Pit Boss vs bandito bug

[KP Duty]

On 7/22/2021 at 10:50 PM, jtharris3 said:

Pit Boss and Rage Bug FTW! ?

It's crazy that the powerbait is cheaper than the rage bug.  They want maxscent money for the bug.  

[Sphynx]

24 minutes ago, Catt said:

Don't know who the Googan Squad is & don't really care. 

 

I look at plastics durability as you can have lures in your tackle box or fish in the livewell but you can't have both!

 

I full expect to loose some & if that Rage Bug catches one bass it did what I hired it for.

Average pack of Rage Bugs is ~7 baits in a package, $6-7/bag, at one fish per bait, your talking a whopping, bank breaking $1.00 per fish, by that same token, you'd need a crankbait, jerkbait etc to catch something like 10+ fish to equal that sort of economy, plastics are still the most economical way to fish far and away.

[Choporoz]

On 7/22/2021 at 6:34 PM, Rich12 said:

Would be no difference.   Use what you like.  To a fish, a worm is a worm.  Color is more important.

 

I am in the opposite camp.  I think the shape, action, fall rate differences between Bandito and Pit Boss are huge and color is far down the list of what I think is important here.

 

  My first awareness of Googan was the strong negativity here on BR.  I was curious and watched a couple YT vids and joined that chorus.  I was not amused and fairly dismissive....still am mostly.   But I will acknowledge that I received some Googan soft and hard baits, including Banditos, as gifts.  I have been impressed with all that I have tried.  Banditos aren't replacing Rage Bugs or Pit Bosses, or Sweet Beavers in my kayak any time soon, but they catch fish.  I'd say they are more like a Rage Bug than a Pit Boss....and those are different enough that I always carry both.

25 minutes ago, Sphynx said:

Average pack of Rage Bugs is ~7 baits in a package, $6-7/bag, at one fish per bait, your talking a whopping, bank breaking $1.00 per fish, by that same token, you'd need a crankbait, jerkbait etc to catch something like 10+ fish to equal that sort of economy, plastics are still the most economical way to fish far and away.

Huh?   I catch a dozen fish on a Rage Bug some days.....but they aren't more economical than even a $25 110 which has caught a hundred (more?) fish....unless you consider that I have over a dozen jerkbaits that expensive....but I guess I do have a basement full of SKRT....soooo....IDK....apples and oranges, I suppose

[Sphynx]

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

I am in the opposite camp.  I think the shape, action, fall rate differences between Bandito and Pit Boss are huge and color is far down the list of what I think is important here.

 

  My first awareness of Googan was the strong negativity here on BR.  I was curious and watched a couple YT vids and joined that chorus.  I was not amused and fairly dismissive....still am mostly.   But I will acknowledge that I received some Googan soft and hard baits, including Banditos, as gifts.  I have been impressed with all that I have tried.  Banditos aren't replacing Rage Bugs or Pit Bosses, or Sweet Beavers in my kayak any time soon, but they catch fish.  I'd say they are more like a Rage Bug than a Pit Boss....and those are different enough that I always carry both.

Huh?   I catch a dozen fish on a Rage Bug some days.....but they aren't more economical than even a $25 110 which has caught a hundred (more?) fish....unless you consider that I have over a dozen jerkbaits that expensive....but I guess I do have a basement full of SKRT....soooo....IDK....apples and oranges, I suppose

It depends on how often you lose lures, if you fish from the bank primarily, like I do, you are absolutely going to lose more lures than someone with a boat who can retrieve them, also don't forget to add in new hook/ring costs, I have a few cranks with dozens of fish on it, definitely economical, but I've also thrown $15-$25 jerkbaits and been broken off without ever having landed a single fish, which hurts my soul, I never get that feeling losing a soft plastic, they are intentionally disposable, even if it is fair to question the environmental impact of their large scale use on fish and fishery...I am not at all saying that one should never buy hard baits, just that unless you regularly catch bucketloads of fish on the same one, it's not very economical. 

[Columbia Craw]

I don’t fish either.  

[Glenn]

9 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

I don’t fish either.  

Same.  RageBug and Powerbait Maxscent for me.

 

And scene....