Cranks4fun

I am not sure if I am doing this correctly, but I am attempting to introduce myself as a new member. I am 54 years young, married, have 5 children (2 still at home), and I have lived in 8 states: California (birth-18 months), Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Most of my life has been spent in SE Virginia, the Chesapeake Bay area. I earned a Masters degree in Theology (1987) that I have used for my "career" choice, Baptist pastor and a hospital chaplain. I often take my church members out and compete against them fishing for bass and setting the rules for bragging rights before we launch. I lose more than I like to admit. My wife says that my fishing and hunting are not hobbies but addictions. She just says that because... well, because it's true, I guess. While I love fishing and collecting fishing tackle, I do not fish for a living (I would have starved long ago!). I have bass fished for over 40 years. I also love fishing for crappie, white bass, trout, catfish, BIG bluegill, etc. For that matter, I love all kinds of fishing including fishing for saltwater species. My other interests include deer and turkey hunting, collecting knives, gardening, watching the Minnesota Vikings play football, reading books and articles and online forums about theological controversies & fishing & and wildlife, and I also love eating at cheap buffets with my kids and friends!

These are the Bagley Sunny B crankbaits I bought.

Greetings! I am a new guy (1st day on here) from SW Missouri. We (friend and I) dumped a canoe in the swift water on small river in early March (water temp about 38 degrees). We lost everything initially, but our lives. We recovered the boat and chased our tackle (2 FULL boxes and 7 rod & reels, a cooler, and a dry bag) down to the shallows we eventually recovered most of our stuff except for 2 hoodies and a brand new (less than 24 hrs old) Pfleuger President combo, freshly spooled with $17 worth of InvizX Fluorocarbon. That loss, along with the cold water, ruined my day! I did not sleep well for 2 nights wondering where my President reel was drowning. I have lost two other rod & reel outfits (an Ambassadeur 5500c3/ Daiwa Rod and a Rapala UL Spinning outfit) years ago when I was living in SE Virginia, but this last loss was BRAND NEW!

I just purchased 3 of the shallow Bagley Sunny B's on clearance at A****** and I cannot find much information on them. I have lots of older Bagley's Baits from the '80's but I see very little information on these new baits from fishermen. They are new (hit the open retail market in 2015) and they are made in Serbia with a member of the Rapala family on board as an adviser and part owner of the resurrected company. My specific questions are: 1) are the durable? I read some complaints about the new larger Kill'R B's splitting on the finish. AND 2) Do these bad boys catch fish with any consistency?