Quote Originally Posted by rick2752 View Post
I know that the bandits are the hot bait this year. My question is that because it's so early or do I need to buy them. I have a box or 2 full of runners and dhjs and some perfect 10s. I won't be up till sometime in May
In your shoes I probably would not go to crazy, May is typically the time of year the water starts warming up and we start that slide into spoons, harnesses. If you are only running a few rods per side it may not be a bad idea to buy a couple to try out on a side just to see if you like them.

They have not only been hot this year, we have been using them heavily for at least 4 years not and they have worked well for us, they just seem to have gotten more noticed this year for some reason. We got tired of that one untuned reef runner taking out 5 rods on a side if we miss it going out, all though there are still days where the fish want reef runners more then Bandits as well, but not a lot of them.