AKASHI KATTOU FUGU ST

The AKASHI KATTOU FUGU ST is a JDM boat rod from Prox (Japan), specialized for kattou-rig pufferfish (fugu) fishing in the Akashi Strait and surrounding coastal waters of Japan's Seto Inland Sea. Kattou fugu fishing involves lowering a specialized weighted rig to the bottom and using precise, small jigging motions to entice pufferfish, a quarry prized in Japanese cuisine. This is a highly specialized rod with no direct Western equivalent; the target angler is an experienced Japanese saltwater boat angler familiar with this regional technique.

[JDM copy translated: "An 8:2 tip action rod designed specifically for fugu with strong hooking power. The highly sensitive carbon shaft is equipped with a Fuji ECS blank-touch reel seat that detects even the faintest touch of a pufferfish. The flexible glass solid tip is painted white with high-visibility orange wrapping for visual bite detection. The GXB (glass-weave carbon) construction provides the sensitivity of a carbon rod while the fiberglass rear section adds structural strength.

Capable of handling sinkers up to #50 (approximately 1,500 g) for fishing in deeper Akashi Strait channels."] The lineup is a single rod: the AKFS16M, a 5'3" casting rod with an 8:2 tip action, Fuji ECS-16 reel seat, and CCFOT+CCLOG+CCLNOG guide configuration. The size-16 reel seat corresponds to a compact conventional reel format standard in Japanese boat fishing. No additional variants are documented.