The Miuras Mouse Mini is the highly anticipated "downsizer" version of the legendary Italian masterpiece. While it carries the same iconic profile as its larger siblings, the Mini is designed for versatility, allowing you to target big fish on lighter gear or in waters where a 30cm bait might be too intimidating. It retains the award-winning "push and pulse" action that has made the Miuras name famous across the global predator scene.
Key Features
All-Season Versatility: The smaller 20cm profile makes it an excellent choice year-round, performing just as well in the heat of summer as it does during the slow winter months.
Iconic Water Displacement: Despite its smaller size, the flat "mouse" nose still pushes a significant hydroacoustic wave, ensuring predators can find it even in low-visibility conditions.
Hand-Tied Bucktail: Each Mini is hand-tied with high-quality bucktail that flares and contracts during the retrieve, creating a "breathing" effect that looks incredibly lifelike.
Interchangeable Tails: Equipped with a standard BFT tail screw, you can easily swap the included double-tail for a Pig Shad Jr or other soft plastics to completely change the lure’s vibration and silhouette.
How to Fish the Mini
The Mini is much easier to cast for extended periods than the Magnum, making it a "fan-favorite" for covering large areas of water:
The Light-Gear Giant: At roughly 40g–60g (depending on saturation), you don't need a specialized "broomstick" rod to cast this. A standard heavy-pike or swimbait rod is perfect.
Steady & Slow: Just like the larger versions, the Mini shines when retrieved slowly. The bucktail head provides enough buoyancy to let you "crawl" it just over the tops of weed beds.
Depth Control: It is naturally slow-sinking, but you can add a small tungsten weight to the nose loop to reach fish holding in deeper holes or along steep drop-offs.
Pro Tip: This is the perfect "comeback" bait. If you have a follow on a large jerkbait or a paddle tail but the fish won't commit, throwing the Miuras Mouse Mini on the next cast often provides the change in vibration and "breathing" action needed to trigger the strike.
Check out the video of Fly Vs Jerk 10 from around 41 mins to see how the Miuras Mouse won the competition for Stefan Trumstedt and Pierre Monjarret from the CWC team.
