Coike 17mm

The Coike 17mm is a highly distinctive soft plastic from Japanese lure manufacturer HIDEUP.

At the center of the lure is a compact 17 mm body surrounded by numerous thin, flexible strands extending in every direction.

Instead of relying on a conventional tail, claw, or paddle to create action, the Coike uses this entire mass of strands to interact with the surrounding water.

Even small movements of the lure can cause the individual strands to move independently, while the overall shape creates water displacement much larger than the compact central body might suggest.

This unusual construction also allows the Coike 17mm to respond to several different rigging methods. It can be fished weightless or combined with an inserted nail weight to alter its fall, balance, and depth.

The result is a soft plastic that does not fit neatly into conventional worm, craw, or baitfish categories and instead creates its own unusual underwater presence.

The Coike series has become one of HIDEUP's most recognizable soft-plastic concepts because it offers a presentation that looks and behaves very differently from conventional bass lures.

Its unusual appearance is only part of the appeal.

The many flexible strands increase the lure's interaction with the water, creating subtle movement even when the main body is moving very little. This makes the lure useful for slow and deliberate presentations where anglers want to maintain a strong presence without using an aggressive swimming action.

The compact central body also allows anglers to experiment with rigging and weight placement.

This fits particularly well with modern Japanese bass fishing, where anglers frequently fine-tune soft-plastic presentations through small changes in weight, balance, fall speed, and lure posture.

The Coike 17mm is therefore a good example of a distinctly JDM approach: an unconventional lure shape developed not simply for visual novelty, but to create a different relationship between water movement, lure action, and rigging.

The Coike 17mm can be fished with several different rigs, but two particularly simple approaches are weightless fishing and the Nail Rig.

When fished without an external sinker, the lure can be allowed to fall naturally while its numerous strands move with small changes in water pressure and lure movement.

Anglers can use subtle rod movements, pauses, and controlled falls rather than continuously swimming the bait.

A nail weight can also be inserted into the body to increase the fall rate and change the lure's balance.

Changing the size and position of the nail weight allows anglers to fine-tune how the Coike falls and how its mass of strands moves through the water.

HIDEUP also recommends the Coike 17mm for drop-shot, free-rig, and jighead presentations, demonstrating how the same unusual body can be adapted to several depths and fishing situations.

• Heavily pressured bass
• Slow and deliberate presentations
• Weightless fishing
• Nail Rig presentations
• Clear to lightly stained water
• Around vegetation and cover
• Suspended bass
• Bottom-oriented presentations
• When conventional worms or creature baits are being ignored
• Situations requiring subtle movement with strong water presence

For US anglers, the most immediately noticeable feature of the Coike 17mm is its shape.

Instead of using a conventional worm body, craw-style appendages, or a baitfish tail, the lure surrounds a compact central body with numerous flexible strands.

These strands create movement around the entire lure rather than concentrating the action at one end of the bait.

The design also works particularly well with the Japanese approach of fine-tuning soft plastics through rigging. A small nail weight inserted into the body can change the lure's fall rate and balance while leaving its unusual external profile largely unchanged.

The Coike 17mm therefore represents a particularly visible example of modern JDM soft-plastic design: unconventional geometry combined with precise control over weight, posture, and movement.

It may look unusual above the water, but its design is fundamentally about creating a different underwater presence rather than simply looking different.