KVD's winning bait

[J Francho]

KVD was sitting on a bass "hunting trail," or a submerged channel in a creek arm, with a flats area adjacent to it containing stumps.  Flats + Stumps + warming water says vibe bait all day to me.  He had a spot that was refilling as he caught, and he knew it.  Note that he was trying to deflect that bait off the stump, while mentioning the "yo yo" technique, and the flutter of the bait on the fall.  The more I watch this on the DVR, the more I think it had to do with location, and specifically, the exact location of each cast.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

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.

My Brother-in-law and I have been calling the gold Rattle Trap "Ol' Reliable" since fishing the Lake Champlain Derby years ago. I still keep a couple.

[SlateTundra]

It amazes me how people actually believe because of one man's success with a product...they actually believe their success rate will sky rocket if they use the very same product. (face palm)

I'm confused. First off, it's not "One Man" it's the guy who's widely known as the single best tourney bass fisherman in the universe.

Secondly, why are you so amazed that people buy a product and have confidence in it, when they see it actually doing something real, like winning the biggest bass fishing tourney there is?

What amazes me is that people buy things like cars because they see some pro driver on a closed track in a commercial, making amazing turns and slides and spins. That's not REAL. These people are never going to get in their new car and do what the pro driver did in the comercial.

Conversely, KVD winning the Bassmasters Classic is REAL. It happened. He beat other guys who were using different lures the "other" companies make and weekend anglers everywhere will be doing the same thing KVD did in the Classic. Fishing.

Not only that, some people got to, and get to fish Bees Wax Creek the day after KVD. I'd say that's incentive enough to go out and buy a couple red eyed Shad. (even though I'm not buying any)

If Skeete Reese had won the BMC on a Lucky Craft lure, and kicked KVD's butt while KVD was using the Red Eyed Shad, why isn't it logical for me, or any other bass fishermen to go out and buy some Lucky Craft lures and throw them with confidence, all the while thinking my success rate will skyrocket?

I'm sure we all know a few anglers out there who bought into the season's "hot" new lure and ended the season disappointed in their catch ratio.

It's those types of anglers who doesn't understand location and presentation who gets suckered into the hype.  I've fished with some anglers who went crazed with the whole Sexy Shad ordeal and finished the season disappointed in the lure, because they expected to be hauling bass after bass simply because they've seen KVD prove that it was a bass catching lure.

Like someone stated...there's nothing wrong with confidence, we all got confidence in certain lures...but to be chucking around one lure everywhere you go in any type of condition isn't the best way to approach the game.  A successful angler knows when to hold/fold'em.