About this product
The bib on a diving minnow does two jobs at once: it sets the depth, and it sets how fast the lure can be pulled before the action breaks down. Narrow bibs give you depth but blow out when you troll hard. The NBL9242 has a deliberately wide bib, and Noeby own description of it is straightforward – it handles extraordinary trolling speeds while the broad body keeps the lure tracking with a tight swimming action.
At 125 mm and 19 g it is a mid-size minnow: big enough for kingfish, barracuda and small tuna, small enough to cast on ordinary inshore tackle. It floats at rest, which matters when you are working it near reef – stop winding and it backs up and off the structure instead of hanging. The working depth is around 2.8 m.
The body is ABS with 3D high-simulation eyes, and the lure carries three treble hooks rather than the usual two, which puts an extra set of points under the belly.
Around Dar es Salaam it is at home trolled along the reef edge, cast over shallow coral on a rising tide, or worked through a channel mouth. Kingfish, queenfish, barracuda, small trevally and bonito all take a minnow of this size.
Buying a Deep Diving Minnow in Tanzania
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the Deep Diving Minnow at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every Deep Diving Minnow is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which Deep Diving Minnow suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Dar es Salaam.
Browse more Minnows & Crankbaits in Dar es Salaam, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on fishing lures, see this overview on Wikipedia.
Noeby NBL9242 Deep Diving Minnow - 125 mm, 19 g, Floating