Balzer Matze Koch MK Zanderscheuche Crankbait 11cm 15g Confi Kauli

Balzer Matze Koch MK Zanderscheuche Crankbait — Suspend, Twitch, Catch

The MK Zanderscheuche ("Zander Terror") is an 11 cm, 15 g suspending wobbler built around Matze Koch's real-world pikeperch experience — a lure that earns bites when generic crankbaits go ignored.

Suspending Action That Triggers Hesitant Zander

As a true suspender, the Zanderscheuche hangs motionless in the water column the instant you pause the retrieve. That kill-switch stop is exactly when predators commit — especially in cold or pressured water. You can work it with a classic slow crank, add sharp twitches for an erratic wounded-fish dart, or slow-roll it just above structure. The built-in Cast & Balance System shifts weight during the cast for long, accurate throws even into a crosswind or headwind.

Built-In Steel Ball Rattle for Night and Low-Light Sessions

The Confi Kauli colour is loaded with steel ball rattles that send out low-frequency vibrations, letting pikeperch and perch home in on the lure in darkness or coloured water. This makes the bait particularly effective when fished slowly over rip-rap and stonework at night — a signature Matze Koch tactic for river zander that raid shallow margins under cover of darkness.

Choose the Right Variant

Every colour in the Zanderscheuche range shares the same 11 cm length, 15 g weight, 1 m running depth and suspending action, so the choice comes down to conditions and water clarity:

• Confi Kauli — steel ball rattle; natural, muted baitfish tones; ideal for clear to slightly coloured water, night fishing over hard structure, pressured pikeperch

• Metallica — steel balls (built-in); high-flash metallic finish; bright or overcast days, open water

• Mai Tai — steel ball rattle; warm orange/red tones; stained water, autumn perch and zander

• Zander — rattle; realistic zander-skin pattern; match-the-hatch presentations in clear rivers

• Albino — steel ball rattle; pale/white; low-light conditions, chalk or milky rivers

• Black Albino — steel ball rattle; dark silhouette; very low light, night, heavily tinted water

• Fireshark — steel ball rattle; high-visibility fire pattern; murky water, reactive strikes

• Grundel — steel ball rattle; goby-inspired natural bottom-bait colour; gravel and boulder rivers

• Barsch — steel ball rattle; perch-stripe pattern; targeting perch or imitating small perch as prey

Facts

• Lure length: 11 cm

• Lure weight: 15 g

• Running depth: approx. 1 m

• Swimming action: Suspender (neutral buoyancy on pause)

• Rattle: steel balls

• System: Cast & Balance System for long-range casting

• Target species: pikeperch (zander), perch, and other predators

• Delivery: 1 wobbler in selected colour