225mm/140gram 'BLEEDING MULLET' HAKU STICK BAIT

‘BLEEDING MULLET’ 225MM / 140G

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.

And at 225mm and 140g, the Bleeding Mullet presents a substantial meal for the ocean's largest and most powerful predators.

It 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.

Design philosophy

In nature, symmetry suggests health.
Asymmetry suggests opportunity.

A slight inconsistency in eye tone can suggest stress or fatigue. Uneven gill bleed implies a recent strike or injury. A healed scar near the tail tells the story of a fish that's already survived an encounter with a predator.

Individually, these details are subtle.

Together, they create something remarkably convincing.

The Bleeding Mullet isn't designed to imitate a perfectly healthy baitfish. It's designed to replicate the one that has become separated, injured, or exhausted.

The one that presents the greatest opportunity for the least effort.

No exaggerated blood trails.
No unnatural colours.
No unnecessary drama.

Just carefully considered details that make an already lifelike lure appear genuinely vulnerable.

Because to a predator, an injured baitfish isn't just food. It's an opportunity too good to ignore.

Action & application

The 225mm / 140g HAKU is a true surface-oriented stick bait, designed for controlled, rhythmic retrieves rather than aggressive popper-style sweeps.

Its larger profile and substantial timber construction provide a commanding presence on the surface, making it particularly well suited to targeting large kingfish, tuna, and other powerful offshore predators.

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.

For a following predator, this creates a critical moment.

The movement stops. The silhouette becomes clear. And the carefully placed injury details become part of a convincing picture of vulnerability.

An uneven gill bleed.
A subtle difference in eye colour.
The scars of a previous encounter.

Everything suggests a baitfish that has already been through a fight.

And might not survive another.

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

Specifications

• Length: 225mm
• Weight: 140g (approx)
• Rigging: 2 × 8/0 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 near the tail (one side only)
• Hyper-realistic finish — no shortcuts, no exaggeration
• Premium timber construction with full stainless through-wire
• Vertical posture on pause for natural presentation
• Larger 225mm profile designed for powerful offshore predators
• Proven HAKU surface action

The HAKU 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.