{"product_id":"160mm-45gram-bleeding-mullet-haku-stick-bait","title":"160mm\/45gram 'BLEEDING MULLET' HAKU STICK BAIT","description":"\u003ch2 data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"296\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"296\"\u003e‘BLEEDING MULLET’ 160MM \/ 45G\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"322\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"322\"\u003eOOSH HAKU Stick Bait\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"696\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"759\"\u003eThey say everyone has a good side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"761\" data-end=\"866\"\u003eWith the \u003cstrong data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"794\"\u003eOOSH Bleeding Mullet\u003c\/strong\u003e, both sides are better than good — they’re \u003cstrong data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"865\"\u003eintentionally different\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1168\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1263\"\u003eNone of this is accidental.\u003cbr data-start=\"1197\" data-end=\"1200\"\u003eAll of it is designed to trigger commitment, not curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1341\"\u003ePredators don’t attack the brightest fish — they attack the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eeasiest one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1343\" data-end=\"1513\"\u003eThe Bleeding Mullet doesn’t stand out because it’s loud or unnatural. 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