Does Strike King Banshee lipless crank equal Red Eye Shad?

[snake95]

Discovered that DSG sells Strike King 1/2 oz lipless lures in it's "Banshee" line of Strike King made-for-DSG lures.  Not every DSG in our area carries these.

As a side note, I have used their "Banshee" spinnerbaits and they look pretty good; the buzzbaits are absolutely excellent on our ponds in north Georgia.  Also, I've noticed that DSG has sold other house brand lures that appear to be 100% identical to the originals: the "Top Secret" line of small spinnerbaits was identical to the Booyah Pond Magic.

I inspected the Banshee lipless very closely against the regular red eye shads beside them.  From the oval line ties to the slightly raised gill plates, to the hooks, can't for the life of me see a difference except the package.  The Banshees list price is lower (about $5) and they have a much more limited color selection - focused on the basics: red craw, sexy shad, chartreuse, and maybe a few others. 

Any red eye shad fans out there run a field test to compare Banshee lipless?  I couldn't help but pick up a couple to do some testing for myself, but interested to hear the experiences of others.

 

[Ads7633]

On February 4, 2016 at 10:43 PM, snake95 said:

Discovered that DSG sells Strike King 1/2 oz lipless lures in it's "Banshee" line of Strike King made-for-DSG lures.  Not every DSG in our area carries these.

As a side note, I have used their "Banshee" spinnerbaits and they look pretty good; the buzzbaits are absolutely excellent on our ponds in north Georgia.  Also, I've noticed that DSG has sold other house brand lures that appear to be 100% identical to the originals: the "Top Secret" line of small spinnerbaits was identical to the Booyah Pond Magic.

I inspected the Banshee lipless very closely against the regular red eye shads beside them.  From the oval line ties to the slightly raised gill plates, to the hooks, can't for the life of me see a difference except the package.  The Banshees list price is lower (about $5) and they have a much more limited color selection - focused on the basics: red craw, sexy shad, chartreuse, and maybe a few others. 

Any red eye shad fans out there run a field test to compare Banshee lipless?  I couldn't help but pick up a couple to do some testing for myself, but interested to hear the experiences of others.

 

I was looking at them today, have you gotten a chance to test them yet?

[snake95]

1 hour ago, Ads7633 said:

I was looking at them today, have you gotten a chance to test them yet?

Ads, Yes!!!

I took one out of the package and I can't for the life of me tell the difference from the version sold as a red eye shad.  Everything, down to the paint job, looks identical.  Has the nice oval split ring and (apparently) black nickel trebels.  The only difference is (obviously) the packaging and price, and the fact they have a relatively limited color selection.

In the water - it rattles and shakes like a redeye shad, fishes like one.  I caught two small largemouth in about 15 minutes of fishing the 1/2 oz chartreuse belly craw in stained water in February - I guess about 45 degrees water temp.

The Banshee line seems to go on sale for $4 each every few months or so, so I figure that's when I will stock up on them.

Just wanted to add that I looked closer at other Banshee lures and they don't all appear to correlate to existing SK baits (e.g. the popper is not like the KVD splash popper - has more of an oval cup like the Rapala X-rap pop).  Their excellent buzzbaits are absolutely among the best baits in my experience.

 

[Ads7633]

Well my DSG has them on sale 3 for 10 right now so I guess I will go pick some up. Thanks for the info!