KVD's winning bait

[Fishbone]

How many tons of the Red Eye Shad bait do you think Cabelas and BPS are shoveling out the door after KVD's win?

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

Probably a kin ton of em since this bait won on the classic it MUST be some new kind of "magic bait" or technique. The new idiot bait. :

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

A lot... I had plans to buy some anyways, and when I ordered yesterday morning, they were only out of one (the one KVD used).. and then yesterday evening I checked again and well over half are sold out

[koulaid]

I was actually buying these before KVD won this classic. But to answer the original question yes i think more people will be buying these cranks. Also his poles and the quantum reels. I would too if i didnt know anything about fishing or just starting out. Anyways I was at Gander the other day and was looking through the selection of red eye shad and a guy came up to me and told me that this was the bait KVD used to win the classic lol. I thought it was just funny because he thought i was dumb and didn't know.

[hmongkidBee]

yep guys are going crazy over this red eye shad.  I really don't see much difference between these lipless crankbaits.  I use my red eye shads and my excalibur lipless crankbaits and they both produce a good amount of fish for me.  I think like you guys do that these people are idiots for trying to buy so much.  Lipless cranks have their time and place.

[KYntucky Warmouth]

I've had a tray in my lipless box full of them for a few years.  KVD's been winning on them every so often for 4 years or so.  I think it's funny he still calls them red eye rattlers,

[IwillChooseFreeWill]

The problem is some people (not here) just buy any bait that the pros win with so they have tackles boxes full of this stuff... but they toss it for a few weeks or months and don't catch anything... then they think it is junk and toss it aside to replace it with whatever the newest winner was using... I see these people all the time. I have had a few give me their lures before they leave (Bill dance topwater popper was a recent one, various worms and swimbaits).

They never learn to better read the water, the weather, the location, the time of year... and learn that the weather and such matters more than the lures do.

[Bassin_Fin@tic]

The problem is some people (not here) just buy any bait that the pros win with so they have tackles boxes full of this stuff... but they toss it for a few weeks or months and don't catch anything... then they think it is junk and toss it aside to replace it with whatever the newest winner was using... I see these people all the time. I have had a few give me their lures before they leave (Bill dance topwater popper was a recent one, various worms and swimbaits).

They never learn to better read the water, the weather, the location, the time of year... and learn that the weather and such matters more than the lures do.

Exactly the point I was making but in a more sarcastic way. I know someone very close to me that is just like that.Got money to burn but don't want to learn how to use the stuff. I've gotten a whole lot of nice stuff that was "junk". ;D

[FISHUNTER]

I work for Academy and have been monitering our sales on these hourly.....its unbelievable!  Thing is we've had these baits for well over a year or two with fairly moderate sales....but now since KVD mentioned them everyones got to have one.  They are good baits and I have caught some nice fish on them, but they are nothing but just another lipless crank.  Nothing but pure buisness marketing right  there.....they are catching fisherman by the boatloads ;D   

[RyneB]

I think its funny that everyones making a big deal of this "new hot bait." I had a younger kid 18-20 telling how KVD won the classic on a gold Red Eye and how hes gonna buy some because its a new thing and all. I remember 20 years ago when i was 7, that my dad finally let me use one of his lures in a river that was full of snags. I picked up a gold rattle trap. I caught hundreds of cats,smallies,white bass, and stripers on that bait. I still use it to this day and I still get wierd "you're throwing a gold rattle trap" type looks.

[airborne_angler]

So what color pattern and size Redeye Shad did KVD win the classic on? Gotta get me some of them!!

[kbkindle]

I've had a tray in my lipless box full of them for a few years. KVD's been winning on them every so often for 4 years or so. I think it's funny he still calls them red eye rattlers,

man i dont know  if is me or my lakes i have never caught a fish with any kind of lipless crank   ia'm  a crank bait casting fool   would rather cast a crank than anything else i really have not given them a lot of time  but enough  to catch a bass  i need a lesson

[RoLo]

Fact is, KVD is sponsored by Strike King so it's not too likely

that he'll ever tout a Bill Lewis or Aruku Shad ;D

During a typical tournament day, KVD changes rods and lures

more often than three average fishermen. By his own admission,

Kevin said in a recent tournament that nearly every bass

came on a different lure. At the end of the day, it's must be difficult

to say which one lure was responsible for the win.

One thing is for sure, Kevin is peerless...I believe he's part fish.

That reminds me of his win in the 2005 Classic.

He credited his win to the Smithwick RB1200 Rattlin Rogue,

a lure that had been discontinued for several years.

Suddenly the Rattlin Rogue enjoyed a resurgence in popularity but it was short-lived.

Roger

[MattinOK]

I've used Red Eye Shads for about 2-3 months, and I will continue to do so until my stash of 20 (1 buck apiece on clearance runs out). My next hot bait will be whatever winds up on clearance  ;D   ;D   ;D

[Fishbone]

I was at a KVD seminar today, and was told BPS is moving 8,000 Red Eye Shads per day since last weekend.

He told us how it was fished and the hook modifications that were made.

He is a very nice guy.

[burleytog]

So what color pattern and size Redeye Shad did KVD win the classic on? Gotta get me some of them!!

Gold Sexy Shad for one, won't be available for at least a month, probably closer to 2-3 months.

[RoLo]

The problem is some people (not here) just buy any bait that the pros win with so they have tackles boxes full of this stuff... but they toss it for a few weeks or months and don't catch anything... then they think it is junk and toss it aside to replace it with whatever the newest winner was using... I see these people all the time. I have had a few give me their lures before they leave (Bill dance topwater popper was a recent one, various worms and swimbaits).

They never learn to better read the water, the weather, the location, the time of year... and learn that the weather and such matters more than the lures do.

Yep!

The magic is not in the wand, it's in the magician.

Roger

[SkilletSizeBass.]

So what color pattern and size Redeye Shad did KVD win the classic on? Gotta get me some of them!!

Gold Sexy Shad for one, won't be available for at least a month, probably closer to 2-3 months.

I was at BPS yesterday for the start of their sale and it was like a mad rush to the Redeye shads. BPS had them set-up at two different spots, they were selling like hotcakes. A BPS guy was trying to re-stock them out of a plastic bin and guys were reaching in the bin grabbing one, quite a scene. Many was asking about the gold colored one KVD won on. Strike king will make big $$$ off KVD's win.

[Grey Wolf]

So what color pattern and size Redeye Shad did KVD win the classic on? Gotta get me some of them!!

Gold Sexy Shad for one, won't be available for at least a month, probably closer to 2-3 months.

I was at BPS yesterday for the start of their sale and it was like a mad rush to the Redeye shads. BPS had them set-up at two different spots, they were selling like hotcakes. A BPS guy was trying to re-stock them out of a plastic bin and guys were reaching in the bin grabbing one, quite a scene. Many was asking about the gold colored one KVD won on. Strike king will make big $$$ off KVD's win.

Companies love sheep , they can be fleeced very easily.

[Steven Ladner]

Check out the stock for them at TW, most are backordered 

[Ineedanewscreenname20170204]

I picked up a few at BPS because I needed a few different colors for sprint fishing.  And also BPS has them on sale.  Decent crank for a decent price.

[jdw174]

Was in the local shop yesterday and he had a bunch of the RedEyes in stock.  Picked up a couple more as I only have one and it's getting pretty beat.  Trouble is that he's a bit "proud" of his tackle.  I normally shop elsewhere, but he was handy, so................

[Tin]

There is one color Red Eye Burley sent me last year, I don't know if it was a limit edition color or what but it was the typical Sexy Shad pattern and it faded out to orange  and then white. Sick color that I have caught a lot of fish on. I have never seen it anywhere else.

[burleytog]

There is one color Red Eye Burley sent me last year, I don't know if it was a limit edition color or what but it was the typical Sexy Shad pattern and it faded out to orange and then white. Sick color that I have caught a lot of fish on. I have never seen it anywhere else.

Don't remember what it was, send me a pic and I can see if I have more of them.  Sounds like sunrise Sexy Shad, if so, it's specific to one particular dealer.

[Raul]

The new idiot bait. :