Bassdozer's Pro Buzzbaits for Bass Fishing

by Russ Bassdozer

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Bassdozer's Pro Buzzbaits for Bass Fishing

Style: Pro Buzzbait
Note: Horizontal planing head. Vertical planing collar.
Size: 1/4 oz (3/0) or 3/8 oz (4/0).
Hook: Gamakatsu heavy duty long shank hook.
Wire: .040 diameter drop down bend.

Pro Buzzbait. This buzzbait style has been on the market over 20 years. It first came out first in the mid-eighties. It was the first buzzbait I saw with the drop down bend in the wire, and its advanced head shape has both flat horizontal and upright vertical hydrodynamic planing surfaces, making it one of the fastest-rising buzzbaitas to get up on plane. Also one of the slowest surface-crawling buzzbaits I've used these past twenty plus years that it's remained my favorite, most productive buzzbait head style. Give it a try!

.040 Wire Arm. Most all other buzzbaits have .051 wire arms and that makes sense when you consider that many buzzbaits are built heavy for use in thick cover (where buzzbaits work best). However, the buzzbaits you see here, lparticularly the lightweight 1/4 oz sizes are really best on lighter tackle - say 10 or 12 lb test, and don't need heavy .051 wire arms. A couple years ago, I had .040 wire arms specially made by the manufacturer so that I could get more vibration out of these lightweight buzzbaits. Now, .040 is still plenty heavy - but with much more vibration than .051 wire.

EZ Skirts. One of the most durable and wriggling action-packed skirt options for a buzzbait. Since a buzzbait is more wind-resistant than many other lures, a buzzbait must be cast with more force - and that alone can simply cause standard banded skirts to pull down off the skirt collar due to the casting force. That problem's compounded by fish that slash and grab at a skirt on a buzzbait, pulling it down, wrecking any chance the fish will strike again. The EZ Skirt solves the problem of the skirt pulling due to the center hub of the EZ skirt remaining resolutely in place no matter what.

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Black Blue

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Black Red. Lacquered blade for a durable, subtle metallic amber gold color that looks natural.

3/8 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Black Red. Features amber lacquered blade, Worth ball bearing swivel and spinner blade.

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Bluegill. Lacquered blade for a durable, subtle metallic amber gold color that looks natural.

3/8 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Bluegill. Features amber lacquered blade, Worth ball bearing swivel and spinner blade.

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Sexy Shad

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Sexy Shad #2

3/8 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Sexy Shad

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Smallie Special.

Smallie Special is a great attractor color for smallmouth. Of course it excels with largemouth and spotted bass too. Solid snow white with a bold swatch of fluorescent chartreuse and blaze orange. Use the swatch on top or bottom and see if that doesn't make a difference some days.

3/8 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Smallie Special.  Features amber lacquered blade, Worth ball bearing swivel and spinner blade.

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Smokey Shad. Lacquered blade for a durable, subtle metallic amber gold color that looks natural.

3/8 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Smokey Shad

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ White

3/8 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ EZ Smallie Special. Features Worth ball bearing swivel and spinner blade.

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ Chartreuse Shad Thin Cut Skirt

1/4 oz Pro Buzzbait ~ Chartreuse White Blend Thin Cut Skirt

Four-Bladed Plastic Prop. Gets the buzzbait out of the hole and up on plane on the surface quicker, easier - and keeps it on plane at slower speeds than your usual two-bladed aluminum prop.

The four plastic blades cause a little more air resistance on a cast - but also less torque in the water so it won't pull toward or roll up on one side as much as a metal blade. So you can work it slower, the same speed as - or even faster than a metal blade and it is going to run truer.

The clear plastic prop is good any time, but especially under clear, sunny conditions. It gives a spitty, splashing action without the visibility or flash of a metal blade. The splash, wake, gurgle, cluck and the noise and commotion are all present, just without the visual appearance of a metal or painted blade. Indeed it makes more chatter and splash than a standard metal blade, and it has a rivet inserted on the end to create rivet-on-rivet turning noise plus a lot of plastic chattering resonated off the vibrating .040 wire. You just can't see the clear plastic blade with all the splashing. That makes this a finesse buzzbait for clear, bright conditions or anytime whenever fish are reluctant to hit other bigger, bulkier buzzbaits.