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Well, in 2005 KVD won the Classic with an older out of production Rougue jerkbait.  They re-relased the bait and sold a ton of them.

In 2006 Rick Morris almost won it all with a chatterbait.  They sold on the internet of $20 plus for months after that.

Last year Duckett used a Chigger craw and those were hot for a long time.

What will it be this year?  I have been watching coverage whenever I can, and I'm still in the dark...

Any guesses?

swarmin hornets aka "a big road runner jig"
i bet they sell a few of those after thise weekend.

Now Alton Jones just won it with a couple prototype Booyah jigs. They will sell a ton of those.

i believe they are called Booyah Pigskin jig and AJ's go-to jig

Even without the win, KVD 's sexyshad pattern will sell a ton in many differend hardbody styles. 

and with a new color blueback herring ;)
lol

The sound of fishing just got louder - BOOYAH!!!

Here is the press release I received this morning about Alton's win.  It explains everything about the baits used.

QuoteAlton Jones Plays Pigskin to Win Bassmaster Classic

The Bassmaster Classic is often called the Super Bowl of Bass Fishing, so why not break out the Pigskin?  That's what Alton Jones did, and his throws of BOOYAH's new Pigskin Jig resulted in enough catches to earn Jones the title of Bassmaster Classic champion – along with a check for $500,000.

Jones used a ¾-ounce Pigskin Jig and a ½-ounce AJ's Go2 Jig, both of which will be available this spring, as his primary weapons to bring 49 pounds, 7 ounces to the scales in Greenville, South Carolina's Bi-Lo Center Feb. 22-24.

Jones also spent a little time jigging a ¾-ounce Cotton Cordell CC spoon, the same bait he used to find most of his key spots during the official practice period. The CC spoon produced an almost immediate limit on Day 1 to get things started, but the bulk of the fish he weighed came off the Pigskin Jig and AJ's Go2 Jig, both coupled with a Black Blue Flake 3 ½-inch YUM Chunk and fished at a painfully slow pace.

The Pigskin Jig utilizes BOOYAH's existing Football Jighead, but is built with a hand-tied skirt that combines round rubber and silicone stands.  AJ's Go2 Jig has a similar skirt but is tied on the head used for BOOYAH's popular Boo Jig. Jones used a few different colors during the tournament, but his top producer was Ozark Craw, which utilizes brown and purple strands.

"The fish I was catching were right on the bottom, and an extremely slow presentation was critical to getting bit," Jones said. "The skirts of the new jigs, combined with the profile and claw movement of the YUM Chunk, created a perfect imitation of a slow-moving crawfish."

Jones fished both jigs on 14-pound-test Silver Thread Fluorocarbon, and he said the line was critical. "Any heavier, I wasn't getting bit.  Any lighter, I couldn't get the fish out of the trees."

Alton Jones is a five-time BASS winner, with more than 1.58 million dollars in career BASS earnings.