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With its unique air-filled bubble tail, the Strike King® KVD Perfect Plastics Caffeine Shad flaunts an awesome set of moves never before seen in a topwater shad bait. Crafted with the world's best plastics, the Caffeine Shad is extremely soft and pliable, loaded with heavy salt, and strongly laced with real coffee scent. This deadly combination maximizes the Strike King Caffeine Shad's appeal by masking unnatural scents and giving fish a tasty reason to hold onto the bite longer, resulting in a healthy increase in positive hook-ups. You can rig the Shad weightless for topwater, add it to a Carolina rig, or pin it on a jighead when fishing down in the water column. Shallow or deep, the Caffeine Shad is the bait to reach for when you need to really wake the bass up!
Unique bubble tail provides amazing action
Extremely soft and pliable
Heavily salted, plus real coffee scent
Masks human scents so fish hold the bite longer
Fish on top, Carolina style, or on a jighead
''The new Perfect Plastics are awesome! Great body styles combined with the added attraction of our Coffee Scent and a plastic that is unlike anything else you've ever fished—you're sure to catch more and bigger fish!'' KevinVanDam - 4-time Bassmaster® Classic Champion
Web ID: 10203261
Rated 5 out of
5 by
zaper from
This one bait bass loveI use this bait all the time I have caught so many bass on it large and small. My go to color is the ghost shad.
Date published: 2018-04-17
Rated 3 out of
5 by
Southernman from
Good baitLast year i bought two different colors. Both worked very good for catching bass. The big downfall was they tear so easy so fast. I havent had a soft plastic tear so quick in my 20 years of fishing. Will still buy them and use them cause they caught me some big bass.
Date published: 2018-02-23
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Big Daddy NY from
Great BaitI love these Baits! it produces every time! i've never seen action like this on any jerkbait or swim bait i have ever used, it is so versatile in its presentation, but with this awesome bait must come it's woe's to it, at best you will get 2 uses/fish out of it
it is a very soft bait and rips apart very easily, there is only 5 in a pack and will go through them fast ! it wont stop me from using them ! and I would like to see more color options.
Date published: 2017-09-17
Rated 5 out of
5 by
RCX9 from
My Go-To 'Fluke'The Yamamoto D-Shad was my go-to fluke-style because it was denser than the Zoom and many others, so it cast and 'swam' better...beng more flexible overall because of that 'salt-jelly' Yamamoto plastic formula like in their Senkos. Now, the Strike King Caffeine Shad has supplanted that because it has all those qualities but is even better. Better casting distance, better swimming action and shimmy on both the fall and jerk, and is slightly more durable. Wish there were a few more color options, but the ones they have all work great for appropriate water clarity/light. Always pick up a few packs when I stop by a local BPS, because you can easily go through a pack when that bite is on. Really works well with a little Spike-It chartreuse and red accents.
Date published: 2017-06-06
Rated 4 out of
5 by
Hawghunterone from
Great for finicky bassI like to use it when bass or biting slow, this seems to entice them to bite when they are not in the mood. You can rig weightless or with a very small weight implanted inside. The tail action is very enticing to a moody bass. I use a lot of strike king baits you can't go wrong with strike king.
Date published: 2017-04-06
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JDub75803 from
My FavoriteLove these baits. The action is awesome bass love em.
Date published: 2017-02-15
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BASSERTIM from
GREAT BAITI have caught fish on this bait all spring. I throw this on 8-10 pound fluorocarbon and a 5/0 Trokar EWG hook. I let it settle for a couple seconds and use a twitch retrieve. Couldn't tell you how many bass I've caught on it this year alone. The watermelon seed has been my go to color.
Date published: 2016-07-06
Rated 2 out of
5 by
GAH20DOG from
One bait one fishI do like the weight and action of this bait. In the Georgia lakes that i fish, the bass love them and are not subtle when they hit it. The issue i have with this bait is the durability. The bait is very soft (which I’m sure is the reason for the action it has) and after one fish the bait is unusable. I started using this bait on a weightless EGW hook but changed to a Mustad EGW screwlock hook to hopefully get more than one fish per bait. It didn't work. The screwlock did lessen the rolling action that happens when you don't get everything in line. At $6 a package for 8, catching fish gets expensive fast. There are cheaper soft plastics that work just as well as these do.
What kind of jig head would be recommended for the 5 inch and 7 inch shad?
Also what size weight?
Asked by: Catalpat001
Great question. Actually the best way is to use a weighted hook 4/0 or 5/0 in a very light size such as 1/16, or 1/8oz. The Caffeine shad is weighted with heavy salt content so it sinks well even on an un-weighted hook. This allows you to rig the bait weedless ( Texas Rig) and the bait will still fall horizontally and have that enticing shimmer that Bass can't resist
Answered by: Strike King Product Expert
Date published: 2017-08-16
How do you use these?
I've seen multiple ways like Carolina rigging, Texas rigging, and even shaky heads. But which way would this be worked best?
Asked by: Catalpat001
soft-plastic shad lure rigged on a jig head
https://1source.basspro.com/index.php/component/k2/237-fishing-info/3639-catch-just-about-any-fish-with-shad-lures-on-jigheads-video
Answered by: BPSResource7
Date published: 2017-08-16
Do these float like 3X ZULU JERKBAITS ?
Asked by: SADO
I use them weightless with a 4/0 EWG hook. With that they cast very well and have a super slow sink rate. I hope this helps.
Answered by: IllinoisBassNerd
Date published: 2017-05-31
What type of hook?
What type and size hooks do you rig these with?
Asked by: TarponMaster
Thank you for the question. The type and size of hook will be a personal preference and be determined by what you are intending to catch.
Answered by: BPSResource10
Date published: 2017-05-31
Why is there a plastic liner inside the packaging?
I have bought several packs of Caffeine Shad and about half of them come with a plastic liner inside holding the jerkbait closer while the other half do not come with that plastic liner? The ones that do not have a plastic liner, are more greasier and I have noticed that they catch more fish than the pack that contains the plastic liner which are not as greasy and are lighter in color. What is that plastic liner for and why do some come with it while others do not?
Asked by: Rjhall4191
I am not sure but I would guess to hold the smell in tight with each bait. Who knows!
Answered by: Bones63
Date published: 2017-05-31
what color?
I'm fishing in muddy water with a foot of visibility, so what color should I use?
Asked by: Trevor11
Each fishing location will be different, even each trip to the same area might have different results so there isn’t really a “Best” color to use when fishing. One color may work better one time but not as well the next time you fish. So, when selecting a lure color take a look at your surrounds (landscape and wildlife) to determine the color of lure to use. If the water is dark and murky (or stained) use bright and/or fluorescent colors that can draw the fish’s attention to the lure. If the water is clear, look around if the area and use colors which blend with the surrounds. If the area is rocky use a brown, tan, or a similar color. If there is grass and weeds then use more of the green colors. Each location will be different so try a good range of colors. Thank you for your question.
