Is "Sexy Shad" really that good? 2024
mrbassky reply :
I have never seen a color be so hyped up. KVD was a genious using that color only in tournaments he won. I am sure its a good color dont get me wrong but come on. When can I get a sexy shad crawdad.
Matt 825 reply :
I agree with Mrbassky the whole "sexy shad" color and all the recent knock offs are a little over the top. It is not some secret end all be all color, what it is, is a brilliant marketing strategy.
TheBeast reply :
QuoteI agree with Mrbassky the whole "sexy shad" color and all the recent knock offs are a little over the top. It is not some secret end all be all color, what it is, is a brilliant marketing strategy.
What it is is a fish catcher. I caught many fish this year on that color when they wouldn't the old standards or anything else.
dman reply :
QuoteQuoteI agree with Mrbassky the whole "sexy shad" color and all the recent knock offs are a little over the top. It is not some secret end all be all color, what it is, is a brilliant marketing strategy.What it is is a fish catcher. I caught many fish this year on that color when they wouldn't the old standards or anything else.
I can agree here....The Sexy shad redeye was a big producer for me this year
mrbassky reply :
QuoteQuoteQuoteI agree with Mrbassky the whole "sexy shad" color and all the recent knock offs are a little over the top. It is not some secret end all be all color, what it is, is a brilliant marketing strategy.What it is is a fish catcher. I caught many fish this year on that color when they wouldn't the old standards or anything else.
I can agree here....The Sexy shad redeye was a big producer for me this year
Its a good color but a Tenn shad pattern likely would have worked as well. How much confidence did you have in the sexy shad color? my guess is alot. And how much did you throw it? Again ALOT. My bold prediction if everybody throws sexy shad crankbaits alot of fish and alot of money will be won on sexy shad crankbaits. 
MALTESE FALCON reply :
All I know is, this past season there were some days when I threw everything else, with no fish. I put on my Sexy Shad Redeye and picked up a few fish with it............it's not just marketing.
Falcon
CWB reply :
Can I be your Buddy?
Anyway, I love the color. Usually first I tie on in all but darkest water.
Simp reply :
We should make a "what to get your fishing buddy for Xmas" thread. I've looked threw my BPS mags several times for ideas and I have a $10 gift card for Dicks I could use. I thought about a baitcaster but he prefers spinning reels and he has tons of those. So I'm thinking about a lure kit or the new Spro swimbait. Any ideas??
EastTexasBassin reply :
I wonder if I can get my car professionally painted in this 'sexy shad' pattern?
Might be dangerous, wouldn't want my windows busted out by bass that leap towards my car when I drive over bridges.
Simp reply :
QuoteI wonder if I can get my car professionally painted in this 'sexy shad' pattern?Might be dangerous, wouldn't want my windows busted out by bass that leap towards my car when I drive over bridges.
With a bait that big you might only catch a fish or two a year but the ones you do catch will be HUGE!!
mrbassky reply :
QuoteAll I know is, this past season there were some days when I threw everything else, with no fish. I put on my Sexy Shad Redeye and picked up a few fish with it............it's not just marketing.Falcon
Still. I would have to see it to believe it. I think other shad patterns would work as well. Too many factors to say it was the bait let alone color. Start catching fish on the sexy shad then change to a similar color and see if you keep catching them as well that might be a better inidicator.
rboat reply :
I think it is a good color, but not better than others. Even KVD himself said in his seminar color is last, after location, presentation, structure & cover, baitfish or prey items, weather conditions, seasonal patterns, and water clarity. Color is then chosen to match the exact conditions you have and may change with those conditions. Light or dark and flash or no flash is more important than an exact color of lure.
fishfordollars reply :
If it gives you the confidence you need you need to be throwing it. I too have seen it make a big difference.
kbkindle reply :
you know this confidence thing gets me you know when you get confidence is when you catch fish with the lure you are using. to me cofidence is not a think before you catch fish but after you catch fish with any lure
mase088 reply :
QuoteI wonder if I can get my car professionally painted in this 'sexy shad' pattern?Might be dangerous, wouldn't want my windows busted out by bass that leap towards my car when I drive over bridges.
You might want to paint the bottom of your boat in that pattern, that way you can just drive out any ol' place on the lake and when you hear the clunk on the bottom of the boat, you know they are around.
Black Bass reply :
Quotequote]You might want to paint the bottom of your boat in that pattern, that way you can just drive out any ol' place on the lake and when you hear the clunk on the bottom of the boat, you know they are around.
Great idea! I was going to buy a sonar unit, but I think I'll just paint the bottom of my boat. It'll be cheaper. <G>
jdw174 reply :
QuoteQuoteI agree with Mrbassky the whole "sexy shad" color and all the recent knock offs are a little over the top. It is not some secret end all be all color, what it is, is a brilliant marketing strategy.What it is is a fish catcher. I caught many fish this year on that color when they wouldn't the old standards or anything else.
I bought just one of the RedEye Shads in Sexy Shad last spring and that's about the only CB I ended up throwing. Bass absolutely wore that lure out on Ky Lake. Guess I'll have to pick up a couple more 8-)
dman reply :
QuoteQuoteI wonder if I can get my car professionally painted in this 'sexy shad' pattern?Might be dangerous, wouldn't want my windows busted out by bass that leap towards my car when I drive over bridges.
You might want to paint the bottom of your boat in that pattern, that way you can just drive out any ol' place on the lake and when you hear the clunk on the bottom of the boat, you know they are around.
A black plastic worm works great for a lot of people too so go ahead and paint a picture of a worm on your boat to! unless thats just hype too :
Bass Dude reply :
This Sexy Shad business is crazy!!!!! Lucky Craft has had that color out long before Strike King put it out, it used to be called Chartreuse Shad. Don't get me wrong, it's a good color, but no better or worse than any other. It should be added to your arsenal and used just as your other lures---when the conditions dictate. IMHO
SoFl-native reply :
hahaha.....sexy shad. A perfect illustration of how colors are made more for fishermen than fish.
In regards to the kit......i would never want that many lures in the same color.
T-rig reply :
QuoteThis Sexy Shad business is crazy!!!!! Lucky Craft has had that color out long before Strike King put it out, it used to be called Chartreuse Shad. Don't get me wrong, it's a good color, but no better or worse than any other. It should be added to your arsenal and used just as your other lures---when the conditions dictate. IMHO
I bet someone is going to say that the chartreuse shad color is different from the sexy shad color.
There is no way in the world a fish can tell difference between the two, unless he has microscopic vision. 
Daiwa sells a very similar color but it's called threadfin shad.
Jackall also has a chartreuse shad.
Jake. reply :
Why don't they just come out with a full assortment of Sexy Shad hooks, that way you won't even need any Sexy Shad lures. :
burleytog reply :
Ask Jimzee about the sexy shad pattern. 8-)
drmnbig reply :
I have made enough hints that Santa should be leaving one under the tree this year. BTW, I hooked but lost the biggest bass of my life on one of these just a few weeks ago.
dman reply :
QuoteQuoteThis Sexy Shad business is crazy!!!!! Lucky Craft has had that color out long before Strike King put it out, it used to be called Chartreuse Shad. Don't get me wrong, it's a good color, but no better or worse than any other. It should be added to your arsenal and used just as your other lures---when the conditions dictate. IMHOI bet someone is going to say that the chartreuse shad color is different from the sexy shad color.
There is no way in the world a fish can tell difference between the two, unless he has microscopic vision.
Daiwa sells a very similar color but it's called threadfin shad.
Jackall also has a chartreuse shad.
Wow, those are nice looking baits! like I said i had good luck with Sexy Shad color but im not a big fan of strike king just because i think their quality is bad. I think the paintjobs are poor and lack any real effort and there is almost always imperfections and bumps on the baits but those are quality looking baits there, im gonna hunt one down!
NOVA Angler reply :
Let me start by saying I used the Red Eye in Sexy Shad a lot this past season. It's been hit so many times that it doesn't even look like the original color anymore. The success with this lure has more to do with the action of the bait than the pattern. It just happens that the catchy name "Sexy Shad" is the most popular light color version of this bait. Great marketing. The success and endorsement by KVD helped tremendously. I've used other colors and they also work very well. These lures have replaced all but one of my Rat-l-Traps. If you painted the Red Eye solid white and called it white, I bet I would have just as much success.
jack1 reply :
No doubt that KVD is a hot angler, so whatever KVD saysit's gold to the novice angler.
My little bro went nuts over it and got lured in to buy one. A lot of angling success is the ability to use your knowledge and imply it to the conditions you're faced with, but to someone who is beginning to learn about the sportjust because KVD catches fish with it, doesn't mean that you will.
But yeah...Sexy Shad was over hyped.
Simp reply :
What many forget is that baits are tools. The Red eye shad in sexy shad is I'm sure a great tool but it does you no good if you fishing it in the wrong situation (hard to do with this style of bait). The pros find a pattern and find a tool to best fish that pattern and the best make improvements to these tools. We often see them on TV telling us how great this tool is and how we can get in six months and look how many fish it's caught today. They hardy ever go into much detail about how they found this pattern and why it produces so well under their current conditions. The reason of course is because it's harder to sell that to the common consumer and easier to tell them you owe it all to this new lure and color. The people who would understand that info are also the ones he doesn't want to know this info. That's what IMHO makes this website and forum so amazing.
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
QuoteWhat many forget is that baits are tools. The Red eye shad in sexy shad is I'm sure a great tool but it does you no good if you fishing it in the wrong situation (hard to do with this style of bait). The pros find a pattern and find a tool to best fish that pattern and the best make improvements to these tools. We often see them on TV telling us how great this tool is and how we can get in six months and look how many fish it's caught today. They hardy ever go into much detail about how they found this pattern and why it produces so well under their current conditions. The reason of course is because it's harder to sell that to the common consumer and easier to tell them you owe it all to this new lure and color. The people who would understand that info are also the ones he doesn't want to know this info. That's what IMHO makes this website and forum so amazing.
Well said 8-)
It is a killer color without a doubt, but even if it didn't exist I am sure that all the other colors would still catch just as many fish if applied correctly.
flippin reply :
paca craw makes a chart shad color never tried it though
shootermcbob reply :
I don't know about all the hype and that. I just know that I caught several fish last year on a series 3 and 4 and/or the redeye lipless crank in sexy shad when other colors did not work. I look at the water and the sky ( learned from bass pros and kvd video) and try the appropriate colors/baits. I fish with a spinnerbait first because it is my favorite. I will also have some type of soft plastic tied on, usually a brush hog or flappin hog, and then a crank bait. I have accumulated over about 125 cranks in different brands/colors/depths. I like to try several types and time after time, after not getting hit on the spinnerbait, jig/plastic, or another type/color, I would get hit on the sexy shad crank/redeye shad. I believe it works, it is not magic and fish don't just jump on and say catch me, but the results, at least in my opinion, is that it is a versatile color and a good bait. I have caught several fish on the zoom brushhog pumpkin/green flake color as well, and while I think it is an eye catching color, the fish don't always agree. I say, it's your money and your fishing time, if you like it and it works for you, throw it. Good luck to all you guys.
CWB reply :
Timmy Horton has won a ton of $$$ on Fat Free Shads in Citrus, which is pretty close to Sexy Shad. KVD even used this same bait on Kentuky lake to push him over the top.
Hype? probably.
Good color? Definitely!
Simp reply :
I've always felt that said something about the Fat Free Shad. He pushed the strike king cranks like crazy and for it to come out he tied on a Fat Free Shad says something. Part of me also thinks it was probably just to give them something different though. I'll LOL if at the roadtrip there evreybody has a Fat Ffree shad and Stike King crank on with sexy shad LOL.
TournyFish001 reply :
I agree with some of the others, I think "sexy shad" is strike king's answer to LC's Chartruse Shad. As far as KVD winning tournamnets and others having success with it... LC's Chartruse shad has been winning tournaments for years since LC came to the states. KVD is the greatest power fisherman to ever step foot on this planet- that helps too. But kudos to Strike King for adding a fish catching color to their line up.
Marc David reply :
Look at it this way, Strike King is one of his biggest sponsors, so he will wear out how good the color is. I do remember seeing the
tournament where he was catching lunker after lunker on the fat free shads. Sexy Shad is the latest craze in the fishing industry, just like when the chatterbait came out. I'm not sure how well the color works, never used it, I stick with Bomber.
BIG M reply :
This color pattern has been painted in different versions for over 20yrs. It wasn't until Bass tournys were on ESPN that everybody noticed. It's a good color pattern and KVD happened to be the guy wearing the fish out with it.
Gatorbassman reply :
I got a chance to go to an after tournament dinner last year where KVD and Mark Zona showed up. I got to talk one on one with KVD and we talked about the Sexy Shad color. His response was something like this. "It's all about confidence. I fish that color because I have the most confidence in it. If I were catching alot of fish on a different color I'd fish that the most."
Gatorbassman reply :
Oh and I make a Sexy Shad Fluke using JJ's. lol
sambrochill reply :
to be honest, I've bought many sexy shad lures but for some reason i can't use them because i lose them on cover or something. but ive had the chance to use them and i've caught one channel cat.
i'll probably buy more and hopefully this year i'll have better luck with them
daviscw reply :
If KVD said a turd would catch fish, the whole would be throwin turds and there would be on turds to be found. Its all marketing IMO. I think color of baits are overrated.
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