Anyone ever fished one? Even heard of it? Got to admit, I hadn't heard of one, but when Savage Gear sent me one to try, the look of the bait intrigued me. It had a nice baitfish pattern and shape, about the preferred size of  shiner or shad that a bass would eat, but what makes it unique is the lip on the bottom and towards the back of the bait (hence the name). It's a pretty heavy bait for it's size and with no lip on the front and the back lip folding on the cast, proved to be a long distance casting bait and the back lip provides a nice roll while lifting the bait, so it doesn't run deep unless you reel slowly despite the heavy weight. Made it really ideal for covering large flats, kind of a replacement for a spinnerbait. I also found that if I stopped the bait, it not only wiggled on the fall, but it also backed up. It comes with really sharp, black nickel hooks that are standard on Savage Gear baits, which held tight to several smallmouth that crashed into it while I was fishing it over shallow rock flats and points. A little pricey at the $10 mark for the smaller one and $12 for the bigger version, but a bait that is worth a look if you need something for covering large, shallow flats, fishing over submerged weeds, or running along docks and killing it at the ends and allowing to wobble down and back up. I was impressed after my first trip and looking forward to getting to use it more and seeing what other uses I can find for it.

 

 

It looks like a good bait but I can understand why it isn’t talked about ppl are afraid to try things that are just different and this is a unique style of bait, we as bass fisherman get stuck to using things that we are used to seeing and if the lip isn’t in the front of the bait we get wary specially because of so many baits now a days designed specifically to sell lures not to catch fish live target being one of those companies in my opinion but this back lip diver seems like something that deserves some attention definitely worth trying.

A lot of hesitation is due to everyone trying to come out with something "new" at the expense of it really adding any value to catch rate.  The old made to catch fishermen game.  That doesn't mean that some of these new and innovative designs don't produce but it does explain the hesitation from tried and true producers.