Litts Fish Lures Chrome Base Specialty Pattern Bandit Style Crank Bait

Olive-gold and muted khaki tones over chrome, with scattered dark spotting across the flanks and a warm brown-olive head. The chrome bleeds through along the belly and between the spots, creating a subtle, almost organic shimmer. The bead eye fires with a green-orange iridescence that pops against the earthy palette. Understated from a distance, alive up close.

Best conditions: Clear to lightly stained water where a natural baitfish or juvenile perch profile reads most convincingly. Bright days and sunny flat-calm conditions when chrome-forward finishes catch the most light. A strong walleye and lake trout color in clear Great Lakes water.

Matte-to-gloss black over chrome with the blank's reflective base bleeding through in streaks and panels along the flanks and belly. The contrast between the flat black paint and the chrome underneath creates a bait that reads dark and silhouetted at distance but flashes hard when it rolls or catches light at the right angle. One of the lineup's most versatile low-light patterns.

Best conditions: Low light, overcast, and night fishing — any time a strong silhouette outperforms flash-forward colors. Stained to murky water where dark profiles show up better than translucent finishes. Also effective for pike in darker water where the high-contrast flash triggers reaction strikes.

White chrome base with a deep red head that bleeds back toward the midsection, and a fine red splatter pattern scattered across the body — thin, irregular marks that read like a wounded baitfish at trolling speed. The chrome shows through strongly in the white sections, giving the finish a bright, high-contrast look. The bead eye is deep blue-red, set against the dark red head.

Best conditions: A classic injured-baitfish trigger. Most effective during active feeding windows — dawn, dusk, and aggressive bite periods when predators are keying on crippled prey. Works in both clear and stained water; the white-chrome body provides flash while the red head provides a target point. A strong pike and walleye pattern.

Teal-to-cyan blue over chrome — a clean, smooth gradient that runs from rich blue-green at the back through brighter teal toward the head, with the chrome showing through in flashes across the body. The finish is smooth and glassy rather than patterned, letting the chrome do the work underneath. The bead eye has a red-orange iridescence that contrasts cleanly against the cool blue tones.

Best conditions: Open water trolling for salmon and lake trout where blue and teal patterns have a strong track record on Great Lakes systems. Clear water with good light penetration where the chrome-base flash is most effective. A natural complement to alewife and smelt forage profiles in cold, deep water.

Deep red-to-black body with a dark maroon head and heavy dark patterning across the flanks — bold, irregular marks that give the bait a dramatic, almost tiger-stripe quality over the red-chrome base. The chrome underneath the red creates an inner glow rather than a flat painted surface; at speed the finish pulses between dark and luminous as it rolls. The amber-gold bead eye sits richly against the dark head.

Best conditions: Low light and overcast conditions where dark, high-contrast patterns trigger better than naturals. Stained water where red stays visible at close range longer than lighter colors. A strong pike pattern in darker water and a reliable walleye trigger during low-light feeding windows. One of the most visually striking patterns in the lineup.

A multicolor fire pattern — black head transitioning through deep red, orange, and amber toward the tail, with a fine crackle or vein pattern across the body that catches the chrome underneath and scatters light in every direction as the bait moves. The gradient shifts from dark and intense at the front to warm gold at the tail. The two variants in the photo show the way individual hand-painted pieces can read slightly differently — one warmer, one with more gold — both correct, both unique.

Best conditions: Active bite periods and dawn-to-dusk feeding windows when warm-toned attractor patterns fire. Stained water where orange and red tones hold their visibility at depth. A natural choice when fish are aggressive and willing to chase — the Firestorm's crackle pattern and color shift generate a reaction even when naturals aren't working.

Pink-to-teal gradient over chrome — a smooth, luminous transition that runs from rose-pink at the head through soft lavender and into blue-green teal toward the tail. The chrome underneath gives the finish an almost holographic quality; the colors shift as the bait rolls at trolling speed, cycling through the gradient in a way no solid-painted bait can replicate. The bead eye is deep red-blue, set in the pink head section. Both the Deep and Shallow variants show in the photo — same finish, same shift.

Best conditions: A proven Great Lakes salmon and lake trout pattern — pink and teal combinations have a long history of producing on open-water trolling spreads. Low light and overcast days when the chrome-base shimmer does its best work. Also a strong choice for walleye during evening feeding windows when pink tones have historically outperformed naturals.