Bassdozer has put together these custom color pattern to provide you with a truly great lure skirt. These are all at least one half olive pumpkin, blended with other matching colors. These are great natural color skirts custom-made only for Bassdozer. You will not find these skirts anywhere else. Only at Bassdozer.

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Green Pumpkin Olive Skirt. One half dark green pumpkin. One half dark olive pumpkin. Both halves heavily black peppered with mottled black bars and spots.

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Olive Pumpkin Skirt. Both halves dark olive pumpkin. Both halves heavily black peppered with mottled black bars and spots.

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Olive Brown Craw Skirt. One half dark olive pumpkin. One half brown crawdad color. Both halves heavily black peppered with mottled black bars and spots.

5 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Olive Cinnamon Skirt. One half dark olive pumpkin. One half pale brown cinnamon color. Both halves heavily black peppered with mottled black bars and spots.

Oh yes, I've also added an olive variety pack which is a pack containing one of each color:

4 Spinnerbait/Jig Skirts ~ Olive Variety Pack. The olive variety pack includes 4 different olive skirts. One each as shown:

1. Top: Olive Brown Craw
2. Second: Green Pumpkin Olive
3. Third: Olive Pumpkin
4. Bottom: Olive Cinnamon

With the two tone skirts, there's no strict rule or requirement to have one or the other half as the back or belly color. True, it seems more natural to present a dark top, light belly. Yet I have seen many days when twisting the skirt around 180 degrees caused fish to hit harder. Who knows why, but if you are getting weak hits or half-hearted bumps on a multi-colored spinnerbait or jig skirt, try to turn the skirt colors upside down and see if it doesn't make a difference. It may not look "right" to you, but there are days I've seen that simple trick convince fish to strike more solidly.

Rattles Sold Separately. These skirts have two "ear" sockets on the band that will accept two optional rattle pods. Rattle pods NOT included. Rattles are sold separately in Bassdozer's store. It is worth buying the rattles since they can be a great strike enhancement in dark water, in dense vegetation or at night. There are times in crystal clear water it may seem rattles can make a difference too. Rattles can quickly and easily be plugged into or removed from the two ear sockets.

I also like to use rattle straps whenever possible. These rattle straps are sold separately in Bassdozer's Store and resemble a miniature pair of martial arts nunchukus. Reason I favor the nunchukus is because they are flexible and move out of the way easily so there is little or no chance the nunchukus could encumber a fish getting the jig into its mouth.

5/16 oz Popper ~ Bone White

Most anglers tend to have plenty of spare treble hooks and split rings, or they may prefer a certain brand of hooks, so they replace whatever hooks come stock on a lure anyway. That's why I offer you these lure without hooks or split rings. You'll need to provide your own treble hooks (two) and split rings (three) for this lure.

Note: These lure bodies come WITHOUT hooks or split rings.

Most anglers prefer #6 trebles on this size popper, and a feather dressed tail treble.

CONSTRUCTION

These lures are made in America, and if it looks familiar, it may well be identical to your favorite name brand lure. They're sold under several different labels.

The hollow internal chambers have ball bearings that rattle noisily on the retrieve and the sound resonates loudly. The rattles roll around each time the rod is jerked to create topwater action. The sound isn't a tinkle, chatter or knock. Few other poppers have this kind of rolling resonant noise that sounds so good, like a baby's rattle.

HOW TO USE

There are several surface fishing presentations that work best with this popper. These tactics, done properly, are certain to generate explosive topwater strikes. It's best to master each tactic separately. Once you do, you'll also be able to combine the three actions in different ways:

1. Spitting. This is the typical topwater retrieve for this lure type - popping, spitting and splashing water out of its concave mouth cup whenever the rod tip is jerked. Sometimes bass want a very slashy, spitty action. Other times they want it pulled along a few feet first and then popped. Sometimes they just want it to sit there and soak, and only popped once in a while. But no matter how you work it, pause often which is when the hits happen.
    
2. Walking. This popper "walks the dog" better than most other poppers. In fact, many other brands of poppers cannot be made to walk the dog at all, but this one does quite well. Right, left, right, left - splashing and struggling movement as it zigzags side-to-side across the surface. To walk the dog, you need to jerk the rod tip slightly, slack the line an instant, jerk, slack, jerk, slack. Done properly, this popper sidesteps first left, then right on every other jerk. Without slacking the line properly, the swerve does not reach its maximum sideways slide. Practice makes perfect. It is usually easier to do this by holding the rod horizontally or slightly downward so the tip is close to the water.
    
3. Waking. Many other poppers are not effective this way. Indeed, waking a popper is an unusual method to many anglers. But this popper can be deadly at times just to wake it slowly across the surface, trailing a rippling vee wake like a buzzbait. The popper body will wag slightly every so often, the rattles will roll, and most important, if you have added a feather teaser tail, it will flutter and wriggle seductively in the popper's vee wake. If needed, throw in a slight pop or pause as you wake it. On a choppy day, surface ripples may provide all the bounce necessary to bring this waking tactic to life. Just reel slowly.

Don't Forget a Feather Tail. Adding a feather teaser tail can be an important part of the allure. A popper with a feather tail will stimulate more strikes. With a feather teaser as a tail, you add a second completely separate lure - a baitfish-imitating streamer fly - to the popper. Sometimes I get the feeling that bass only want to grab the feather, not the entire lure. It's as if the spitting, walking commotion gets their attention - and then when you pause the retrieve momentarily, they grab the fluttering feather teaser tail.

Bone White Color. The latest super-realistic crankbait paint jobs do count for something, especially on a store shelf. But there is a bona fide reason why an "old standby" color like bone white has indeed become an old standby... because it simply keeps on catching bass after bass, year after year, decade after decade, for millions and millions of anglers and countless fish that still will fall for it. No sir, not even with all the latest technological advancements and wizardry in painting super-realistic good looks on crankbaits, it's hard to beat bone white as a topwater color.

HOW TO RIG

The following rigging suggestions are NOT INCLUDED. They are sold separately in Bassdozer's store:

Perfect for belly treble ~ Sold separately in Bassdozer's store

Perfect for tail treble ~ Sold separately in Bassdozer's store

Heavy duty unplated rust-proof stainless steel ~ Sold separately in Bassdozer's store

Note: These lure bodies come WITHOUT hooks or split rings.

Weight: 1-1/2 oz.
Length: 5-3/4 inches (145 mm)
Type: Jointed swimbait. Floating. Wakes and roils surface when reeled slowly. Also shallow subsurface diving.

Silent Killer Jr. What you see here are part of the first batch made available in the USA. This hot jointed swimbait is made in Japan by Deps.

It is a jointed bait for big bass. Built like Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg character in the Terminator movie, the Silent Killer is a hard body lure encased in a realistic-looking soft skin. As the name implies, the soft skin casing helps silence the artificial sounds made by the lure.

There are other big hard swimbaits on the market in the USA, especially in California where big baits are a current craze - but none of them are made like the Silent Killer. A key difference (besides the soft shell) is the physical action these lures produce. The big baits used in the USA that feature a lip tend to produce a body rolling and kicking action that leaves more of a wake or turbulence and displaces much more water. On the other hand, the Silent Killer will slide through the water in a swooshing type motion. There is less vibration from the Silent Killer and that's why it is called a "silent" type bait. Overall, it is a less aggressive action bait than those commonly made in the USA. It is referred to more as a soft "waving" action in Japan rather than a hard "rolling" action we tend to build into baits in the USA.

This is a new "silent waving" style of big swimbait, and the difference in action has not been seen by bass in the USA before.

A Lesson in Relative Downsizing. As mentioned, really big baits (all called swimbaits) have become a craze, escalating in recent years in California. A small industry sector, what's called a boutique niche or market, has grown around it, with new manufacturers and models. However, it has been very difficult for these companies to expand the scope of big swimbaits beyond California, the main exception being Texas where California style swimbaits have currently caught on like wildfire. After trying to market the really big baits nationwide, failing and realizing that big swimbaits for California aren't going to sell across the rest of the country, what we are seeing in the industry now is a trend to "downsize" the class of big swimbaits into a "junior class" of big baits from approximately 6 to 8 inches long. These are still very big baits, still bigger than what an average angler is accustomed to throw, but more acceptable in size to both angler and fish alike. In 2007, expect to see this trend toward "junior class" swimbaits gel across the country. Keep in mind that even the "juniors" are still bigger than most anything you are used to throwing - but they appeal to bass that are bigger than most anything you are used to catching!

SURFACE RETRIEVE SUBSURFACE RETRIEVE DEAD DRIFTING

      Deps Silent Killer (left) and Silent Killer Jr. (right)       

To keep your Silent Killer in the best possible shape, Deps recommends you store it (after letting it dry) in its original foam-padded box, away from other lures.

Watch the Film. Click the screen below to see the Silent Killer catch fish live on video:

Five colors available:

deps Silent Killer Jr. ~ Bluegill

deps Silent Killer Jr. ~ Hot Tiger

deps Silent Killer Jr. ~ Rainbow Trout

deps Silent Killer Jr. ~ Albino Trout

deps Silent Killer Jr. ~ Shiner

Weight: 1.2 oz.
Length: 4-3/4 inches (122 mm)
Type: Jointed wakebait. Floating. Ripples and roils surface when reeled steadily. Retrieves to the right or left side, coursing a circular arc.

Killer Compass. What you see here are the very first batch available in the USA. This hot side-swimming topwater wakebait is made in Japan by Deps.

The compass referred to in its name is not the navigational type used to find north, south, east and west. The name refers to the compass that holds a pencil used to draw arcs and circles. Reason is the Killer Compass swims sideways in a circular arc. It can swim in a sideways arc to your right or left depending whether you tie your line to the right or left side of the bait.

Retrieve causes the hinge to bend as the elastic skin flexes and then kicks back. That helps propel the Killer Compass ahead to the side.

There is a line tie eye on both the left and right side of the body. The body is hinged behiun the line tie and entirely encased in a soft skin covering from nose to tail. As the angler retrieves line, it causes the elastic skin-encased hinge to flap and then flex back, which helps propel the Killer Compass to either the right or left (depending which side you tied your line to). As you continue retrieving, the Killer Compass does not swim toward the angler, but swims to the side, making a circular orbit around the angler in the center of the circle.

With a little practice, an angler can make the Killer Compass swim parallel to the shoreline, or swim under overhanging trees and other tricks!

The Killer Compass is a surface swimming wake bait. The dressed trebles imitate baitfish fins.

When swimming, the back and tail fin leave a wake on the surface. It floats tail down with the head and mouth on the surface. This is a common floating posture of sunfish and other baitfish.

Watch the Film. Click the screen below to see the Killer Compass catch fish live on video:

To keep your Killer Compass in the best possible shape, Deps recommends you store it (after letting it dry) in its original foam-padded box, away from other lures.

Five colors available:

TENNESSEE SHAD GOLDEN SHINER BLACK HOT TIGER BLUEGILL