Bomber Bait Co. is best known for their Bombers and Waterdogs that come in
several sizes.
Bomber made plastic Bombers during 1949. These performed poorly and almost put
the company out of business. Known to collectors as "49ers", these lures command
a premium. They differ from the later plastic Bomber which started coming out in
1972. These newer plastic Bombers are worth very little. 1949 Bombers have a
thick molded lip. 1972 Bombers have a thin lip that is inserted. Click here to
view differences:
Old and new plastic Bombers
While it is pretty easy to tell these apart, it is not so easy to tell wood from
plastic. Here are two that are easy to tell apart:
Wood and obvious plastic Bomber
What if they were both solid white? Look underneath, the wood Bombers always
have a little screw holding in the diving lip. Plastic Bombers lack this screw:
Underneath
Bomber also made wood and plastic Waterdogs. You can tell them apart the same
way.
Wood & plastic Waterdogs
Different models of WOOD Bomber Bait Co. lures:
200 Bomber (in color 4), 2-1/2 inch overall length, this one sinks
Model 204 Bomber
300 Bomber (in color 81), 2-3/4 inch overall length Model 381 Bomber
400 Bomber (in color 6), 3-1/4 inch overall length Model 406 Bomber
500 Bomber (in color 7), 3-1/2 inch overall length Model 507 Bomber
600 Bomber (in color 87 ), 4 inch overall length Model 687 Bomber
600HD Bomber (in color 15 ), 4 inch overall length, heavy duty L-rig for salt
water Model 600HD Bomber
Hand made Bomber (in color 09), the earliest production model with yellow eyes,
handmade line tie, cups made of shoe eyelets, lip made of scrap metal, dipped
paint job resulting in long thin nose made of paint (usually broken off)
Hand made Bomber
No-eye Bomber, made only a few years in the 1940s. Model No-eye Bomber
1949 plastic Bomber (in color 13), comes in three sizes, made only in 1949, note
heavy plastic lip. Model 613 1949 plastic
Bomber
Early wood Bomber with eyes (in color 16), these came out about the same time as
the 1949 plastic, more pointed nose and flat cups, small "x" in "Luxon" on line
tie Model 616 "early" wood Bomber
Late wood Bomber (in color 59), these are the last of the wood Bombers and the
most common, commonly called "late" wood, rounded cups and large "X" in "LuXon"
Model 659 "late" wood Bomber
700 Bomberette Model 719 Bomberette
800 Bomberette large size Model 816 Bomberette
2700 Midget Bomberette Model 2733 Midget
Bomberette
1200 Knothead Model 1203 Knothead
1300 Knothead Model 1301 Knothead
1500 Waterdog (small) Model 1558 Waterdog
1600 Waterdog (medium) Model 1606 Waterdog
1700 Waterdog (large) Model 1759 Waterdog
4000 Top Bomber (small) Model 4003 Top Bomber
6000 Top Bomber (large) Model 6011 Top Bomber
4300 Jerk (small) Model 4330
4400 Jerk (medium) Model 4422
4500 Jerk (large) Model 45??
7200 Baby Spin Stick Model 7253
7300 Spin Stick Model 7307
7400 Stick, no props, weighted tail Model 7253
