Miuras Mouse Mini

The Strike Pro Miuras Mouse Mini brings Maurizio “Miura” Carini's bucktail-and-soft-plastic concept to a lighter profile. Rugged Tackle's North American field testing found the same key advantage as the Big model: it can be fished exceptionally slowly while still moving water and giving pike and musky a living target.

Why It Works

• Bucktail body pulses on speed changes and expands during pauses
• Replaceable Mini Double Tail stays active on a slow retrieve
• Rear screw accepts alternate soft-plastic trailers for different seasons and depths
• Wire-through construction helps withstand powerful predator strikes
• Lighter size is comfortable to cast on medium-heavy predator tackle

How to Fish It

Use a super-slow steady retrieve in cold or shallow water, add a pause-and-jerk cadence around cover, or switch to a paddle tail and BFT Tungsten Fastach weight when summer fish move deeper and become more active.

Rugged Tackle Field Notes

• Spring: Use the double curly tail high over shallow weeds with a super-slow roll or pause-and-jerk retrieve.
• Summer: Switch to a paddle-tail trailer or add a BFT Tungsten Fastach sinker when fish move deeper and respond to more speed.
• Fall: Return to a large curly-tail profile, slow the bait down and use longer pauses around feeding areas.

Specifications

• Length: 7.9 in / 20 cm
• Weight: 1.41 oz / 40 g
• Hooks: Size 1/0 trebles
• Construction: Bucktail body, replaceable Mini Double Tail and wire-through rigging
• Construction detail: Lead-free
• Target species: Pike and musky

Replacement Mini tails and BFT Tungsten Fastach sinkers are sold separately.