sexy shad

[Nitro 640]

Originally Posted by zooker

bandit originally came out with that color about five years ago..chartusus shad..
zooker

Forgot about that.
That was my dad's fav. lure all of his life do to catching so many bass off it. Man, it got hard trying to find the color everytime he lost them.

[rangerryan]

i just bought a sexy shad swim jig and a model A bomer in the respective color. i did by my usual white swim jig just as a stand by incase the sexy shad dont work.

[CCbass]

Yes they still make the flaming grape and it works very well at times. One great story, I had two flaming grapes in my takle box, I fished the first three hours in a tournement with other colored bandits, nothing. Put that bait on and went back to my first spot, 20 minutes had a limit of smallies. I went around the island (formed by low water) again and culled with two largemouth. The second day of the tourney I started with that bait on another island, first cast a 4LB. hit at the boat then came off. The other end of the island I hook a fish that starts peeling line, I get him close and he's snagged. I pull then let him run pull again ect. soon snap. I put my last flaming grape on and cast towards the end I lost the four, bam a good 5.5 I rush him to the boat in my frantic state lean over to get the net. The fish goes straight passed the boat and snaps my line. !5 minutes into day two and I loose both my confident lures.

[bamabassman]

dang cc that had ta hurt. great story. got a pic of the bait?

[CCbass]

I'll try to post a pic. tommorow.

[BassBandit]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

got a pic of the bait?

It all I could find. http://www.landbigfish.com/images/st...s/B100-D06.jpg

Looks good. Think I'm gonna use a few of unproductive colors cranks custom painted in those color instead of collecting dust

[hookset on 3]

CC, are ya using the Norman's Pro Edge line with the holographic flake? They're old school but boy do they catch Mr.Largey

Originally Posted by CCbass

Okay by now you know I'm a crank guy and when I saw the sexy shad it reminded me of two bait colors that work very well for me. Bandits flaming grape and sun lavender by Norman, so yes the color sceem works and long before the term "sexy shad". Having to buy that exact one, as already noted, "marketing".

[CCbass]

I actually use his original line I think, its the one with the largest color selection. I use the little N 4 to 6 ft. same depth with the bandit.

[hookset on 3]

CC, checkout BPS or Tackle Warehouse for the Professional Edge Norman's. They're like $5.40 a pop. The standard Norman crankbait is around $4.00. The glitter finish on those never wear-off. I've got some Deep Little N suspending that are from the mid 1990's and they still produce bigtime.

Hookset

[CCbass]

thanks for the tip I'll check them out.

[aikenyounggun]

man that story CC must of been terrible to live through .... i would of been mad .... if you guys dont want to keep any of your sexy shad stuff just send it to me

[CCbass]

The story has a twist, my arch rival for angler of the year was about 30 yards from me coming my way when I lost the last fish. I so wanted that fish in my hand when he asked how I was doing, which lead to my freak out even more. All said, he won angler of the year by 2 points, it makes this tail even more painfull, those three fish would of given me the title.

[aikenyounggun]

ohhh that hurts real bad

[bamabassman]

ok here is a question for ya gang. what if you were to take a peller highliter pen and make a stripe down the sides? wouldn't that make your bait a sexy shad in some way. the reason i ask is i think i have a lure similer to this one, just needs the yeller stripe.

[hookset on 3]

Bama, I use Sharpie indelible markers,[like 25 different colors} to either paint a stripe or add a new hue to a hardbait or softbait. I even mark up my jig and spinnerbait skirts to my liking. I got the bream down cold.
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