The "Sexy Shad"

rrw4258 · 10-30-09, 01:30 PM

Well now that the "Sexy Shad" color by Strike King has been out for a couple of years, what is everybody's take on it. (Or another companies "Sexy Shad" color) I have found it to be a fish catching color, but it has not been that miracle go-to color for me. Anybody else liking, disliking, the sexy shad color?

Ryan

BigBassin144 · 10-30-09, 01:41 PM

I've caught fish on it, but like you said, not nearly my go-to color.

I've used it on cranks with some success. I've got multiple brands, including Strike King, Bandit, and Bomber.

It also makes a good spinnerbait color and I find SK's sexy shad spinnerbaits better tha other brands' sexy shad.

I'd also like to try a jerkbait or two in it when spring rolls around.

BB

AUFred · 10-30-09, 01:54 PM

It is a good color in some fishing areas. I believe the coloration works well where sunfish like bluegill are the main forage.

nofearengineer · 10-30-09, 02:13 PM

Well, I've never used a Sexy Shad crank. However, some guy in Ohio just sold me one, so I'll let you know next Spring.

keithdog · 10-30-09, 02:18 PM

So far I havn't caught anything on it, but still workin it.

MississippiBoy · 10-30-09, 02:49 PM

I've caught a few fish on a shallow crank, but that's the only thing I have in that color. I've caught more with the same crank in a regular shad color than sexy shad.

riverfisher · 10-30-09, 03:03 PM

This bad boy I caught on a sexy shad Oct 8th, 4.65 lunker!! I love'em rivers lakes all the sizes 3-6 if its a crank bait bite.

Raul · 10-30-09, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rrw4258

Well now that the "Sexy Shad" color by Strike King has been out for a couple of years, what is everybody's take on it. (Or another companies "Sexy Shad" color) I have found it to be a fish catching color, but it has not been that miracle go-to color for me. Anybody else liking, disliking, the sexy shad color?

Ryan

If it were a "miracle" color ( if such thing exists ) all manufacturers and all fishermen would have it.

bassinbob · 10-30-09, 03:53 PM

I've caught a few in muddy and clear water with a crank. Recently I've been using a weedless spoon in that color and it works also.

WaffleJaw · 10-30-09, 04:27 PM

I had the lipless for all of three minutes...Very first cast I had to break it off...Im assuming it hooked a lazy 19lb bass.
They stock em at the Walmart by me...Ill be by there today for halloween supplies.
(and fishing stuff)

cassidyta · 10-30-09, 04:33 PM

Lately it has been my goto Robo worm for dropshot. I have caught fish off that color crank as well, but no more or less than an other color.

3dkicker · 10-30-09, 06:04 PM

The Major swears by the Red Eye in Sexy. He's caught a lot of fish on it but then he fishes it all the time. The 4S is a nice crankbait in Sexy too. It does well. I've caught a few fish on the Series 4 but it's not my best bait.
Bandit makes a similar color. LC has one similar also. My Fat CB BDS 2 catches quality fish in Chart/Shad.

BassinBandit · 10-30-09, 06:37 PM

I have had some luck with it. Around here it mimmicks the forage very well. I have a couple of 2-4 pound large mouths and a couple over 4 pounds on the different types. Not just the crank bait but the spinner bait and the top water.

rrw4258 · 10-30-09, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Well, I've never used a Sexy Shad crank. However, some guy in Ohio just sold me one, so I'll let you know next Spring.

Boy, o boy wonder who that could be??

Ryan

danielbasspro · 10-30-09, 10:30 PM

It works just as well as any other color. My advice would just be match the hatch and fish what YOU are comfortable with.

BeaverIslander · 10-31-09, 12:12 AM

I use the color quite a bit, mainly on the Red Eye Shad. I mark up the belly with an orange marker to match the bluegills and pumpkinseeds. Sometimes a few green marks on the sides too.

Bender · 10-31-09, 01:20 AM

I don't think I have ever caught a fish on that color. I know a lot of guys that like them, and I have been throwing a Pointer 78DD in it recently, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I have alos tried the redeye shads in that color and a DD22. Come to think of it I might have caught one bass on the DD22, but still not a high producer for me.

Bubba_Bruiser · 10-31-09, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rrw4258

Well now that the "Sexy Shad" color by Strike King has been out for a couple of years, what is everybody's take on it. (Or another companies "Sexy Shad" color) I have found it to be a fish catching color, but it has not been that miracle go-to color for me. Anybody else liking, disliking, the sexy shad color?

Ryan

You have blasphemed against KVD my friend. If he is endorsing it, of couse it's a miracle. I wouldn't be surprised to see his Yota and Z-9 painted like one before long. Just playing Ryan. I caught a few on them during the bream spawn. I think it is like everything else though, it has its time and place.

3dkicker · 10-31-09, 05:45 PM

It didn't have a place on the river today. I fished a 4 and 4S around rock, wood, and drops for a couple hours without a keeper and only a couple hits. Made the switch to grass and the chatterbait and caught a limit in a real short period of time. The Major was frustrated since the grass was too thick and he couldn't work the Red Eye through or over the grassbed. Moved to another location with deeper water but still had a grass edge and hit too more keepers, one being the best fish of the day. The Major had a tough day......

no fish.

JB · 10-31-09, 06:49 PM

I've done well on that sexy shade but for some reason its one lure that the paint is always chipping off and I have hung up and lost about three this year.
I'd rank it as a go to bait for many anglers, I didn't reach for it on the lake the last three weeks, but have used chrome and blue or red on the bass...with lil or no luck at all. bad fall for midwest ohio fishing

zooker · 10-31-09, 07:59 PM

Got several in sexy shad.. not a fan really. The bandit color works better for me really.

zooker

rrw4258 · 10-31-09, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by JB

I've done well on that sexy shade but for some reason its one lure that the paint is always chipping off and I have hung up and lost about three this year.
I'd rank it as a go to bait for many anglers, I didn't reach for it on the lake the last three weeks, but have used chrome and blue or red on the bass...with lil or no luck at all. bad fall for midwest ohio fishing

JB, this fishing up north has been on fire the past couple of weeks, had a tourney last weekend and we absolutley tore up the bass. We ended up winning with a 15.42 limit of Lake Erie Largemouth. We had one of those 75-80 bass days and by the end of the day we were throwing 2.5 pounders back... Reservoirs have also been pretty hot lately too... I'm surprised to see that not much distance apart means fishing this different.

Ryan

aikenyounggun · 11-01-09, 10:04 AM

I have never believed the whole sexy shad craze. I throw rattle-traps a lot and i usually throw chrome and blue. And in a recent tournament the guy up front (who is a GOOD fishermen) was throwin sexy shad and I was throwin chrome and blue and I caught 3 fish and he caught zero. I just don't think its all amazing.

bigjim5589 · 11-01-09, 03:33 PM

I've caught more Striped bass on it than LMB, but agree it has it's place.

bassnman30 · 11-02-09, 02:14 PM

An "American shad" is hard to beat.

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10-30-09, 01:30 PM	#1
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	The "Sexy Shad" Well now that the "Sexy Shad" color by Strike King has been out for a couple of years, what is everybody's take on it. (Or another companies "Sexy Shad" color) I have found it to be a fish catching color, but it has not been that miracle go-to color for me. Anybody else liking, disliking, the sexy shad color? Ryan __________________ Never Give Up!

10-30-09, 01:41 PM	#2
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	I've caught fish on it, but like you said, not nearly my go-to color. I've used it on cranks with some success. I've got multiple brands, including Strike King, Bandit, and Bomber. It also makes a good spinnerbait color and I find SK's sexy shad spinnerbaits better tha other brands' sexy shad. I'd also like to try a jerkbait or two in it when spring rolls around. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

10-30-09, 02:13 PM	#4
nofearengineer BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southwest IN Posts: 5,630	Well, I've never used a Sexy Shad crank. However, some guy in Ohio just sold me one, so I'll let you know next Spring. __________________ Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

10-30-09, 02:49 PM	#6
MississippiBoy BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ridgeland MS Posts: 3,923	I've caught a few fish on a shallow crank, but that's the only thing I have in that color. I've caught more with the same crank in a regular shad color than sexy shad. __________________ I smell smoke, and I hear sirens. Do you think that's a problem?

10-30-09, 01:54 PM	#3
AUFred BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Prattville, Alabama Posts: 801	It is a good color in some fishing areas. I believe the coloration works well where sunfish like bluegill are the main forage.

10-30-09, 02:18 PM	#5
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	So far I havn't caught anything on it, but still workin it.

10-30-09, 03:03 PM	#7
riverfisher BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Charlton, New York Posts: 92	This bad boy I caught on a sexy shad Oct 8th, 4.65 lunker!! I love'em rivers lakes all the sizes 3-6 if its a crank bait bite. Attached Thumbnails

10-30-09, 03:53 PM	#9
bassinbob BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pitts. Pa. Posts: 3,801	I've caught a few in muddy and clear water with a crank. Recently I've been using a weedless spoon in that color and it works also. __________________ you can have my fishin rod when ya take it from my cold dead hands

10-30-09, 04:27 PM	#10
WaffleJaw BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dallas,TX (DFW) Posts: 2,212	I had the lipless for all of three minutes...Very first cast I had to break it off...Im assuming it hooked a lazy 19lb bass. They stock em at the Walmart by me...Ill be by there today for halloween supplies. (and fishing stuff) __________________ [nelsoncustomrods.com]

10-30-09, 04:33 PM	#11
cassidyta BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,928	Lately it has been my goto Robo worm for dropshot. I have caught fish off that color crank as well, but no more or less than an other color. __________________ If you have ever wondered if you should retie, the answer is yes.

10-30-09, 06:04 PM	#12
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	The Major swears by the Red Eye in Sexy. He's caught a lot of fish on it but then he fishes it all the time. The 4S is a nice crankbait in Sexy too. It does well. I've caught a few fish on the Series 4 but it's not my best bait. Bandit makes a similar color. LC has one similar also. My Fat CB BDS 2 catches quality fish in Chart/Shad. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

10-30-09, 06:37 PM	#13
BassinBandit BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Elliston, VA Posts: 446	I have had some luck with it. Around here it mimmicks the forage very well. I have a couple of 2-4 pound large mouths and a couple over 4 pounds on the different types. Not just the crank bait but the spinner bait and the top water. __________________ H.G.: No. What I did to those men, after I tracked them down? That's the worst pain you can experience.

10-30-09, 10:30 PM	#15
danielbasspro BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Altamonte Springs Florida Posts: 252	It works just as well as any other color. My advice would just be match the hatch and fish what YOU are comfortable with. __________________ Daniel

10-31-09, 12:12 AM	#16
BeaverIslander BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 275	I use the color quite a bit, mainly on the Red Eye Shad. I mark up the belly with an orange marker to match the bluegills and pumpkinseeds. Sometimes a few green marks on the sides too.

10-31-09, 01:20 AM	#17
Bender BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 2,414	I don't think I have ever caught a fish on that color. I know a lot of guys that like them, and I have been throwing a Pointer 78DD in it recently, but it doesn't seem to work for me. I have alos tried the redeye shads in that color and a DD22. Come to think of it I might have caught one bass on the DD22, but still not a high producer for me.

10-31-09, 05:45 PM	#19
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	It didn't have a place on the river today. I fished a 4 and 4S around rock, wood, and drops for a couple hours without a keeper and only a couple hits. Made the switch to grass and the chatterbait and caught a limit in a real short period of time. The Major was frustrated since the grass was too thick and he couldn't work the Red Eye through or over the grassbed. Moved to another location with deeper water but still had a grass edge and hit too more keepers, one being the best fish of the day. The Major had a tough day...... no fish. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

10-31-09, 06:49 PM	#20
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I've done well on that sexy shade but for some reason its one lure that the paint is always chipping off and I have hung up and lost about three this year. I'd rank it as a go to bait for many anglers, I didn't reach for it on the lake the last three weeks, but have used chrome and blue or red on the bass...with lil or no luck at all. bad fall for midwest ohio fishing

10-31-09, 07:59 PM	#21
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	Got several in sexy shad.. not a fan really. The bandit color works better for me really. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

11-01-09, 10:04 AM	#23
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	I have never believed the whole sexy shad craze. I throw rattle-traps a lot and i usually throw chrome and blue. And in a recent tournament the guy up front (who is a GOOD fishermen) was throwin sexy shad and I was throwin chrome and blue and I caught 3 fish and he caught zero. I just don't think its all amazing. __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

11-01-09, 03:33 PM	#24
bigjim5589 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 7	I've caught more Striped bass on it than LMB, but agree it has it's place.

11-02-09, 02:14 PM	#25
bassnman30 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Lexington,NC-Worlds best BBQ. Posts: 1,945	An "American shad" is hard to beat. __________________ Lexington,NC.

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