Berkley® paired its world-class bait design engineers with a team of pro-anglers, which includes hard bait legend and expert David Fritts, to create dream baits. These hard baits capture the essence and action of artfully handcrafted wooden baits with exactness and durability delivered in a synthetic bait. The balanced designs throw strai
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Berley Dredger Crankbait
These lures dig deep and have a really nice action. I troll around 3 to 3.5mph and they do not blow out like other lures I've tried. I fish a small lake in east Texas, so I don't have a large species list to target. I catch Black Bass, Crappie, and very large Blue Gill/Shell Crackers with the Dredger. They are kind of expensive, so look out for timber, they'll get stuck for sure.
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Scott · 11 days ago
GREAT BAIT!
If swims in the lake I have caught in on the Gilly pattern Dredger. Everything from perch to lunker bass. I even caught a 9.5-pound Flathead catfish.
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Don · August 26, 2026
I have bought and used many crankbaits
I will admit, there are more "decent" crankbaits available now than ever before. I still find that the Berkley Dredger is one of the only ones (out of the 100's I own) that actually performs at or near its advertised depths. So many others claim unrealistic depths, as far as mid to deep diving baits I rarely have anything other than a dredger tied on.
