We’ve previously catalogued all sorts of distinctive and occasionally odd lure colors – including multiple tilapia galleries, bird-themed baits, oddball forage species and even some that sound x-rated but probably aren’t.
But Fullerton, California’s The Lucky Jig offers up a limited-edition diving pencil lure handcrafted in Japan by Saitama Bay Fishing Guild painted to look like a salmon fillet. The “Sakeguchi” color comes in 165mm and 185mm sizes which retail for $89 and $95, respectively.
Get ‘em while you can – it’s an unexpected merger of our Alaskan salmon addiction with the style of lures that we use in Panama for tuna.
Meet the Sakeguchi, a limited-edition Japanese fishing lure painted to look like a salmon fillet. This diving pencil is definitely one of the oddest collectibles (?) we've seen.