Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk 12 cm

Finnish manufacturer Rapala has been producing plugs that catch fish all over the world for nearly a century, and the Down Deep Husky Jerk is a fine example of that heritage.

A Minnow Built for Deeper Water

The Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk is a plug designed for when you need to get down deep to find the predators. Its long diving lip drives it to depths of almost six metres, and when trolled on thin line it will regularly push past that 6 m mark. Retrieved slowly, the minimum running depth sits at around two and a half metres.

Once it reaches the target depth, the Down Deep Husky Jerk 12 makes plenty of noise. It runs with a pronounced rolling and flashing action, while an internal rattle ball produces loud rattling sounds that carry well through the water. When you pause the retrieve, everything goes quiet - the plug hangs weightless as a suspending lure, giving hesitant predators the chance to commit.

At 12 cm, the Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk sits squarely in the feeding range of zander and pike, and the occasional big perch will take a liking to it too. Build quality is at Rapala's usual high standard, and the two treble hooks carry a Black Nickel coating with needle-sharp points.

When you're boat fishing on deeper waters, it pays to keep one of these in the box for whenever the fish are holding in deeper parts of the water.

Specs: Rapala Down Deep Husky Jerk 12 cm

• Length: 12 cm
• Weight: 15 g
• Running depth: 2.4 m - 5.7 m
• Long diving lip
• Suspending
• Black Nickel treble hooks