Strike King, Sexy Shad Color Baits? 2024
eyedabassman reply :
Just want to know if the sexy shad color is as good a color as Strike King says it is? I see that they have that color in the new Burner and the bottom dweller spinnerbaits. And they have it in there swimming jig. looks like a cool color. Just would like to know any of you like the sexy shad color?
jimmieO reply :
I have been through a few, but the only thing I caught on them were trash fish. Not necessarily a knock on the bait, cause that one pro....whats his name..... seems to do pretty well with them. I do like the feel and the action of all those strike king rattle traps. Around our parts, the chrome sexy shad worked much better for me. Just my .02.
Gone_Phishin reply :
Do a search and you'll have enough reading material to last until the thaw. It seems people are on both sides with this pattern; some think it's clever marketing, and others truly do have a lot of confidence with these baits.
One thing's for sure, darn near every hardbait manufacturer has a Sexy Shad pattern for 09'.
Marc David reply :
QuoteDo a search and you'll have enough reading material to last until the thaw. It seems people are on both sides with this pattern; some think it's clever marketing, and others truly do have a lot of confidence with these baits.One thing's for sure, darn near every hardbait manufacturer has a Sexy Shad pattern for 09'.
There are plenty of topics on this. Just do some searching.
TrippyJai reply :
I picked up a bunch of foxy shad and citruse shad colored fat free shads to try out. I usually stick with pearl white or firetiger because they produced well for me, but time to see how these baits fair.
Sam reply :
To give you a direct answer to your query...yes.
Try the Foxy Shad as suggested above, too. 
BassBandit35 reply :
I imagine lot of anglers gonna be throwing all kinds of bait in those color this year. If I happen to see them using sexy shad color I'll throw other color
KYntucky Warmouth reply :
personally, I'm not "sold" on the color. The results posted by KVD in many tournaments with the color are undeniable but he can find and catch the fish using his style when no one else can, like in florida. I do have some sexy shad baits but have yet to really fish them.
BARON49_Northern NY reply :
I am not usually one to get "hooked" on a color. However, I was given a couple crankbaits and a King Shad in the Sexy Shad color and gave them a try last Fall. Had two rods rigged with the Sexy Shad colors and two other rods rigged with my usual most productive color baits.
The King Shad even after going through areas with the other color first, the Sexy Shad color not only caught more, but the bigger fish on several different lakes.
Did the same test with the crank baits, while there was not as much a difference between the Series 6 sexy shad v/s a Citus DD22. There was a marked increase in numbers with the smaller Tour Series 3 v/s my favorite colored Bomber 4A.
This was enough for me to invest in several more King Shads in the Sexy Shad color and bought the KVD kit of crankbaits when it went on sale at BPS.
We will see what happens over the course of the next year with them.
Primus reply :
It's definetely a good color that has it's time and place, I've done well with Strike King's Red eye shad in this color.
BassBandit35 reply :
Edit: Tropical Shad my mistake.
CWB reply :
Didn't we just go through this?
I like it and use it.
M_Fields. reply :
Yes,
Go and buy the kit that Bass Pro has for like $60.00 or so.
M_Fields
fishfordollars reply :
Quotepersonally, I'm not "sold" on the color. The results posted by KVD in many tournaments with the color are undeniable but he can find and catch the fish using his style when no one else can, like in florida. I do have some sexy shad baits but have yet to really fish them.
If you had been standing in my boat in 2008 you would have been sold on them. How about back to back 6s and three sacks over 20+ in tournaments last year with them.
MALTESE FALCON reply :
They put alot of fish in my boat last season. Even when other colors failed to.
Falcon
dman reply :
though the quality is crap, the Red Eye in Sexy Shad caught a lot of fish for me last year....Im interested in trying the spinnerbait and Swim jig this year
basser89 reply :
I didn't get into the Sexy Shad craze until late last year. I had picked up the Red Eye Shad and the series 6 crank. The only thing I had caught on the Red Eye was 2 snapping turtles and wasn't able to put the series 6 to good use (the lake I fished later in the year is stained at best). I have added the chart sexy shad to my arsenal now so I do believe they will work.
djmax22 reply :
I will continue to buy the Red Eye shad, but I am done with SK cranks. Junk IMO.
ProCraft Joe reply :
Quality is poor but I have caught a few nice fish on a series 5. I've done better with ghost color Rapalas myself.
deadeye32. reply :
I bought a series 5 and 6 last year when I fished lake Barkley and after one weekend of fishing both were missing an eye and I only caught a few short fish on them. I like the color pattern and all but I dont think its a magic color. It has a time and place. I do however like the red eye shads. They held up for me great last year and were very productive.
Btech reply :
I got the Sexy Shad KVD kit that BPS sells My girl did the math and figured it was the best buy. I tryed it out on wiley this weekend and didnt catch a thing just lost 2 of them so im going to restock them although i dont know how well they work yet.
I can tell you its a better buy if you like the SS KVD to buy the kit box that BPS has for 62.74 (With tax looking at my reciept) it saved me over 23 and change.
ChiCityBasser reply :
The color produced well for me last year on certain lakes but on others it didn't work so well but it did become one of my confidence colors/baits towards the end of the season
Bass Dude reply :
QuoteDidn't we just go through this?I like it and use it.
I remember doing this before too! It's a good color, but no more important to have in your arsenal than any other color. I do think this is a clear case of an overhyped color--they are doing a good job at making people think this is the only color crankbait you need.
Beyond the color---not a big fan of Strike King cranks.
NOVA Angler reply :
QuoteI didn't get into the Sexy Shad craze until late last year. I had picked up the Red Eye Shad and the series 6 crank. The only thing I had caught on the Red Eye was 2 snapping turtles and wasn't able to put the series 6 to good use (the lake I fished later in the year is stained at best). I have added the chart sexy shad to my arsenal now so I do believe they will work.
If you caught 2 snapping turtles, maybe you need to fish it a little faster. I've seen turtles move and there is no way they're catching my Red Eye when I'm reeling it.
I really like the Red Eye Shad. In my opinion, the Sexy Shad color is not the main reason why this bait has been successful for me. The action of the baits is responsible for the strikes. If you changed the color to any of the popular brand shad colors it would still be successful.
ChiCityBasser reply :
QuoteQuoteI didn't get into the Sexy Shad craze until late last year. I had picked up the Red Eye Shad and the series 6 crank. The only thing I had caught on the Red Eye was 2 snapping turtles and wasn't able to put the series 6 to good use (the lake I fished later in the year is stained at best). I have added the chart sexy shad to my arsenal now so I do believe they will work.If you caught 2 snapping turtles, maybe you need to fish it a little faster. I've seen turtles move and there is no way they're catching my Red Eye when I'm reeling it.
I really like the Red Eye Shad. In my opinion, the Sexy Shad color is not the main reason why this bait has been successful for me. The action of the baits is responsible for the strikes. If you changed the color to any of the popular brand shad colors it would still be successful.
The Red Eye Shad has worked for me in many colors with more bites in other colors that on the sexy shad color. I agree its more of the action of the bait as well.
SoFl-native reply :
Confidence supercedes color. Sexy shad could be any color.......you guys that have confidence in it would still catch fish with it.
Its you guys......not the color. Give yourselves some credit.
Stringjam reply :
It's kind of a weird phenomenon.
On the other hand - - David Fritts blows away everybody on Clarks Hill in the Oct. FLW fishing crankbaits, and nobody even blinks. He beat 2nd place by 10 lbs.!!
David is a cranking master of the highest order, but the only thing people care about is what magical color KVD used to win a couple of tournaments with. ;D
Oh - what color was David using? Bone/Brown back. Exciting isn't it!!!! He doesn't win tournaments with colors, though........he used something that's a lot harder to get, and isn't available in a kit from BPS. It's called "Mad Skills," and it comes with every 10,000 or so casts you make with a crankbait. ;D
Bassin_Fin@tic reply :
Thats a great way to put it into perspective Stringjam
jack1 reply :
There's no doubt that the hottest angler at the moment is KVD. It's all about marketing and getting people to by products. Now I'm not saying that this color doesn't work either. Like many of you have already pointed out, it's got it's place and time.
Anglers who have little knowledge about fishing will be the first to get hooked on these types of product craze each year. For instance, my youngest brother who does fish quite often but knows very little about it, always bite into these types of product craze simply because he thinks it will automatically sky rocket his catch ratio simply because the ad said so.
Color at times may be a factor in an angler's success, but more importantly it is the ability to apply your fishing knowledge in the conditions you're faced with. What good is a Sexy Shad color lure when you don't know when and where to use it? KVD can probably out fish anglers who doesn't understand the sport from a canoe with a Barbie rod and reel simply because his greatest weapon is his brain.
basser89 reply :
QuoteQuoteI didn't get into the Sexy Shad craze until late last year. I had picked up the Red Eye Shad and the series 6 crank. The only thing I had caught on the Red Eye was 2 snapping turtles and wasn't able to put the series 6 to good use (the lake I fished later in the year is stained at best). I have added the chart sexy shad to my arsenal now so I do believe they will work.If you caught 2 snapping turtles, maybe you need to fish it a little faster. I've seen turtles move and there is no way they're catching my Red Eye when I'm reeling it.
I really like the Red Eye Shad. In my opinion, the Sexy Shad color is not the main reason why this bait has been successful for me. The action of the baits is responsible for the strikes. If you changed the color to any of the popular brand shad colors it would still be successful.
I'm not sure I could reel it any faster than I was! I throwing it on a burner over top a shallow grass bed. At that time, I had been getting reaction strikes on RatLTraps doing the same thing. Slow speed definitely was not a factor, just the wrong place at the wrong time I'd say!
J Francho reply :
If you've seen snapping turtle feed, you would understand why people snag them. They sit in cover, typically wood or weed edges, with their head stuck way out, mouth open, dangling a bit of flesh that is part of their tongue hoping for a fish to swim by to take the bait. They set up in the same structure as bass for the same reason: food. As soon as something swims nearby, SNAP! - dinner. If you are ripping a trap, and deflecting off wood, its not far fetched. I've seen quite a few picture posts with snappers on the end of bass baits.QuoteIf you caught 2 snapping turtles, maybe you need to fish it a little faster. I've seen turtles move and there is no way they're catching my Red Eye when I'm reeling it.
drop-shot fool reply :
The only thing ive caught are stumps. With any new color it will work well for a while, but when everybody on the lake has one, im sure the bass are use to seeing it.
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