Since today is officially crank bait day

1. Bomber - due to the Fat Free Shad
2. Bandit
3. Norman


I have a KVD and an Academy look alike that I have yet to really fish hard. I only fish cranks when I have to.

The KVD line is often the same price as bandits are at retail...about $5...

I use Manns 1- for shallow divers (the footloose sucks here)

bandit 100 and 200 series a LOT

Then I have varied baits that are deeper that I got on sale. I hardly ever throw them.

I have a couple bandits, h20 xpress, kvd, mann's. I almost never throw one though. Don't know what I'm doing when it comes to cranks, never catch dick on them.

The H20 baits that are bandit clones have more of a rounded lip on the "100" and a flatter lip on the "200". Not nearly as good, though I do like some of the other H20 harbaits, particularly the poppers.

I only buy cranks on sale...and when they go on sale I buy a BUNCH...so the only time I bought some KVD's squarebills I paid $4 each for them.

Every crankbait I own except two are Bandits. The other two are KVD's that dive really deep.

1.) Bandit
1A.) H20

I mostly buy the H20's when they go on sale that way I can get 'em cheap. However, the bandits generally out produce them unless you get the H20's which are just cheaper versions of the same Bandit bait.

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Since today is officially crank bait day

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My bad ...watched 10 hours of BassMasters..makes you want to throw them...

I already had about 30 I never use then went out and bought 5 more

Mostly KVD 1.5's in chartreuse.

I'll be throwing worms 95% of the tournament tomorrow

I catch 90% of my fish either on a crankbait or a spinnerbait. Has to be a dry day for me to pick up the worm.

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Well, at least it's finally official

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I feel the same way about a spinner bait