Berger Ops. Fishing®

Hi I’m Curtis Rissberger, I started Berger Ops. Fishing® as a lure building hobby in 2019. With the help and support of my friends and family, Berger Ops. Fishing® become a small business in 2020. As many lure builders do, I got started in the lure building business by painting pre-made plastic lure blanks. However painting someone else’s lures wasn’t really what I wanted. So in 2023, after a multi year hiatus as I finished a doctoral degree in physical therapy I began developing my own lure designs. My goal was to develop a STUPIDLY STRONG lure capable of being not only productive, but also abused by both anglers, and large (salt and fresh water) predator fish. In 2025 the first version of the SUS Blade™ was developed and tested. The SUS Blade™ I is a whole new take on a popular lure design called a blade bait. However there is more technology in the SUS Blade™ than meets the eye… Check out the fabrication tab to see more detail.