Coike Full Cast

The Coike Full Cast is a floating elastomer lure from HIDEUP that expands the unusual Coike concept into a heavier, more castable presentation.

Like other members of the Coike family, the lure is built around a central body surrounded by numerous flexible strands extending in every direction.

The Full Cast weighs approximately 13 g, giving anglers enough mass to cast the unusual Coike profile effectively without relying on an external sinker.

Its elastomer material also gives the lure buoyancy. When rigged weightless, the Coike Full Cast floats and can be used directly on the surface as an unconventional topwater presentation.

The same body can be adapted to very different situations through rigging. HIDEUP describes the lure as having essentially no fixed rules and recommends applications ranging from weightless fishing and suspended presentations to heavy drop-shot and Carolina rigs.

This versatility makes the Coike Full Cast less like a conventional soft-plastic bait with one intended action and more like a platform for experimenting with rigging, depth, and presentation.

The Coike Full Cast attracted attention in Japanese bass fishing by taking the highly unconventional Coike design and making it practical to cast and fish with heavier tackle.

Its 13 g body gives anglers the ability to present the dense mass of flexible strands without necessarily adding an external sinker.

At the same time, the buoyant elastomer material creates unusual rigging possibilities. The lure can float on the surface when fished weightless, remain suspended around cover in hanging presentations, or be combined with weighted rigs to reach deeper water.

This adaptability fits particularly well with the experimental side of Japanese bass fishing, where anglers often take a lure beyond a single manufacturer-prescribed technique.

HIDEUP itself emphasizes that there are no fixed rules for rigging the Coike Full Cast, encouraging anglers to develop different ways of presenting the lure.

The result is a lure whose appeal comes not only from its unusual appearance, but from the number of different presentations that can be created from the same basic body.

One of the simplest ways to fish the Coike Full Cast is weightless.

Because the elastomer body floats, the lure can be presented directly on the surface as an unconventional topwater bait. Small rod movements can make the mass of flexible strands move while the central body remains within the strike zone.

HIDEUP recommends using a large #4/0 or larger single hook as the basic setup.

Another distinctly Japanese application is a suspended or "hanging" presentation around cover. The lure's 13 g weight makes it practical to use with baitcasting tackle while keeping the Coike positioned around a specific target.

The Full Cast can also be adapted to deeper presentations. HIDEUP recommends heavy drop-shot and Carolina rigs, and the lure can also be used with jigheads.

Rather than having one required retrieve, the Coike Full Cast is designed to let anglers use its buoyancy, weight, and numerous flexible strands in very different parts of the water column.

• Weightless topwater fishing
• Suspended or "hanging" presentations
• Around overhanging cover
• Vegetation and shoreline cover
• Heavily pressured bass
• Slow and deliberate presentations
• Heavy drop-shot rigs
• Carolina rigs
• Jighead presentations
• When conventional soft-plastic shapes are being ignored
• Situations where a lure needs to remain near a target
• Experimental rigging

For US anglers, the Coike Full Cast is immediately unusual because it does not fit neatly into familiar soft-plastic categories.

There is no conventional worm body, paddle tail, craw profile, or baitfish silhouette. Instead, numerous flexible strands surround a compact central body and create movement in every direction.

The Full Cast adds another unusual characteristic: buoyancy.

Despite weighing approximately 13 g, its elastomer construction allows the lure to float when rigged without additional weight. This means the same lure can function as an unconventional topwater presentation or be combined with weighted rigs to fish much deeper.

HIDEUP does not define one mandatory way to fish it. Instead, the Full Cast acts almost like a rigging platform whose behavior changes according to hook choice, added weight, depth, and angler input.

For US anglers exploring JDM tackle, it is a particularly clear example of how Japanese lure design can combine unconventional geometry with equally unconventional rigging.