AT A GLANCE

SPECS

LENGTH

300 mm

WEIGHT

165 g

TYPE

Jointed giant bait (swappable lips/tails)

DEPTH

SF lip: under 1.5 m · MN lip: approx. 2 m

HOOK

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CATEGORY

Freshwater · Hard bait · Big bait

TARGET SPECIES

Black bass, pike, wels catfish

OVERVIEW

The BARBATOS is a shallow-range giant bait produced with legendary big-bass angler Satan Shimada. The stock SF lip keeps retrieve drag low while handling fast retrieves, with a wide action, strong deflection off cover and the hard-cover contact that draws bites even from tough fish.

A one-of-a-kind system lets you change where the lip comes out of the body, the Quattro Eye gives four line-tie positions, and lips and tails can be swapped, so the angler, not the maker, finds the perfect setting for the action, depth and roll each situation demands.

“The angler, not the maker, finds the best setting.”

Four line-tie eyes, an adjustable lip position and swappable lips and tails make the BARBATOS a giant bait you tune on the water.

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FRESHWATER · SHALLOW GIANT BAIT
Precision lure design from Japan

BARBATOS

Name: ADUSTA BARBATOS
Brand: ADUSTA

A shallow-range giant bait produced with legendary big-bass angler Satan Shimada.

EFTTEX 2026 Best New Product Award · Hard Lure

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COLORS

COLOR 144

MG TIGER

PERFORMANCE

ACTION & DESIGN

Quattro Eye: four line-tie positions

With the SF lip, the top eye is the basic position. Moving to the lower eyes adds roll and improves response on slow retrieves, so you can fine-tune the action to the fish without changing lures.

An adjustable lip position

A one-of-a-kind system changes where the lip comes out of the body, allowing changes in action and depth that a normal lip swap cannot achieve.

SF and MN lips

The stock SF (Shallow Face) lip runs shallower than 1.5 m, handles high speed and comes through cover, making it ideal for working shorelines from the top eye. The MN lip, sold separately, cranks to around 2 m and bumps through rocky areas; use it with the third eye from the top.

Interchangeable tails

The stock LS tail writhes sinuously at dead slow and gives a hard roll with micro-vibration at extra-fast speed. The FP tail's lower fin controls roll and can be trimmed along its slits, from tight (uncut) to wide (fully removed). The MPU tail mounts a blade on a semi-soft tail for a much shallower, roll-driven action that stays stable even at super-fast speed.

Built to last

A stamped stainless steel joint plate with reinforcing columns and an internal truss structure keep the body strong, and the LS tail's dual-density construction uses a hard hub that protects the ABS body.

DEVELOPMENT

BORN FROM A 66 CM BASS

Developed with Satan Shimada

In June 2020, fishing the SILENT BLASTER in muddy water after rain at Ikehara Reservoir, Satan Shimada caught a bass over 50 cm, then a 66 cm bass of more than 4 kg on his third cast to the same spot. ADUSTA set out to evolve that 140 mm wake bait into a giant bait. Three 3D-printed bodies of 178, 205 and 230 mm were tested, and a 195 mm (7.6 in) body was chosen to balance water push against reeling resistance; the internal rattle was dropped because the knock of the joints was enough.

More than 20 lip variations later, a deciding test at Hitokura Dam produced the SF (Shallow Face) lip. Four line-tie positions were mapped, and Shimada proposed keeping all four: the Quattro Eye System.