Heddon One Knocker® Spook®

The Heddon One Knocker® Spook® is a 4 1/2-inch, 3/4-ounce topwater walking bait built for bass in open water over submerged or isolated cover. It is designed to be heard: a loud knock with every twitch, meant to call bass up when they can't easily see a surface lure, whether the water is dirty, the surface is rough or the fish are holding deep in clear water.

That knock comes from a single tungsten rattle inside a sound-intensifying chamber. Heddon says the chamber intensifies the thump the rattle makes and draws fish from long distances, and that the chamber's position in the body also makes the lure easier to walk the dog.

What the one knocker sounds like

One knock per twitch. The One Knocker Spook carries one tungsten rattle rather than a chamber of BBs, so each twitch of the rod produces a single loud thump. That distinctive thump is what gives one-knocker lures their name.

What comes in the package

• One Heddon One Knocker Spook per pack
• 4 1/2 in. long, 3/4 oz.
• #2 Mustad Triple Grip hooks
• Single tungsten rattle in a sound-intensifying chamber

Reach for the One Knocker Spook when bass will come up for a surface lure but need sound to find it: dirty water, rough or wind-rippled conditions, or clear water where the fish are holding deep. It is built for bass and is also listed for stripers, pike and musky.

Best situations

• Isolated cover with a little wind putting a ripple on the surface
• Open water over submerged cover, where bass can rise to the lure
• Around schools of bass ambushing baitfish
• Any depth you fish: it works when you are beating the bank and when you are casting out over 50 feet of water

When another choice is better

Skip a walking bait over heavy, matted vegetation, where exposed treble hooks foul easily. If bass want a smaller profile, step down to the 3 1/2-inch, 1/2-ounce Heddon Super Spook Jr. For redfish and trout, the Heddon Saltwater One Knocker Spook carries the One Knocker's features with #2 saltwater hooks.

Walking the dog, slow and steady

Work it with a slow, methodical walk-the-dog retrieve. Walking the dog means making short, rhythmic twitches of the rod tip while leaving a little slack in the line, so the lure glides left, then right, in a zigzag across the surface. Every twitch should turn the lure's head and sound the knocker.

Cast past submerged or isolated cover and walk the lure over it, or cast to bass you see chasing baitfish in open water.

Recommended gear setup

Tips from the water

• Keep one tied on at every depth you fish. The One Knocker Spook works both beating the bank and over 50 feet of water.
• When a bass blows up on the lure, wait until you feel its weight before setting the hook. Swinging at the splash often pulls the lure away from the fish.

Choose the One Knocker Spook when you want a 4 1/2-inch, 3/4-ounce walking bait with a single loud knock. Heddon's other walking baits at Lurenet cover different sizes, sounds and waters:

How the other Spooks differ

• Heddon Rattlin' Spook: the same size and hooks, but its sound chamber holds tungsten BBs rather than one knocker.
• Heddon Zara Spook: the same 4 1/2-inch, 3/4-ounce size with larger #1/0 hooks.
• Heddon Super Spook Jr.: a smaller 3 1/2-inch, 1/2-ounce profile.
• Heddon Saltwater One Knocker Spook: 4 1/4 inches and 5/8 ounce with #2 saltwater hooks, listed for redfish and trout.

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Heddon has made fishing lures since 1894, beginning with James Heddon, and its Spook family of walking baits includes the Zara Spook, Rattlin' Spook, Super Spook Jr. and One Knocker Spook. Shop all Heddon lures at Lurenet.