Anyone that loves fishing jigs whats your favorite colors to use
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I'm a oddball, but it's a combination of Green, and Purple, with a little Brown mixed in
Green pumpkin and black/blue is all I need.
I like Brown with a splash of Red and Orange for river smallies and a Black & Blue combo for largemouth.
bama craw and summer craw
Pb&j and green pumpkin and pumpkin green is my favor and I like grape and black blue at night
Dark green and brown produce for me the most consistently.
Black-N-Blue
Falcon Lake Craw
Black-Brown-Amber
I like jigs with any variety of black, green and/or brown (including pumpkins, ambers, whiskeys, watermelons, etc), sometimes with with highlights of purple, orange, and/or chartreuse. Oddly, I don't have nearly as much success with black/blue as most people.
On 11/15/2016 at 10:45 AM, Yeajray231 said:Dark green and brown produce for me the most consistently.
Ditto.
Whatever one they're eating.
I guess if this is a gun to your head you have to make a decision, plain black catches fish everywhere under all situations.
black and blue even in water with decent visibility has been a great producer for me when they're biting it.
Black with a hint of chartreuse or blue .
Green and brown is my most popular flooded closely by black with blue and green pumpkin.
Black/Blue, Bluegill ( Mostly green with different color flakes), Brown/Orange.
I like them all as long as they're black and blue haha
Straight black or with charteuse or blue, brown or with orange, green pumpkin or with orange, watermelon candy.
Black on black.....black and chartreuse when I'm feeling a little crazy.
I own four color and will never own another. Craw, Black & Blue, Green Pumpkin, and PB&J. That will cover everything anywhere forever.
Two of my favorites are Bama Craw and Black Blue.
A few of my favorites.
My favorite jig color is a brown/green jig, and I put on either a brown, green or black trailer. Very versatile.
On 11/15/2016 at 10:03 AM, Bassguytom said:Green pumpkin and black/blue is all I need.
Ditto
Mike
I use to buy jigs a dozen a card and still have some of those guys . Colors were limited black , brown living rubber with a hint of color . They were inexpensive and buying a couple of cards was no big deal , twenty dollars would cover it .I get sticker shock when I see todays jig prices but the skirts are much prettier . I have replaced skirts using those good looking silicone ones but have not seen an increase in success, maybe due to the low water visibility in the places I fish .
Most craws i see are olive or black olive or black blue
No need to use other colors imo.
whatever the craws in the lake look like
I use green pumpkin, black/blue, and to a lesser extent reddish and brown/orange colors.
If you are trying to match colors and species, they vary across the United States so you need to do research for your region or state. In Missouri, we have at least 35 crayfish species and 7 are found nowhere else (https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/general-species-information/aquatic-invertebrate-facts/crayfish-facts).
The top photo, below, is a typical white river longpincered crayfish (Table Rock, Bull Shoals lakes). The bottom photo is a Devil Crayfish and it is common all across Missouri. However, in the bootheel region some of these crayfish are a blue color and I have seen other pictures of them where they were a green color with red on the pincers.
On 11/16/2016 at 10:59 PM, Catt said:
Wow, who makes that?
I think black and blue, or brown/green are the only colors you need. BUT since Im usually fishing from the back of the boat, I have a few other colors I throw just so I'm not throwing the exact same thing as my boater.
On 11/17/2016 at 11:44 AM, TxHawgs said:Wow, who makes that?
Death!
Looks like the gene lerue salt craw but I've not seen that color.
On 11/17/2016 at 10:36 PM, bagofdonuts said:Looks like the gene lerue salt craw but I've not seen that color.
Gene Larew?
Nah!
Siebert makes one for me that matches Ragetail 'Bama Craw perfectly. That, and black, or black and blue are my faves.
On 11/17/2016 at 11:14 PM, Catt said:Gene Larew?
Nah!
looks more like a wave worm tiki craw though i know it isnt
My Jig box has four basic colors,..Black, Black/blue, Green, and Brown. Since I tie my skirts on, I do tie some different "variations" of each, except Black. I "may" also thread on a grubs body, or piece of worm, before the chunk trailer to add bulk, color, and aid in keeping the chunk trailer from sliding down the hook, and spinning around blocking its point. This body can be any color to customize the jig even further. Smother it all with real craw and i'm ready to fish.
We only have 1 native crawdad the signal crayfish and it's a dark charcoal color with white claw patches. We do have a wide variety of imported crawdads, mostly the red Alabama swamp crayfish. One thing to remember about crawdads is they change colors depending on the type of environment they live in. Red clay the craws are reddish brown, sand stone they are cinnamon color, weeds they tend to be more greenish weed colors. The crawdad changes colors to blend into the background for survival, those that standout don't live long. It's a mistake to think jigs only represent crawdads.
My favorite jig colors are anything that works.
1. Anytime anywhere is my favorite: black/purple/brown.
2. Spring craw: black/green/light brown.
3. Shad:.green/ chartreuse/ pearl white.
4. Frits:.brown/red/ chartruese (Smallmouth)
5. Midnight: black/blue ( deep cold water and nights).
6. June bug: dark purple/ green.
I try to keep it simple with the 6 colors but use lots more depending where I am fishing.
Tom
On 11/18/2016 at 6:29 AM, WRB said:One thing to remember about crawdads is they change colors depending on the type of environment they live in. Red clay the craws are reddish brown, sand stone they are cinnamon color, weeds they tend to be more greenish weed colors. The crawdad changes colors to blend into the background for survival, those that standout don't live long. It's a mistake to think jigs only represent crawdads.
Don't they also change color as the water temp changes? I've always been curious about this.
On 11/18/2016 at 8:17 AM, Robert Riley said:Don't they also change color as the water temp changes? I've always been curious about this.
Uhh! No!
Well unless DA in the boiling pot!
I love fishing jigs. Either blue & black or red & green