Quote Originally Posted by Rocketman View Post
I have had the sour grape catch fish when others wouldn't....but overall poorly made baits that don't always run true even out of the box.....unlike the quality of the bandits that always run true right out of the box and even after hundreds of fish....
You can get cranks to run true by bending the lip ring towards the side the bait is running/angling towards. For instance, if the crank is pulling to its left ... hold the crank up facing you & bend the lip ring over to "your" right (its left) and test it. Repeat as necessary to get the crank to run straight & true.

I've actually bent the lip ring on purpose, to make a crank run to one side or the other. I used those cranks to cast parallel to the bank or cover, and have them run towards, or into, or under the cover/structure ... when there was no other way for me to get the bait to do that, when they ran straight.

My biggest "negative" towards Rebel baits has always been the small treble hooks they come with. I've used Rebel baits for over 40yrs, mostly for Bass, and I've had better & more successful hookups when I changed the trebles to the next largest size ... and especially the rear hooks. I've only had a few Rebel cranks that wouldn't run true out of the box, and they were remedied by bending the lip ring slightly towards the side which the bait was running.

... cp