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    Bomber,Rebel or Norman crank baits

    Looking to add some cranks to my arsenal. I mainly use the bandit 200. Any suggestions on color or model? I mainly fish the Potomac, Chic and James river also Lake Anna and other lakes VA.

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    Re: Bomber,Rebel or Norman crank baits (jrleewood)

    I've found that 4 basic colors are all I need. Lavender shad, char n white, red craw, and firetiger. I mainly throw norman dd 22, deep little n, and rapala shad raps.

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    Re: Bomber,Rebel or Norman crank baits (jrleewood)

    <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jrleewood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I mainly use the bandit 200. </TD></TR></TABLE>

    I like the 300 bandit a little better, but you are using one of the best in my opinion...I fish southern NC, northern SC lakes most, and down here I use mostly Bandits, #7 shad raps, and Bomber Fat Frees... We don't have much vegetation in my home lakes, so we are basically cranking around timber, docks and ledges-points. All of these crawl around timber well and the Bandit and the Bomber's cast great...The Shad Rap doesn't cast far, but still catches fish...


    Jason Bailey -- Charlotte, NC
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    Re: Bomber,Rebel or Norman crank baits (jrleewood)

    I find it's always good to have a good selection of cranks if your going to be fishing them a lot...

    So if you primarily use Bandit now, and have a good color selection, definitely go with another brand...I use mostly Bandits, Bombers, and Fat Free Shads...the Fat Frees are some of my favorites because they offer a large variety of sizes, and seem to have that great bass catching action

    Since the Bandits seem to have more of a wider wobble, get a few of the Bombers because they are similar in size, but have a little bit different wobble...it's not a wide wobble or tight, but just right in many cases


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    Re: Bomber,Rebel or Norman crank baits (jrleewood)

    I really like Rebel cranks. I am just an amatuer but I love the shad color rebels.

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