Lip of Bomber A Series (crankbait question)

[ra95]

Lip of Bomber A Series (crankbait question)

The price of Bomber is good but the lip of these crankbait fails.

I bought some on the sale in Lebaron last year and 4 out of 6 has broken on lip. Square A's lip was off at the third casting.

I love Bomber Fat A/Square A for its super floating and wobbling. Any one has a suggestion on the replacement?

I am wondering if I have to spend 10~15 dollar's crankbait to get a stronger lip?

[bucktail]

No i have a bunch of Bomber cranks and never had one fail, maybe just some bad luck on your behalf.

 

D

[spinnerbaitking]

A couple buddies & I use the BPS XPS Series & haven't had a problem with them, also Strike King, Storm & Rapala but they will all break

Richard

[uglyfish]

ive broken lips on 2 or 3 different rapala DT crankbaits. one was the first cast outta the package. contacted the company and was told to go buy a new one lol. so, guy was a dick... but i see his point on not being able to replace it. but i have 100's of other rapala cranks, live target, bomber, cotton cordell, and a host of others and have never broken a lip on them... just landed a bad batch i guess. with mass production, ur always gonna have few come through that dont last long.

[Spiel]

No i have a bunch of Bomber cranks and never had one fail, maybe just some bad luck on your behalf.

 

D

 

I'm with Bucktail on this one. I have lots of Bombers and have never had one fail, mind you they are all older than 10 years. Perhaps they've shifted production to cut costs, not unheard of.

 

 

 

[ra95]

Maybe I fished crankbait on semi-heavy cover too much? I believe ripping from the grass is the only way to trigger the bite ...

[Spiel]

Maybe I fished crankbait on semi-heavy cover too much? I believe ripping from the grass is the only way to trigger the bite ...

 

 

 

I agree whole heartedly, I rip weeds often with my assortment of Bombers and have never had an issue.

 

But if this is a common issue with the newer product I may need to consider auctioning off my old stock to the highest bidder.

[JohnF]

Is it possibly about fishing water too shallow for the depth of the lure? It's tempting to bottom bounce but for some lures the lip is gonna take all the stress. I bottom bounce weighted tubes all the time but there's no lip to break off.

 

JF

[craigdritchie]

I have boxes of Bombers, and have never broken or cracked a lip. Never even heard of anyone doing this.

 

Were these baits factory seconds?

[Roy]

Never had problems with Bombers but I've had more than a few lip problems with Ripplin' Redfins. Lips never broke they just came clean out. They were decent baits but I have never purchased another.

[Cudz]

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