Big pike bait
A long, deep, heavy profile at the size the model gives pike as forage. Glide baits proper are lipless and rod-worked, which the Tank does not model; this is the closest lipped equivalent.
What is a pike bait?
A big pike bait presents a larger prey profile. This is a 150 mm lipped Tank design, not a glide bait: the model can test its lip-driven swim and the pike model’s size window, but cannot simulate a rod-worked glide.
What the model actually measures
The grid uses 1 cm cells. The Tank computes displaced water, centre of mass, lip force, tracking stability and wobble at its default retrieve speed. It does not predict a running depth or a catch rate. See the equations and limits.
Cedar, fifteen cells long and four deep, a three-cell lip low on the nose, a seven-slug lead keel, three hook hangers.
Tank verdict: Swims
Swims. A moderate wobble at slow tempo — a balanced, all-round crankbait action.
- Length
- 150 mm
- Mass
- 29.8 g
- Buoyancy
- floating
- Stability
- 0.83
- Wobble
- 6.2 / 10
- Tempo
- 2.6
- 1 rattle chamber: adds an acoustic signature the lateral line reads before the eyes do.
Compare with the deep diver
Both designs run through the same Tank model at its default retrieve speed. These figures describe the block builds shown here, not commercial lures.
Scroll the table sideways to compare every measure →
| Model output | Pike bait | Deep diver |
|---|---|---|
| Length 1 cm cells | 150 mm | 110 mm |
| Lip area number of cells | 3 | 5 |
| Buoyancy | floating | floating |
| Stability righting / overturning; N/A without lip force | 0.83 | 0.78 |
| Wobble model scale / 10 | 6.2 | 9.0 |
| Swim verdict | Swims | Swims |
Across 72 fish scenarios
Eaten in 5 of 72 scenarios, and the top-ranked lure in 2 of them. Outcomes: ignored 28 · refused 24 · followed 9 · not detected 6 · eaten 5.
Other archetypes
A generic archetype drawn in Tank blocks, not a product, and the Tank works in one-centimetre cells rather than real dimensions. See how the Tank works and where it is wrong.