Is any one else tired of hearing about the SEXY SHAD!!! 2024

drop-shot fool reply :

If i see one more lure company knock of the color, i am going to have a mental break down. I mean the color is good, but give it a rest.

Marc David reply :

Bass Pro just came out with their version called "XXX". Just like chatterbaits and shakey heads, the talk won't die down until something else new knocks the bass fishing industry of its feet. Just give it time.

Sam reply :

Sexy Shad will fade when the next fad hits us.

DeepStructure reply :

I'm trying to keep track of all the knockoff names I've seen.

BassPro has XXX Shad as M and M said.

Bandit has a knockoff called "Sparkle Ghost"

The Fat Free Shads now come in "Foxy Shad"

...

Can anyone think of others?

djmax22 reply :

It really doesn't bother me. Great marketing using a catchy name and a productive color patter. I was using L.C. Chartruse Shad for years b/f sexy shad came out.

.ghoti. reply :

I have a new color design scheme. It's a light purple or magenta color base with off-white and pale yellow swirls.

I call it Sexy Rutabaga.

We all know by now that bass are thinking about "sexy" all the time, and if a bait is not "sexy", they won't eat it.

And, nothing says "sexy" like root vegetables.

Sounds like a sure fire winner to me.

I just can't seem to sell the idea to anybody. What's up with that?

guitarkid reply :

I refuse to call it by it's normal name because:

1. I am not turned on by small fish

2. it looks good but not that good

3. If someone does'nt know what you are talking about you sound like:

A. A freak

B. A really weird person

4. I can think of better things to name a bait color

5. Was'nt it an old Heddon color that Strike King ripped off anyways?

-gk

Blue Streak reply :

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I have a new color design scheme. It's a light purple or magenta color base with off-white and pale yellow swirls.
I call it Sexy Rutabaga.

We all know by now that bass are thinking about "sexy" all the time, and if a bait is not "sexy", they won't eat it.

And, nothing says "sexy" like root vegetables.

Sounds like a sure fire winner to me.

I just can't seem to sell the idea to anybody. What's up with that?

You will just have to win the Classic with it.

guitarkid reply :

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I'm trying to keep track of all the knockoff names I've seen.
BassPro has XXX Shad as M and M said.

Bandit has a knockoff called "Sparkle Ghost"

The Fat Free Shads now come in "Foxy Shad"

...

Can anyone think of others?

Lucky Craft- Sexy Chartreuse

Lucky Strike- Golden Shad

Tru-Tungsten- Chartreuse Shad

Bomber/Heddon/Xcaliber/BooYah- Foxy Shad

Noman-Chartreuse Sexy Shad

That is all I could find. But don't forget about the Strike King "Sexy Spoon"

-gk

Munkin reply :

I will never own any bait in this color!

Allen

TrippyJai reply :

I bought a few foxy shad and never considered it to be a sexy shad colour. The foxy shad looks the same, but the dark purple ish back is really nice and makes it different even though it's copied.

I like the Normal DNL sexy shad color best for sexy shad. Haven't used these colours much, but we'll see how it competes with the good old white and firetiger. I think it'll produce about the same. I Haven't really had a bait that stands out and catch more fish than another.

jack1 reply :

"Sexy time!"

Fishing Rhino reply :

Here's a possible variation.

Bullshad.

NEKvt reply :

Don't worry guy it's over...we are all moving on to sexy sunfish now.

Blue Streak reply :

I heard they are coming out with a senior citizen version of this called

You just don't look good naked anymore. :'(

CWB reply :

Think about it. If it didn't work, nobody would be copying it, would they? The commercials will sell a bunch initially but for the craze to last this long and everybody else jumping on the bandwagon, it must work.

If you don't like the name, don't buy any.

JMHO.

Bass Dude reply :

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Think about it. If it didn't work, nobody would be copying it, would they? The commercials will sell a bunch initially but for the craze to last this long and everybody else jumping on the bandwagon, it must work.
If you don't like the name, don't buy any.

JMHO.

I don't think anyone on here says the color didn't work. It's just that some of us are tired of hearing that it is some magical color that fish just can't pass up. It's just a color and should be added to your arsenal, but it's no better or worse than any other color.

As far as the name--I liked it at first, but when the rip-offs started coming out, it got a bit ridiculous!

J Francho reply :

I think part of its universal appeal (to bass, not tackle buyers) is that it contains elements common to forage in just about any waters. Add in the fact that its available in a variety of proven fish catchers (fat cranks, spinnerbaits, lipless, etc.) and you have a winning combination.

I don't own a single bait in this color, though maybe I am stupid. I resisted "baby bass" for a decade, and that was a dumb move....

roadwarrior reply :

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It's just a color and should be added to your arsenal, but it's no better or worse than any other color.

Lucky Craft "Chartreuse Shad" is basically the same and has been

around for at least six years, probably longer. I have a couple

of "true" Sexy Shad, but I don't really consider them special.

Regarding "Baby Bass", that's my favorite color for hard baits!

8-)

J Francho reply :

Thanks man, now i feel even dumberer.... ;D

KYntucky Warmouth reply :

I was never really a big fan of the color personally...There's no arguing that it has produced very well. I do have a few baits in it but I'll take a pearl shad bomber or LC over it any day. As far as the sexy sunfish goes I took that one hook, line, and sinker. Bought four or five different baits in it the first time I saw it but I fish lakes that bluegill are the main forage and I love to fish bluegill and sunfish type baits.

Pitchinkid reply :

Call it what you want, Very productive color for me. Thye could call it ********* blue, id still use it.

Fishing Rhino reply :

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I heard they are coming out with a senior citizen version of this called
You just don't look good naked anymore. :'(

Consider yourself lucky. Some of us never did. We learned to dress in the dark.

shadyhaven reply :

is anybody else tired of this whole corvette thing? sure there are other cars that go fast and attract women...and on and on and on...haha just had to throw that one in. it all boils down to preference and region. some work others dont(i.e...the new gto). sorry i am a car guy. but you get my point. personally i am sick of the whole swimbait thing but, i live in northern ohio. those swimbaits are as big as some of the bass i catch.hahaha! to each their own, i just wish i came up with it first. rats foiled again.

fishinfiend reply :

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Call it what you want, Very productive color for me. Thye could call it ********* blue, id still use it.

kbkindle reply :

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I heard they are coming out with a senior citizen version of this called
You just don't look good naked anymore. :'(

i say a-men to that ia'm 74 wife is 70 kb

tritz18 reply :

I know what you mean, I hear it everywhere. Tell you the truth I have never caught a fish on it.

South FLA reply :

I refused to buy one until my buddy Peter, from this forum, caught 2 bass back to back over 8lbs, here is a pic of the bigger one.

I also like the fact that KVD says he uses the sexy shad color almost exclusively on tour. Marketing hype yes, but I can't argue against the sexy shad success. Here is a picture of the fish he caught:

superduperdan reply :

Hey dont forget about the PG rated bombay and lime from Cabelas. Seems more of a blue on the top but its still pretty close

hercdoc reply :

Why no color coordinate your tackle with your lures...Sexy Shad Reel!

http://thetacklesmith.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=25099961

MALTESE FALCON reply :

I don't care what they call it. As long as I keep catching alot of quality fish with it.

KVD said that Mark Zona was the guy that named it.

Falcon

roadwarrior reply :

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I refused to buy one until my buddy Peter, from this forum, caught 2 bass back to back over 8lbs, here is a pic of the bigger one.
I also like the fact that KVD says he uses the sexy shad color almost exclusively on tour. Marketing hype yes, but I can't argue against the sexy shad success. Here is a picture of the fish he caught:

Well now...You've turned my head! I think I'll test this theory one full

day on the Roadtrip. Two consecutive 8s? Man...

8-)

Tuckman reply :

They should make a crankbait in the homely shad color for the bass with lower standards

bassin is addicting reply :

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I'm trying to keep track of all the knockoff names I've seen.
BassPro has XXX Shad as M and M said.

Bandit has a knockoff called "Sparkle Ghost"

The Fat Free Shads now come in "Foxy Shad"

...

Can anyone think of others?

Lucky Craft- Sexy Chartreuse

Lucky Strike- Golden Shad

Tru-Tungsten- Chartreuse Shad

Bomber/Heddon/Xcaliber/BooYah- Foxy Shad

Noman-Chartreuse Sexy Shad

That is all I could find. But don't forget about the Strike King "Sexy Spoon"

-gk

Cabelas- Bombay and Lime

TruflShufl reply :

I had a customer come in a few weeks ago and asked "Do you guys have any sexy shad?"

Jokes ensued.

Raul reply :

Well, I don 't own any sexy shad colored baits.

Team9nine reply :

I'm actually pretty happy about all the attention, because it has put a stop on all the talk about 'RED' and 'Bleeding' ;D I can now go into my local tackle shop and no longer have to look through aisles and aisles of baits trying to find one that DOESN'T have red splashed all over it!

-T9

SuskyDude reply :

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They should make a crankbait in the homely shad color for the bass with lower standards

What about Butter-Face Shad? Or She's-a-Ten-at-Two Shad?

Last-Call Shad?

Closing-Lights Shad?

Couple-More-Beers-and-I-Would Shad.

I could go on and on.

Jimzee reply :

Hype? Perhaps...

I'll tell you this though, almost all of my fish above the five pound mark came on this color last year. When they want it, they really want it.

I had to replace the trebles, the eyes, and do some work on the bill they beat it up so bad. They still crush this crank.

Munkin reply :

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I also like the fact that KVD says he uses the sexy shad color almost exclusively on tour.

But when you watch the BASS winning ways he is using a Fat Free Shad in another color. Now I have to agree with the fact that hopefully it is helping do away with the red, bleeding, hemoridging fad!

Allen

TommyBass reply :

YES... i had a similar thread call "lure craze hatred" going about this earlier in the year. Its nothing more than a shad colored crankbait with a little yellow. There have been at least 3 other brands with very similar colors well before the sexy shad. Im not saying the color dosnt work somewhat but I havnt found a situation that plane shad colors dont do just as well. Its all in the head of the fisherman... if you really think that a fish will turn down a crankbait lacking that small yellow stripe and bluish back when it would have ate one with that your crazy. IMO color matters very little in fishing... as long as you have something for clear and dark waters you'll be fine. Sometimes the lure manufactureres are better "fishers" than we are.

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