Bassdozer's
Crankbaits
Bassdozer is pleased to provide you with a full line of
crankbaits, lipless rattlebaits, floating minnows and topwater
poppers.
Bassdozer's crankbaits are
designed, molded and painted in the USA in the same factory that
produces these same lures for numerous other name brands. Do
these baits look like some of your old favorites, or look like
the same productive baits sold in other catalogs or tackle shops?
Yes they are the same - just in a different package with a
different name on it. Bassdozer's
crankbaits come off the same assembly line as many
popular name brand baits on the market.
Bassdozer's own personal favorite colors like Scared
Shad and Herring
are NOT available elsewhere. These are colors custom-made by
Bassdozer.
They are good lures. Well-made. They definitely catch fish.
I've used them myself for some time now.
When I first tried them, they impressed me how little tuning
they needed right out of the box. Most other crankbaits, even
Lucky Crafts or any name brand, tend to require more prep work to
tune them up and get them to swim properly. However, Bassdozer's
crankbaits come from the factory without needing as
much tuning on average as others. That is a strong indication
they are made more precisely, the assembly and finishing, than
many other cranks out there.
I have journeyed down the high-end hardbait road, meaning
crankbaits, jerkbaits and topwaters costing $15 to $20 apiece.
This high road reached a point where all I threw were Lucky Craft
hard baits and a few other high dollar dolls almost exclusively,
and I believed it was the best thing to do at that time.
Keep in mind, the high-end bait boom here only started about
six years ago when Lucky Craft began to market its hardbaits in
the USA. In that timeframe, I went from no high-end baits to
being one of the first in the country to use some of them, and
that built to a peak of almost exclusively using high-end
hardbaits. It was a worthy experience while it lasted, but I have
slowly descended off that "high end only" trend.
I have come back down to a more moderate and meaningful
approach today. I think I had to go there first to be able to
say, "Hey these lower priced baits lack some of the
technical precision and realistic good looks and the feeling of
luxury, but fish whack them just the same."
A few years ago I would not have said that, I was totally sold
on the high-end baits. Once I got to master them all, I began to
mix back in a few lower-priced baits. Reason is, guys fishing
tournaments against me were doing at least as well as I was. They
were using economical baits like Super Spooks, Normans, Bandits,
and you know what? You can get most of them on sale under $5. So
I had to see if the high-end baits I had gotten hung up on were
all that high and mighty any more? I can't say I look at the
high-end baits through rose-colored glasses today. Some of the
more economical baits, including Bassdozer's
crankbaits work at least as good.
There are four sizes/depths of Bassdozer's
crankbaits. The Shallow Diver
and Medium Diver can generate
an irregular "humpy" jerky motion which sets them apart
from the more precise and mechanical swims of most other
crankbaits. Fish sometimes want this irregular action more than a
perfect fluid crankbait action. You may hear pros refer to this
"hunting" action as the reason why they seek out the
old vintage crankbaits no longer made.
Bassdozer's Medium
Diver closely resembles a Bandit 200. The Deep
Diver is hard to tell apart from a Norman Deep Little
N in appearance. Bassdozer's
Super Deep Diver is one of only
a few crankbaits to dive below 12 feet when casting for bass.
Regarding Bassdozer's Popper,
the Floating Minnow and the Lipless
Rattlebait, I've caught a ton of fish on these. All
three of these are GREAT baits. The Popper
has a really good rattle noise. The Floating
Minnow is more of a surface lure than a diver, but if
you work it like a topwater, it catches just a ton of fish on
top. The Lipless Rattlebait,
I can only describe as a more natural presentation than other
popular lipless rattlebaits.
Bassdozer's Crankbaits
With four models, there's a Bassdozer
crankbait to cover most any type of cranking situation
you may encounter.
The four sizes effectively cover the entire water column from
shallow to medium to deep to super deep:
- Bassdozer
Shallow Diver. 5/16 oz. Dives 1-4 ft. Floats. 2"
body (excluding lip). #6 hooks. This square-lipped shallow runner
works best with a slow to medium retrieve. It has a light rattle.
If desired, you may upsize the #6 rear hook to a #4, which does
not affect the action.
- Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. Dives 4-8 ft. Floats. 2"
body (excluding lip). #4 hooks. This model has the weight and
medium depth range that is useful most of the time. It has a
high-pitched rattle.
- Bassdozer
Deep Diver. 1/2 oz. Dives 8-12 ft. Floats. 2-3/4"
body (excluding lip). #4 hooks. This one has the loudest rattles
of the four models.
- Bassdozer
Super Deep Diver. 7/8 oz. Dives 12-15 ft. Floats.
3" body (excluding lip). #2 hooks. This is one of only a few
crankbaits that can get super deep into the 12 to 15 foot range.
It has a little less chatter, more like a drum beat to its
rattle.
The Mustad hooks are super sharp and are not easily able to
marry each other. The front hook is not able to catch on the
diving lip in all four models. The diving lips are integrated
parts of the bodies. So the lips cannot loosen or break off.
These are common faults of other crankbait brands - poor quality
factory hooks, hooks that marry or catch on the diving lip, loose
or broken lips - but Bassdozer's crankbaits do not have these
faults.
All four Bassdozer crankbait sizes come in many of the same
colors. The colors here are productive colors for bass - and also
hard colors to find elsewhere.
- Natural Shad. Works under any conditions, especially
clear water.
- Blue Chartreuse Shad. Works under any conditions,
especially stained water.
- Panfish. Also known as Fire Tiger, it mimics bluegill,
sunfish, warmouth, crappie, yellow perch - any panfish that bass
eat anywhere.
- Holographic. Refract or separate sunlight (or any
ambient light) into the full spectrum of many individual colors.
The colors being refracted constantly change and flash as the
lure moves through the water. The holographic colors reflect the
present water and light conditions and also provide the illusion
of an excited baitfish that is "flushing" and emitting
color signals. The holographic finish is imprinted directly onto
the lure. It is not a separate film or foil layer taped onto the
lure.
The standard colors and the holographic finishes are durable
and will not chip, scrape or peel off easily.
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Bassdozer
Shallow Diver. 5/16 oz. 2" Body. 2-1/2"
w/lip. Floats. Dives 1 to 4 ft. Mustad #6 hooks. Color: Natural
Shad
Bassdozer
Shallow Diver. 5/16 oz. 2" Body. 2-1/2"
w/lip. Floats. Dives 1 to 4 ft. Mustad #6 hooks. Color: Blue
Chartreuse Shad
Bassdozer
Shallow Diver. 5/16 oz. 2" Body. 2-1/2"
w/lip. Floats. Dives 1 to 4 ft. Mustad #6 hooks. Color: Panfish
(also known as Fire Tiger)
Bassdozer
Shallow Diver. 5/16 oz. 2" Body. 2-1/2"
w/lip. Floats. Dives 1 to 4 ft. Mustad #6 hooks. Color: Pink
Panther
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip.
Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad #4 hooks. Color: Natural Shad
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip.
Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad #4 hooks. Color: Blue
Chartreuse Shad
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip.
Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad #4 hooks. Color: Panfish
(also known as Fire Tiger)
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip.
Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad #4 hooks. Color: Pink Panther
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip.
Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad #4 hooks. Color: Black/Silver
Hologram
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8
oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip. Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad
#4 hooks. Color: Blue/Silver Hologram
Bassdozer
Medium Diver. 3/8 oz. 2" Body. 3" w/lip.
Floats. Dives 5 to 8 ft. Mustad #4 hooks. Color: Livewell Craw
