Thread: C-55s

I've even replaced the rear hooks on some Arkie 350s and Bandit 300s with #4s. The hooks will hook together sometimes on those baits though.

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I had the hooks catch each other on an Arkie 220 the other day. I was more confused than goose in a hailstorm trying to sort that one out.


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May be a confidence thing, but I can't catch a fish on anything but a Bandit. I've tried Pico's, Arkie's and several others without much luck. May be because I'm usually fishing 7 Bandits and one of the others.....


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I have caught fish on all kinds...But I own 350 Bandits..Day in day out..they put fish in the boat for me..I like the new Picos...Will be glad when he has the chance get more colors out.. Lots of good baits out there...Confidence is the key.

Yesterday on Barkley, our best bait was a custom c55 that is orange with milk chocolate tiger stripes with red eyes. I painted a bunch of them a couple of years ago when we had a major cicada hatch and we killed big crappie on that pattern for over a month.Match the hatch.

BTW, my clients yesterday wanted to catch some catfish for the table pulling cranks. We did.

Originally Posted by feelay

May be a confidence thing, but I can't catch a fish on anything but a Bandit. I've tried Pico's, Arkie's and several others without much luck. May be because I'm usually fishing 7 Bandits and one of the others.....


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I can't catch fish on the Arkies either. May be coincidence, but the results are what they are. I've done really well with the C55's over the years tho. The wobble is somewhere between a Flicker Shad and a Bandit. I'm a Bandit guy too and don't own any Jenkos, or Picos YET.


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The Picos are working great here on KY and Barkley BUT right now we are having to go to medium runners to keep the bait in the top of the baitballs. Hopefully Mitch will be working on a medium runner soon.

I guess I'm the minority here but my typical crank spread may have 3-4 or more different brands in it at any given time.

I use Picos and Arkies 95% of the time and can't wait for some more Pico colors. Sunday I went through the Pico/Arkie box to no availe, broke out the Bandits, nothing, dug deep and got into the Jenko's, BAM!!! You just never know what they will want, fished Bandits more Sunday than I have in the last year and a half, got a bunch of them, 300 or so but rarely use them. to me it's more about replacement cost if I lose one and I do just as good with the others. If you don't fish em you won't catch anything on them, kinda like I don't catch fish on roadrunners, don't ever fish em!