Leydun Sinking Minnow Jerkbait – 55mm 4.7g / 75mm 10.5g | Pendulum Sink | Water Tongue Plate | 6 Colours

The Leydun Sinking Minnow is a hard-body jerkbait built around a pendulum sinking action — on the pause, it sinks head-first in a falling nose-down glide rather than sinking level. This is the characteristic action of a suspending or sinking jerkbait designed for stop-go and twitch-pause retrieves, where the sinking angle on the pause is often what triggers the strike. Features a clear “water blocking tongue plate” lip that drives both the retrieve wobble and the sink angle. Available in two sizes and 6 colour options.

Pendulum Sinking Action — Head-First Fall

The product images confirm two distinct action phases for the Leydun Minnow:

Retrieve action: the image shows the lure in an upright swimming position with orange arrows indicating a left-right side-to-side wobble — described as “left right tremors and swaying.” The clear lip forces the body to rock on a steady retrieve, generating a stable trembling wobble that mimics the side-flash of a swimming baitfish. The image caption describes it as “stable trembling pendulum sinking shape is realistic and difficult to produce for prey the temptation of resistance” — the lure’s lifelike action is designed to be irresistible to predators even when they are not actively feeding.

Fall/pause action: the second lure in the same image is shown in a nearly horizontal, head-slightly-down sinking posture with an arrow indicating the sinking direction. This is the pendulum fall — on the pause, the lure sinks nose-first in a controlled glide rather than falling tail-down or level. The head-down sink mimics a stunned or dying baitfish that has lost orientation and is gliding toward the bottom, the moment when predators most confidently commit to a strike. The jerkbait technique exploits this: twitch to create erratic darting action, pause to let the lure glide down, repeat.

Water Blocking Tongue Plate Lip

The close-up lip image is labeled “Water Blocking Tongue Plate — Enhance The Swinging And Sinking Speed Of The Bait Body.” The lip is a clear, broad, rounded polymer plate extending below the nose. It serves two functions simultaneously: on the retrieve, the lip catches water resistance and converts it into the left-right body swing; on the pause, the same lip acts as a water brake that pitches the nose downward, accelerating the head-first sinking angle and producing the pendulum fall posture. The clear polymer construction means the lip does not add visible hardware that might spook fish in clear water — from below, the lure profile shows the lip as a near-invisible extension of the chin.

Size and Hook Specifications

Confirmed from the product parameters image:

• 55mm / 2.17in — 4.7g / 0.16oz — Hook #12. Smaller size for finesse presentations in streams, clear-water dams and estuaries. Suits trout, bream, small bass and estuary perch; pairs with light spinning gear rated to 4–8lb. The smaller body profile matches smaller baitfish and juvenile mullet/whitebait that many estuary species key on
• 75mm / 2.95in — 10.5g / 0.37oz — Hook #8. Larger size with better casting weight for medium spinning and baitcasting gear. Suits larger bass, flathead, snapper and trevally; the higher sink rate on the 10.5g body allows deeper presentations in dams, rivers with current, and offshore structures. Pairs with rods rated 6–14lb

Realistic Finish

The lure images show six colour options with detailed fish-scale painting, gill plate markings, and 3D eyes. Colours include realistic trout patterns (spotted rainbow trout, brown trout), natural baitfish patterns (green-silver, chartreuse-white), and attractor patterns (red-head, teal-pink). The close-up images confirm iridescent scale detail with orange gill plate markings on the natural colour options — the gill-plate highlight is a detail that triggers close-range predator strikes in clear water where fish inspect lures before committing. All colours feature a 3D eye.

Jerkbait Technique

The Leydun Minnow is designed for the twitch-pause jerkbait retrieve:

• Cast to the target area and allow the lure to sink to the target depth (count down: approximately 1 second per 0.5m at rest)
• Twitch the rod tip sharply 1–2 times to produce erratic darting action — the lure darts sideways and forward
• Pause and let the lure glide nose-down on the pendulum fall — maintain just enough line tension to detect a take without impeding the fall
• Repeat; vary the pause length from 1–5 seconds depending on how active fish are — longer pauses in cold water or when fish are not chasing
• The 55mm suits a shorter, sharper twitch in confined spaces; the 75mm suits a longer rod sweep with a longer pause to reach depth
• Works well on a light fluorocarbon leader (4–8lb) for clear water; fluorocarbon sinks and has lower visibility than monofilament, complementing the sinking action of the lure

Specifications

• Brand: Leydun | Type: Sinking Minnow Jerkbait
• Action: Sinking — left-right wobble on retrieve, pendulum head-down fall on pause
• Lip: Clear water-blocking tongue plate
• 55mm / 4.7g / 0.16oz — Hook #12 (front + rear treble)
• 75mm / 10.5g / 0.37oz — Hook #8 (front + rear treble)
• Colours: 6 options (01–06)
• Quantity: 1 lure per listing