Norman Lures Professional Edge Baby N

The Pro's:
The Norman Lures Professional Edge Baby N crankbait is smaller then your average run of the mill crankbaits. This is useful for several reasons but mainly to attract and catch smaller bass. This time of year (spring) when the smaller bass are schooling it is easier to catch them with a smaller lure that will not disrupt the school as some bigger crankbaits sometimes would. This crankbait is fairly weighted for its size and its body and lip are constructed fairly good. The Norman Lures Professional Edge Baby N comes in 34 different colors and patterns to choose from. It is 2" in length and dives around 3-5' making it an ideal crankbait to fish in shallow waters.

The Con's:
Unfortunately my casting is not up to snuff yet this year and my miss casts are the bane of lures everywhere, needless to say when these lures hit a hard surface there paint chips really easy. In fact one of them lost a good inch worth of paint on the top due to hitting a dock. My second gripe is the price, $6 locally and around $5 online is just not worth it in my eyes when you can buy better crankbaits for nearly the same price.

Is it a good Buy?
Its fun catching the small bass and the assorted pan fish that dare take a bite at this little lure, however I am going to leave it out of my bass fishing tackle box this season

Daiwa Dr. Minnow

The Pro's:
Designed for quick ripping just below the surface, the Daiwa Dr. Minnows have all the right characteristics to tempt a variety fish but all we are concerned about here are bass. I prefer these types of lures this time of year (spring) when largemouth and smallmouth bass are sunning themselves just below the surface. The Daiwa Dr. Minnow produces a wiggling of that of an injured fish. It contains rattles that you can hear from nearly a mile away (well not exactly a mile but the lure is loud!!). The Daiwa Dr. Minnow comes in eight different colors with the typical patterns of perch, shad etc. The Daiwa Dr. Minnow is relatively inexpensive priced at $4.99 a piece.


The Con's:
As with any lure that is designed to swim just below the surface, it sometimes pops up and doesn't perform as well as it should. Sure it will catch bass and a lot of other different type of fish that are out in the open sunning themselves but it is nearly worthless when fishing near weeds and other lake obstacles.


Is it a good Buy?
It has good days and when the conditions are right it is a sure fire hit. Its worth keeping one on hand and using this spring.