THE TIME BOMB.
Designed by Gord Burton.
By combining our ideas Gord and I have come up with what we believe to be one of the most versatile top water lures around. The beauty of this one is that it sits really low in the water. The action when it is retrieved with a jerk, crank, jerk ,crank, is fantastic. If the lure is jerked hard it will skim along the surface a couple of feet or more. And when the lure is first cast in and given a couple of rapid twitches, the Time bomb will work back just under the surface with a walk the dog action. This is one of the only surface lures I have consistently hooked and caught Pike on. One of Gord's adventures to Canada this year resulted in a Musky exploding on the lure the very first cast. The same happened to me earlier in the year, and I was just not expecting the fish that hit the lure. I had put the lure on to show a friend the action, I then paused and let the lure sit there while we chatted for a few seconds. I was about to show him how the lure skims across the top and tightened up the line, the lure had only moved a foot when a big double rolled right over it. I admit to being too shocked to even strike.
The Time bomb has over the last year been used by a couple of experienced Musky fisherman in the USA. The lure has now taken a number of good sized fish and has proved its worth, I am currently working on a newer version of the Time bomb which will hopefully be an improvement and certainly an alternative.