Mega Bass

Body Length: 2.4" (61mm) not counting tail
Weight: 1/2 oz

One of Japan’s hottest sellers, the Buster K is a unique topwater hollow popper frog. It features a rattling weight inside, rabbit hair legs, and a big, fat, loud mouth that bass just want to bust!

Items in photo not included with item for sale.

The mouth is quite cupped for two clever purposes. First, to make a sharp and powerful pop sound. Second, water pressure (or lily pads, branches, etc.) pushing back against the cupped mouth minimizes the distance the Buster K moves forward. Most other frogs leave the area where bass are hiding under cover way too quickly – and without making the bass mad enough to take a good crack at them. In other words, lazy bass let them get away. However, the Buster K hangs around and bothers a bass to no end…until it takes aggressive action to lash out to silence this vexing, blabber-mouthed pest.

There’s a free-ranging metal weight inside that moves to the rear to enhance casting distance and accuracy, then it hits against internal parts and rolls around inside to add sound and a little imbalance to the action.

The hooks have the barb on the outside of the point – so the barb is facing up – and the inside or downward side of the point is smooth against the frog’s skin, thereby minimizing the damage to the body by the barb.

Which Deps Frog to Use When?

Deps offers 3 great hollow frogs now - the Basirisky Hardbelly (center), Slither K (left) and Buster K (right). Not included with item for sale.

Deps founder and lure designer, Okumura explained some of the differences between them, when best to use each one - especially how to combine their use for most effectiveness. He says, "Of course it all depends on the conditions in the field...I really can't give you the exact science when the fish are going to want the Slither K where it's gliding along, versus the Buster K where the sound of the pop is calling them." When Okumura ffrog fishes, he brings all three and he lets the fish tell him what's better, adding, "It's not like you can observe the conditions in the field and see that it's just so that you can predict which one will get bit. It's tough to say when to use what - or what's better. If it is windy, however, when the wind blows, the Buster K is definitely the number one lure. If it's windy, the Slither K won't work. The wind will overpower the action of the bait. In open water, the easiest to use would be the Basirisky, and in the very thick grass, the Slither K is the easiest to walk through thick grass."

Deps Buster K ~ Topwater Hollow Frog ~ #01 Jet Black

Deps Buster K ~ Topwater Hollow Frog ~ #06 Swampster

Deps Buster K ~ Topwater Hollow Frog ~ #09 Moss Green Toad

Deps Buster K ~ Topwater Hollow Frog ~ #03 Chartreuse Pepper

Deps Buster K ~ Topwater Hollow Frog ~ #02 Bone Crackle

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Thank you for your business. May your next fishing trip be your best ever!

Regards,

Russ Bassdozer

Body Length: 2.4" (61mm) not counting tail
Weight: 3/8 oz

Two frogs that are dramatically different from and a cut above all the rest are the Basirisky and the Slither K. Made by deps in Japan, they are imported to the USA by Optimum Baits. Optimum has imported the deps Basirisky frog since 2005. Nevertheless, there are still many US anglers today, even top tour pros who frog a lot, that haven't heard of the Basirisky yet. Many others who have tried one in thick mats didn't like the Basirisky since the legs jam against thick weeds, making for tough going. Yet if you use the Basirisky in open water, along weed edges, in sparse cover or at night, you'll never frog again without one. The legs give the Basirisky a wobbling, plopping action like a Jitterbug! There's no other frog quite like it and especially where there's a thin, floating surface layer of pond scum, moss or sawdust, the paddling, waddling Basirisky rules.

deps Basirisky (left) and new deps Slither K.

What I appreciate most about the Basirisky is that its design is so fresh and new and different, even though it has been on the market since 2005. What's new for 2012 is that Optimum's importing the deps Slither K, and it too is a unique hollow body topwater frog. It slithers across the surface in a rolling, flashing manner with its tantalizing tail of rabbit fur. This is no ordinary frog. In terms of action, it's energetic due to the concave sides that scoop water side-to-side in a frantically swerving disturbance on top.