow-sinking or sinking configuration, you can catch big bass by slowly creating a walking-the-dog action along the bottom. Create continuous walking-the-dog movements, and when the lure hits sunken laydowns, rocky structure, remaining weeds, or lotus stalks, you can trigger reaction strikes with a shake-escape after getting snagged.

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4. Remove the dampers to change to a wider joint movement action

The appeal of the BassRoid Jr. Taboo also lies in its flexible settings for different situations.

The elastomer soft damper is removable, and when using it in just retrieving, removing the damper to switch to the natural swimming action inherited from the BassRoid Jr..

Additionally, specialized parts are included that allow the FD Guard to be attached even without the lip, providing high versatility to adapt to any situation.

5. Recommendations for when it still gets snagged on obstacles

While the BassRoid Jr. Taboo appeals to fish with the power of water displacement characteristic of hard plugs, for ultra-heavy cover, the Jackall Bounty Fish with its offset hook enables walking-the-dog action despite having less water displacement. Alternatively, the Javallon, which also uses an offset hook while strongly appealing to fish by wiggling its entire body, is recommended.

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