Hard Baits

Quality bait

Caught a 4 lber in a recent tournament using the “spring craw” color. I like the strong sharp hooks right out of the box.

Great Action, Colours and Price...

Picked up a few of these in various sizes and finishes. Love the price point and the variety of paint jobs available. Has a really great action with no rattle, which is nice - everything seems to make noise these days. Have only tried a couple so far at the local pond where fishing pressure is high, and the bass really seem to like them. "Rubbertail" so far seems to be a good colour for the bass here. Oh, and the hooks are deadly sticky sharp right out of the package - nice work, ... read more Click to read full text of review titled "Great Action, Colours and Price...". Berkley! Can't wait to try them in bigger waters! Definitely a bait to put on the list...

looks just like shad!

Bought this lure last year and never used it until my recent trip to Lake Texoma in south Oklahoma. wind was up and had trouble finding stripers. When we did find them, I could not get a hit on what I was using. Pulled out the mirrolure, tied it on and with 5 casts, had 5 fish in the boat. continued to use nothing but this lure the rest of our trip and limited out on 3 separate trips! Going to buy a lot more of these!

Great lure for Specks and Reds

My brother and I have fished 17's for several years now and they have become our bait of choice, especially for Speckled Trout. We use several different colors for changes in weather conditions. The twitching action and slow sink of these baits are deadly. We have caught monster Specks 30" plus while fishing these baits.

Crank Bait Blue/Silver

I have been using this lure in Old Hickory Lake for 10 years and it has been exteremely successful in catching bass and other species of fish.

Smooth running crankbaits

Bandit 200 series are awesome! Academy has them in stock when I need them

Works Great

Bought this a few days ago "baby bass color" and first cast as soon as it hit the water boom got a hit. First cast caught a pounder or 2 pounder but I was being dumb when I tied it on I didnt tie a good enough knot and the fish went crazy and took my bait with it in the water...that made me very upset let's just say I'm going to buy me a some more of them and tie better knots

Amazing!!!

Great popper lure. I caught 2 bass on this lure. Perfect!

Great lure for early dawn patrol in the calm surf!

My go to lure when it's still dark before sunrise while wading the Texas surf if it's calm and the water is green. Work it fast or slow depending what the fish want that particular day. It's probably the easiest topwater lure to walk the dog (zig-zag) motion. Fav colors are bone/silver, pink chrome, black, & speckled trout color. Very easy to work this lure.

Heavy duty

This thing has what it takes to handle Redfish in the marsh and flats. Heavy duty hooks and great casting distance.

Great Product

Bandit is the go-to lure with our fishing club and Academy makes it easy for us to shop for them on line.

New Pradco aquired company

I just bought a few of these lures just recently on sale for cheap have used them in the past and they worked very well.

best product of it's kind on the market.

Fished them for years and for my money these are the best speck and red fish artificial baits on the market. I have put some great limits in my cooler using the 52MR 18 and 21.

52mr Mullet

This by far is my favorite salt water bait. I have caught redfish, specks flounder, and sheepshead on this bait. The greenback and white belly mimick a mullet and really works well in SE Texas.

Very Unique

While these have been out for awhile now, I only just started them this year. The only reason for that is because I came across it in a tree while out on the water. After giving it a try, I learned right away why these are still being sold today after so many years. Amazing action and very easy to fish. Unlike H-orny Toads or Buzz Baits, you can fish these at multiple speeds, and still achieve great action.

Classic Topwater Plug

This bait has been around for many decades and has withstood the test of time. I've caught hundreds of bass on Jitterbugs. It's one of my favorite top water baits.

Catch 5

I guess Catch 5 stands for Red Fish, Trout, Snook, Snapper and Cobia because I have caught all for them on this bait!

Great Lure

Great Lures! Reds, Trout, and Stripers love them! Great action

Great lure!

I've used the smaller version with good success. I ordered the larger 4" to improve size average.

Great colors

Love the way they work in the water. They are a killer for snook an redfish

This is IT

This is the ultimate top water lure for just about every species of game fish, especially spotted sea-trout. Use this to find them and catch them and if they don't take it tie something on that goes just under the surface (corky). You need to have at least two of these in your tackle; Chartreuse top and bottom with gold sides and natural; black top, white bottom and silver sides.

I have this crank bait at home and every time I go fishing I always catch bass every time this is a good bait and I would advise you to get this bait

Catches fish!

Lure works great caught 75 white perch with one rattle trap lure in about 2 hours

BEST TOPWATER

This has been my favorite topwater for several years to catch trout and reds year round. Just about every color in this skitter walk works. No other topwater comes close to the sound these make and performing all the time!

GREAT LURE

The red fish love em twitched like walking the dog

Trout Magnet!!

I have been using only artificials this yr and have been catching the biggest fish I've ever caught saltwater fishing. I bought the TTR on a recommendation from a friend and I have to say it really works. First of all I went to the 3 Academy locations in my area and couldn't even find it in the stores, so I ordered it online. Delivery was on time and I was ready for the first trip with new lure. Headed to the salt and on the 3rd cast landed a 28in 7 1/2lb beast. Went on to fill the stringer that ... read more Click to read full text of review titled "Trout Magnet!!". morning and left them biting. Have had the same success almost every time out(weather). If you don't have it, get it!!

Trout Catcher

This is the best thing to catch trout with. It was hard for me to find in stores but thank God my son found them online.

It is a great lure for bass large and small.

Have caught so many fish with this lure I put people to shame that are fishing with me.

Rapala what else do I have to say

This was my go to bait last year man this thing did the job there was some days where this was all I would fish I have never been one to pay a lot for crank baits but will on occasion for this lure or a few other Rapala baits these and the H20 crank baits you cant go wrong

A catch everything that swims lure

I use the shad rap when I'm casting or trolling because it catch fish.

Excellent service and very speedy

The lures I bought were excellent and I received them in a very short time the service was excellent thank you