i've seen the banjo minnnow in action and can say its a gimmic. i can outfish a banjo with a thunderstick or suspending husky jerk. my friend uses them alot, he's caught a few nice bass on them. i dont think you can really count any pike he's caught on them because the pike we were catching generally will hit anything. he did lose a 5-7 lb smallie on the banjo because of that darned hook system. you can get the same action by wacky rigging a senko or a power jerk shad from berkley. bionic minnow, haven seen that one yet. BTW, teh banjo is new and improved on TV...my friend is ordering it..tried to tell him....

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