160mm/45gram 'BLEEDING MULLET' HAKU STICK BAIT

‘BLEEDING MULLET’ 160MM / 45G

OOSH HAKU Stick Bait

They say everyone has a good side.

With the OOSH Bleeding Mullet, both sides are better than good — they’re intentionally different.

This is one of the very few lures ever built where each side tells a slightly different story, just like a real, injured baitfish. A subtle shift in eye colour from side to side. Different gill-bleed shapes and intensity on each flank. A single, old scar near the tail — present on one side only.

None of this is accidental.
All of it is designed to trigger commitment, not curiosity.

Predators don’t attack the brightest fish — they attack the easiest one.

The Bleeding Mullet doesn’t stand out because it’s loud or unnatural. It stands out because, in a school of perfect baitfish, it looks like the one that’s already losing.

Why asymmetry triggers strikes

In nature, symmetry equals health.
Asymmetry equals opportunity.

A slight inconsistency in eye tone can suggest stress or fatigue.
Uneven gill bleed implies a recent strike or internal damage.
A healed scar near the tail signals a fish that has already been caught — and escaped.

To a predator, that combination means:

• Slower reactions
• Reduced endurance
• Higher chance of success

The Bleeding Mullet isn’t “different” in a visual sense — it’s set aside as the most logical target.

That’s where hesitation disappears.

Action & application

The 160mm / 45g HAKU is a true surface-oriented stick bait, designed for controlled, rhythmic retrieves rather than aggressive popper-style sweeps.

It responds best to:

Long sweeps with measured cadence
Short rips followed by brief pauses
Consistent surface ‘walk the dog’ retrieves

But stick baiting is as much about the pause as it is the retrieve.

On the pause, the HAKU hangs almost vertical in the water column, holding its posture rather than falling away or lying flat. This gives following fish a full, unobstructed view — time to confirm what they’re seeing is, indeed, a Kahawai.

That moment of confirmation is where commitment happens.

The pause doesn’t kill the action.
It completes it.

Specifications

• Length: 160mm
• Weight: 45g (approx)
• Rigging: 2 × 5/0 Mustad 10121NP-DT single hooks
• Construction: Timber body
• Design: Full stainless through-wire
• Buoyancy: Floating
• Action: Surface-oriented stick bait

Note:
Due to the advanced layering and translucency techniques used to achieve maximum realism, subtle variations in tone and opacity can occur between sizes and production runs. These natural differences are part of what makes each OOSH lure uniquely lifelike.

Key features

• Ultra-realistic mullet profile
• Intentional left/right asymmetry for natural injury cues
• Subtle eye colour variation side-to-side
• Uneven gill bleed detailing
• Single healed scar on tail (one side only)
• Hyper-realistic finish — no shortcuts, no exaggeration

The Bleeding Mullet isn't designed to get noticed.

It's designed to get picked.

Lifelike + Lethal.

Please note: Shipping to Australia can take up to two weeks.