BassdozerStore.com: Bomber Saltwater Grade Topwater Lures for Striped Bass Fishing

October 24, 2010

Bomber Saltwater Grade Topwater Lures for Striped Bass Fishing

Bassdozer says: "The Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie is an almost indestructible rendition of the Heddon Zara Spook. The Bomber A-Salt Popper is a beefed-up, super tough version of the Cordell Pencil Popper."

The Bomber Saltwater Grade line of topwater lures feature a "best of class" 350,000-modulus polycarbonate body that boasts a tensile strength of 70 MPa (10,200 lbs per square inch) and a puncture resistance factor of 1,200 lbs of hydraulic force that's designed to withstand the crushing power that toothy saltwater gamefish can deliver. Heavily equipped with Bomber Saltwater Grade hook hangers and split rings.

All Bomber Saltwater Grade lures come with factory-installed VMC 9626PS Perma Steel 4X-Strong treble hooks. A majority of striper anglers generally consider this hook model to be the very best treble on the market.

5" Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie Topwater Lure

The Bomber Walkie Talkie is a super heavy duty rendition of the world famous Heddon Zara Spook. The Walkie Talkie comes in two different rattling types - High Pitch and Low Pitch. Both High and Low Pitch versions create a raucous rattling sound to attract fish. The High Pitch is a little more of a chattering rattle whereas the Low Pitch tends to be more of a knocking sound. There actually isn't that much difference between the two sounds, and both can be used with similar results without worrying too much whether you have the High or Low Pitch. Most times, it may not make any difference in terms of fish-catching success.

Name	Model	Size	Weight	Depth	Hooks	Type
Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie High Pitch	BSWWTH5	5"	1 oz	Topwater	1/0 VMC 9626PS 4X-Strong	Walk-the-dog action.
Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie Low Pitch	BSWWTL5	5"	1 oz	Topwater	1/0 VMC 9626PS 4X-Strong	Walk-the-dog action.

5" Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie High Pitch ~ Topwater ~ Blue Mackerel

5" Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie High Pitch ~ Topwater ~ Goggle Eye (Olive Green Back, Chrome Sides)

5" Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie Low Pitch ~ Topwater ~ Nickel

5" Bomber Saltwater Grade Walkie Talkie Low Pitch ~ Topwater ~ Dark Green Mackerel

6" & 7" Bomber Saltwater Grade A-Salt Popper Topwater Lure

The Bomber A-Salt Popper is a super heavy duty rendition of the Cordell Pencil Popper.

“I made the Cordell Pencil Popper for saltwater surf fishing on the beaches of the Northeast Atlantic coast,” says lure designer Cotton Cordell. “My sales reps in that area were telling me we needed to add that type of lure to the product line for their area. So I went there to surf fish for a while to get a firsthand feel for what surf anglers needed,” says Cotton who lives in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

“The pencil popper was not an original idea. There were some great lure designers on the striper coast. One legendary name I recall was Stan Gibbs, but there were others too. My sales reps may have sent me some pencil poppers to look at, but after fishing the surf for a while, I pretty much defined my own notion of what was important for me to build into a pencil popper.”

“The most important thing, in addition to the action, was to get the weight in its tail, to get the maximum distance. I can remember standing in the surf and seeing all these four wheel drive trucks pull up right at dusk and dozens of guys getting into the water shoulder to shoulder with twelve foot rods. It really amounted to a distance casting competition. Whoever could cast the furthest had the best chance, and that’s the reason for the Pencil Popper. You can really empty your spool with it, more than any other topwater. With the tail weighted right, it throws like a dart, never even wiggles once while in the air.”

"The other design aspect I achieved with the Pencil Popper was its action. If you knew how to work a long, limber surf rod, you could just make it sit there and slap its head on the surface for a long, long time without reeling it in an inch. To make a pencil popper do this was strenuous. I don’t know how bass pros are using it now or if they are achieving that in-place action with it today. It really was an art mastered by the surf guys.”

Name	Model	Size	Weight	Depth	Hooks	Type
Bomber Saltwater Grade A-Salt Popper	BSWAP6	6"	1 oz	Topwater	3/0 VMC 9626PS 4X-Strong	Pencil Popper.
Bomber Saltwater Grade A-Salt Popper	BSWAP7	7"	2 oz	Topwater	4/0 VMC 9626PS 4X-Strong	Pencil Popper.