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What kind of retrive should i use with a Red Eye Shad?

any retrieve you can come up with. Its the most versitile lipless that ive ever seen.

I like the yo-yo retrieve

i hear that it is good to make it flutter down and usually the fish hit it on the fall.. heard that from the big man himself kvd

use your imagination but i like the yo-yo retrive to

I agree, this is a nice lure for sure!  WOW STEVENS, what did that monster weigh in at??  Either you are a very small guy or that’s a giant bass!

philybones - 11 July 2008 07:45 AM

I agree, this is a nice lure for sure!  WOW STEVENS, what did that monster weigh in at??  Either you are a very small guy or that’s a giant bass!

well it was about as skinny as they get and only weighed a little over 7.. had a huge head on her tho, if only i caught her in march

that thing still looks like a monster

Stevens, is there alot of small bass where u fish?

Lake Lanier Bass Master - 11 July 2008 02:46 PM

Stevens, is there alot of small bass where u fish?

Haha my man you might be a genius. There is a tons of small bass in that lake. You can usually go around and catch 100 a day, but if you get out of the outside weed edge you can get into a group of bass like that, that just chow down on the small bass. I use a baby bass storm swimbait and they just choke it. Its almost like tilapia or something down in mexico.

The redeye shad is probabley the most versitile and easiest lipless bait to use.  Cast it out count it down about 1 foot per second then start your retreive medium fast then burn it kill it speed it up and slow it down.  This bait was designed to fall verticle and wiggle much like a senko it has some killer action.  What ever you do try to hang it in the weeds then rip it out great way to trigger a strike.  Fish this bait on a 7 ft med to med heavy rod and 6.3:1 reel with no les than 14 lb flouro and no heavier than 20 lb flouro.

what did you catch that monster on stevens? and also do you have a link to a bigger version of that picture or could you post a bigger version of it

going to bass pro today to get some more red eye shads!!!!

I already have 5 of them and they all get used

i picked up 2 in the sexy shad color. i probably will get 5 more in various colors

The chrome sexy shad is a great color for sunny days, the sexy shad color is good for the cloudy days and if you have a large bluegill population then try the Japanese shad color resembles a bluegill better than any other color they have.