{"title":"Daiwa Wilder's Gems","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSince its founding in Japan in 1958, Daiwa has grown into one of the biggest names in fishing, and most Australian anglers have owned a Daiwa reel or rod at some point. What many don't realise is how much of Daiwa's lure history never reached Australian shelves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis collection focuses on the Daiwa lures you won't find in local tackle stores: discontinued models, Japan-domestic releases, and classic Team Daiwa series, lures that earned a loyal following among Japanese anglers and are now increasingly hard to find anywhere. Every piece has been individually sourced, graded and photographed, so what you see is exactly what you receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor collectors, it's a chance to own a piece of Daiwa's lure history. For anglers, it's proven Japanese design that's no longer in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"daiwa-bass-hunter-r-50f-dr-ghost-chart","title":"Daiwa Bass Hunter R 50F DR","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJapan Market Find \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- sourced directly by Wilder's Fishing \u0026amp; Supply Co. from the Japanese tackle market during a sourcing trip in 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 50mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 9g (5\/16 oz.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Deep Runner Crankbait\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAction: Super Wide Wobble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuoyancy: Floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDive Depth: 2.5–3.5m (8–12 ft.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHooks: Original Treble Hooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLure: mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: near mint - showing some minor signs of aging and handling marks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Daiwa Bass Hunter R is a compact, fat-profiled deep runner crankbait designed in Japan and built around a weight moving system that delivers maximum casting distance for its size. An unusually long-casting deep crankbait in a 50mm body that punches well above its weight class for reaching the 2.5–3.5 metre depth zone. Its super wide wobbling action and real eyes were hallmarks of Daiwa's domestic bass crankbait development during the early-to-mid 2000s, a period when the Bass Hunter R earned a strong following on Japan's lake and reservoir bass circuit before being discontinued.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghost Chart colourway, confirmed directly from the original Japanese packaging as ゴーストチャート, applies a translucent, semi-transparent ghost finish to a chartreuse base, producing a colour that combines the high-visibility reaction appeal of chartreuse with the underwater transparency of a ghost finish, appearing as a glowing, lit-from-within presence rather than a flat opaque colour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48009381970057,"sku":"WG-DIAW-BHNT-125","price":32.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-561_8ec7da7f-6801-4484-8932-a7ddf366d553.jpg?v=1787484392"},{"product_id":"daiwa-bass-hunter-pencil-r-70f-ghost-ayu","title":"Daiwa Bass Hunter Pencil R 70F","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJapan Market Find \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- sourced directly by Wilder's Fishing \u0026amp; Supply Co. from the Japanese tackle market during a sourcing trip in 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 70mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5.8g (1\/5oz.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Pencil Popper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAction: Popping Walk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuoyancy: Floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDive Depth: Surface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHooks: Original Treble Hooks (Rear Feather)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLure: mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: near mint - showing some minor signs of aging and handling marks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Bass Hunter R series from Daiwa Seiko Co., Ltd., Japan's largest tackle manufacturer, the BH Pencil R imagines a small baitfish in frantic escape, presenting the realistic appearance and large, appealing eyes common across the entire Bass Hunter R lineup in a slender, head-heavy pencil body designed with regular-sized wild pond bass as the primary target. Its compact form produces a head-shaking walk-the-dog action with an easy, slightly skating feel that responds naturally to varying twitch rhythms, allowing anglers to transition between surface walking, intensity changes, and diving sub-surface presentations in a single retrieve without changing lures. Now completely discontinued and absent from the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ghost Ayu colourway (ゴーストアユ) applies the semi-transparent Ghost finish to the ayu (sweetfish) baitfish pattern, producing a pearl-white, slightly iridescent body with a vivid pink head accent and black eye, presenting as a translucent, light-diffusing surface target in the manner of a real baitfish rather than an opaque lure body. The rear feather teaser treble adds a breathing, trailing movement on the pause that significantly extends the lure's strike-triggering window at rest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010708517001,"sku":"WG-DIAW-BHNT-126","price":34.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-567.jpg?v=1787560295"},{"product_id":"daiwa-bass-popn-frog-tsuchigaeru","title":"Daiwa Bass Pop'n Frog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJapan Market Find \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- sourced directly by Wilder's Fishing \u0026amp; Supply Co. from the Japanese tackle market during a sourcing trip in 2026.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 60mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 12.8g (7\/16oz.)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Topwater Surface Crankbait\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAction: Pop \/ Dog Walk \/ Table Turn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuoyancy: Floating\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDive Depth: Surface (\u0026lt;0.3m)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHooks: Original Treble Hooks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLure: mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePackaging: near mint - showing some minor signs of aging and handling marks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaiwa's Pop'n Frog is a surface crankbait built around a unique, carefully crafted metal blade attached directly to the leg form, designed to use the water surface as its stage rather than diving below it. Its high-buoyancy body shakes left and right generating the proprietary \"Metal Slash\" sound through contact between the metal blade, body, and hook - a rattle-type disturbance unlike any conventional metal blade noise. A cup positioned in the upper front of the mouth enables popping action and underwater bubble release on a short jerk, adding a popper presentation to the metal leg's continuous surface musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tsuchigaeru (ツチガエル) colourway, named for the Japanese Wrinkled Frog (\u003cem\u003eGlandirana rugosa\u003c\/em\u003e), a small, warty brown frog common throughout Japan's rice paddies, ponds, and waterways, renders the species' distinctive dark olive-brown mottled body with blue-spotted patterning in precise biological detail, the most naturalistic and regionally specific frog pattern in the Pop'n Frog colour range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48010885922953,"sku":"WG-DIAW-POPF-127","price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-575.jpg?v=1787562044"},{"product_id":"daiwa-t-d-minnow-1053sp-a-3","title":"Daiwa T.D. 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Minnow 1053SP is the smallest and most refined model in Team Daiwa's legendary TD Minnow series - a 50mm suspending minnow specifically developed to target bass that suspend above weeds and structure, using a weight oscillating system to deliver outstanding casting distance in an ultralight package. On a pump retrieve it suspends in 2–3 metres of water, and the packaging instructs anglers to concentrate carefully during the pause - as bites most often come at the moment the lure stops. Its tight, quick-return action performs best in clear water and has made it equally celebrated as a trout bait across Japan's crystal-clear mountain streams and rivers. Produced at Daiwa Seiko Co., Ltd.'s Higashikurume, Tokyo facility and discontinued after a production run that established the TD Minnow as one of Japan's most consequential suspending minnow platforms - predating and directly influencing the genre of finesse suspending jerkbaits that would dominate Japanese bass fishing for the following two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe A-3 colourway presents a stunning gold chrome metallic finish with yellow accent striping - a high-visibility holographic gold baitfish pattern that generates intense flash at depth, sitting at the premium end of the TD Minnow's numbered colour range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260647747721,"sku":"WG-DIAW-TDMI-142","price":47.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-612.jpg?v=1788384222"},{"product_id":"daiwa-t-d-minnow-1053sp-a1","title":"Daiwa T.D. 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Minnow 1053SP is the smallest and most refined model in Team Daiwa's legendary TD Minnow series - a 50mm suspending minnow specifically developed to target bass that suspend above weeds and structure, using a weight oscillating system to deliver outstanding casting distance in an ultralight package. On a pump retrieve it suspends in 2–3 metres of water, and the packaging instructs anglers to concentrate carefully during the pause - as bites most often come at the moment the lure stops. Its tight, quick-return action performs best in clear water and has made it equally celebrated as a trout bait across Japan's crystal-clear mountain streams and rivers. Produced at Daiwa Seiko Co., Ltd.'s Higashikurume, Tokyo facility and discontinued after a production run that established the TD Minnow as one of Japan's most consequential suspending minnow platforms - predating and directly influencing the genre of finesse suspending jerkbaits that would dominate Japanese bass fishing for the following two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe A-1 colourway occupies the first position in the TD Minnow 1053SP's original colour sequence - confirmed by product code 04815255 as the flagship colour of the series - presenting a chrome body with vivid blue lateral stripe detailing and a green dorsal, imitating the holographic, metallic flank colouration of a small Japanese river baitfish in the manner of the chrome-sided baitfish patterns that have proven consistently effective across Japan's clear-water bass and trout fisheries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48260667375753,"sku":"WG-DIAW-TDMI-143","price":47.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-618.jpg?v=1788384536"},{"product_id":"daiwa-t-d-minnow-1053sp-legend","title":"Daiwa T.D. 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Hyper Crank prevailed in Japan's tournament bass fishing world through a combination of engineering that no conventional crankbait of the era could match - then was revived by popular demand as a cover cranking specialist that tournament professionals consider a big success when tied on with hard baits. Its defining characteristic is the oversized titanium lip - unbreakable where a conventional plastic or resin lip would shatter against hard cover, ultra-thin where it needs to generate action response even at the slowest retrieves, and shaped to float the lure vertically when stationary so the hooks are hidden within the body profile, dramatically reducing snagging in standing timber, riprap, and laydowns. A two-way action system allows the angler to select either wide wobble or tight wobble by repositioning the split ring on the line tie - two fundamentally different crankbait presentations in a single lure. Despite diving to 6 metres, the TD Hyper Crank 1066Ti is recommended primarily as a cover crankbait rather than a deep diver - the titanium lip's ability to deflect off structure while the vertical float posture slips it free of snags makes it uniquely suited to the standing timber and hard cover of Japanese reservoir fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Legend (レジェンド) colourway presents a pale blue-grey ghost shad body with a subtle pink gill marking - an understated, semi-translucent baitfish finish that earns its name by generating bites in conditions where every other colour has been ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48264561492105,"sku":"WG-DIAW-TDHY-144","price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-676.jpg?v=1788423571"},{"product_id":"diawa-t-d-hyper-crank-1066ti-sggill","title":"Daiwa T.D. 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Hyper Crank prevailed in Japan's tournament bass fishing world through a combination of engineering that no conventional crankbait of the era could match - then was revived by popular demand as a cover cranking specialist that tournament professionals consider a big success when tied on with hard baits. Its defining characteristic is the oversized titanium lip - unbreakable where a conventional plastic or resin lip would shatter against hard cover, ultra-thin where it needs to generate action response even at the slowest retrieves, and shaped to float the lure vertically when stationary so the hooks are hidden within the body profile, dramatically reducing snagging in standing timber, riprap, and laydowns. A two-way action system allows the angler to select either wide wobble or tight wobble by repositioning the split ring on the line tie - two fundamentally different crankbait presentations in a single lure. Despite diving to 6 metres, the TD Hyper Crank 1066Ti is recommended primarily as a cover crankbait rather than a deep diver - the titanium lip's ability to deflect off structure while the vertical float posture slips it free of snags makes it uniquely suited to the standing timber and hard cover of Japanese reservoir fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SG Gill colourway applies Daiwa's Super Ghost semi-transparent finish to a bluegill (sunfish) juvenile pattern - a vivid green-black barred back fading to a silver-white belly with a red-pink gill slash - one of the most visually striking and functionally specific colour choices in the T.D. 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Hyper Minnow 1072Ti was built around the same titanium leaf lip philosophy as the legendary T.D. Hyper Crank, achieving superior rapid diving ability, high sensitivity, and excellent action in a realistic, compact minnow profile. The titanium lip generates a natural rolling action that is truly that of a minnow itself - and the SP specification demonstrates overwhelming power during spawning season. Like the Hyper Crank, the 2-way action system selects between Active Wide Action and Slow Tight Action by repositioning the split ring on the line tie, delivering two fundamentally different minnow presentations in a single 70mm body. This example carries the original Team Daiwa logo with the iconic pink triangle - the pre-Globeride packaging that identifies it as part of the founding era of the Titan Lip Evolution Bass System, manufactured at Daiwa Seiko's Higashikurume, Tokyo facility when Japan production was still the standard for Team Daiwa performance lures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Laser Ghost Wakasagi colourway applies a laser-holographic ghost finish to the wakasagi (Japanese pond smelt) - a hyper-realistic, semi-transparent baitfish rendering with extraordinary scale detailing and a vivid blue iridescent eye, presenting as a living smelt at any depth in clear water conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48270397669513,"sku":"WG-DIAW-TDHY-146","price":54.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-705.jpg?v=1788470696"},{"product_id":"diawa-t-d-hyper-crank-1052ti-chartreuse-tiger","title":"Daiwa T.D. 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Hyper Crank 1052Ti is the compact shallow-water specialist of the original Team Daiwa Titan Lip Evolution Bass System - a 50mm crankbait designed to dive quickly to 2 metres and trace long, reaching the productive zone faster than any conventional plastic-lipped crankbait of the same size. Where the 1066Ti plunges to 6 metres for deep reservoir fishing, the 1052Ti is the bank angler's and shallow structure specialist - designed to punch to depth quickly and trace the strike zone efficiently in the 1–2 metre range where shore fishing bass hold. Like all Titan Lip lures the titanium leaf lip generates a high-appeal action fundamentally different from plastic lip lures, with a 2-way action system selecting Active Wide Action or Slow Tight Action by repositioning the split ring. This example carries the original Team Daiwa logo with pink triangle - the founding era packaging from Daiwa Seiko's Higashikurume, Tokyo facility when all Hyper Crank Ti production was still Made in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe B-1 colourway is the first entry in the Hyper Crank Ti's B colour series - a vivid chartreuse-yellow base with dark olive-green tiger spot markings and a vivid blue iridescent eye, presenting as a high-visibility reaction colour for stained water, overcast conditions, and situations where natural baitfish patterns lose their presence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daiwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48270509703305,"sku":"WG-DIAW-TDHY-147","price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/1038\/4009\/files\/Gem-707.jpg?v=1790152628"},{"product_id":"diawa-t-d-hyper-crank-1052ti-laser-ghost-ayu","title":"Daiwa T.D. 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Hyper Crank 1052Ti is the compact shallow-water specialist of the original Team Daiwa Titan Lip Evolution Bass System - a 50mm crankbait designed to dive quickly to 2 metres and trace long, reaching the productive zone faster than any conventional plastic-lipped crankbait of the same size. Where the 1066Ti plunges to 6 metres for deep reservoir fishing, the 1052Ti is the bank angler's and shallow structure specialist - designed to punch to depth quickly and trace the strike zone efficiently in the 1–2 metre range where shore fishing bass hold. Like all Titan Lip lures the titanium leaf lip generates a high-appeal action fundamentally different from plastic lip lures, with a 2-way action system selecting Active Wide Action or Slow Tight Action by repositioning the split ring. 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