Once I started hearing the increase usage of the Bandit lure I swore I was not going to add more selections to my walleye trolling. But just a couple outings of Alaskan20 smoking the walleyes with Bandits and I struggling changed my view quickly. Thanks Tom !!. My question is what colors have been your best producers. I will have to say the orange belly ones have been my go to bandit lures. Especially the blue/silver and yellow colored lures.
island troller
I believe they call that Popsicle but it's quite like blueberry muffin.
They difference is a deeper rattle, kind of a clunk.
They difference is a deeper rattle, kind of a clunk.
They definitely seem to be fish catchers , and also seem to run truer out of the box .
Any one care to share theories on why they work ?
Coconut Candy is a good color from my limited experience with them .
Any one care to share theories on why they work ?
Coconut Candy is a good color from my limited experience with them .
These two have been great. Also any of the stock colors with yellow or green have been good this spring.
Last year off Huron in December we were struggling then moved and made a pass picking them up pretty good. When we moved in for a second pass another boat set up next to us. They were smoking them running all bandits and our spread went dead. I ordered a few and after hearing the rattle I can see the difference. They are louder than anything else in my
Box, and at the slow speeds it must be just enough to make a different. We ran then all spring and had some of our best pre spawn trips.
Alright, I have fought this for an entire year. I was not going to buy anymore new types of new fancy lures. But you guys have gotten my interest up now. I have never seen a bandit in a store before. Not that I look for them very much. But at what stores do you guys buy some of these new fancy lures? I may have to swallow my pride and buy a few. Thanks
How about some more pics of the best producing bandits? I too have jumped in on them and gunna have a friend custom paint some.....
I ordered 8 colors from fish USA 6.45 each and free shipping over $50 they had 30 some different ones can't wait to get them wet
Like Brahma said the Warrior Brittany from ohio outdoors has been a great producer last year and this year as well. Other two for us last year were the chartreuse with black stripes as mentioned earlier and also late july into all of august was taco salad.
I too was a, I'm not buying more guy. This past December I couldn't get them to go. Only one on a DHJ. Guys that were running Bandits were smoking them. I caved and bought some. They work well!
Anybody using the smaller size(called b-shad and runs up to 20 ft) or just the deep walleye diver. Thanks
For me blue chrome, pink lemonade and clown (cheap sunglasses in rr) but honestly the lady few trips color really didn't seem to matter. I think we only had one trip out of the last 10 or so that bandits didn't rule.
With ya Carpn, just order a dozen as well. Have tried running reefs several times over the years but always lackluster results and revert back to DHJ's or P10s tbh. Hoping this helps fill my void, or compliment the spread anyways.
We've had good reef days .. And I'm still gonna keep em in the mix . But the handful of bandits on the boat produced the first couple trips , so I figured I'd stock up a little at a time
Thanks for this damn thread, just dropped another $100 at db's since they have like every possible color!
They don't have to catch fish just the fishermen! These are from domka outdoors.
![]()
They look really good.
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
