Built for targeting large predators in shallow waters, over sand flats and over the tops of weed beds. I’d love to say the original idea for this lure was intentional but while assembling a batch of timber vibes 3 years ago I made a simple mistake. When this mistake occurred i thought, no chance this lure works but to my surprise it did and sprung the idea for a lure i never knew i needed. Simply I didn’t add the correct ballast weight to one of the vibes in a batch of 10 and this allowed the lure to float. With the some weight in the nose of the lure it allowed the flat face in front of the screw eye to catch water and act as a diving bib. This gave the lure the action of a vibe while cranking down like a bibbed diving lure. I was greatly surprised but in that instance I knew the exact use for this lure but i needed to make it bigger three times bigger.
One of my favorite ways to target Murray Cod is over shallow flats during late Autumn early Winter. Cod will actively chase schools of Bony Bream and Carp in to the shallow waters, giving the bait fish less chance of escape. Quite often it can be hard to get a fish to rise to the surface when they are locked in on bait that rarely breaks the surface. Shallow bibbed crankbaits can be effective but as the weather cools down the stronger action can quite often deter fish and this is when the tighter action of a floating lipless crankbait will be less likely to spook fish and more likely to entice a bite.
Although the development of this lure originated in the hunt for Murray Cod, I can see it shine in the pursuit for other species such as , Barra Flatty’s and Mulloway. The design of this lure didn’t just stop at a floating vibe I have included a chin weight loop which allows you to adjust the sink rate and target fish in all depths of the water column.
Name: Koilítsa
Length: 150mm
Depth: Floating, weight adjustable
Weight: 80grams
Recommended Rings: Decoy medium class 90lb
Hooks: Front- Decoy YS81 size 1/0 Rear- Decoy YS81 size 1
