Reaching the 20-foot mark with a crankbait was a pie-in-the-sky goal for lure designers for some time. This crop of divers seems to have broken the threshold.
It’s no easy feat to build a crankbait that breaks the 20-foot depth barrier. Mann’s 30+ and Luhr Jensen’s 3/4-ounce Hot Lips Express have been doing this for years, but they’ve had few serious challengers — until now.