Best Rapala Dt6 Color For Clear And Dark Water? 2025
hoosierbass07 reply :
I'm going to pick up one or two Rapala DT6 crankbaits. I fish at strip pits with very clear water and also a state park with greenish brownish water here in Indiana. What would be the best colors for clear water and darker water?
Thanks!
Ozark_Basser reply :
Ike's blue herring
wytstang reply :
Helsinki Shad is what color I reach for 90% of the time in clear water. I have used the Bleeding Olive Shiner but only in the DT Fat 03 which has been discontinued and that lure worked when nothing else did (color/size).
Cgrinder reply :
Caribbean Shad all day.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Olive Shiner did well for me in clear water when I fished DT's.
roadwarrior reply :
Demon
frogflogger reply :
light for clear - dark for dingy
fishballer06 reply :
The perch and bluegill colors have worked well for me in all colors of water. I have a cousin who custom paints lures and I have him doing me up some 10 and 16's to mimic this Rat'L Trap color for those muddy water lakes.
papajoe222 reply :
That sounds like a healthy lake. Assuming that the natural forage base is mostly bluegills perch and minnows I would stick to those colors and maybe something bright like a foxy shad to show them something different
hoosierbass07 reply :
They have a Mardi Gras greenish colored crankbait. Iaconelli said in a video it was colored that way because of greenish worms and soft plastics. I don't think I see too many green crankbaits. Come to think of it, I don't recall any green looking crankbaits. Would that Mardi Gras color work in dark and clear water?
Sam reply :
What do the bass feed on where you will be fishing?
That should determine the colors you select.
Alonerankin2 reply :
They have have a green crawl color, I have a few.
Same graphics as the demon color just darker green. Yozuri use to make a killer 1/4 oz watermelon green w/ black fleck.. It was a great little bait! Pearl is good, find a color you like and can believe in, pretty sure you will get bit at some point..
MassBass reply :
Try baby bass. Rapala has a very realistic baby bass pattern.
Frenchman83 reply :
Living in Indiana I reach for bluegill, Perch, sexy shad in that order
Brian-S reply :
My go to color in the DT6 for greenish stained water is HANDS DOWN Hot Mustard. Wow what a game changer and confidence color for me!
I probably own 10 of them in Hot mustard, and the others I have... i wish were in hot mustard LOL
Brian
matuka reply :
Red Crawdad. Word of warning if you have not used these before. Don't slap the water with these to shake loose vegetation on the hooks or bill. These bills break off easier than any other crank I've used,(broken)
Brian-S reply :
On 3/18/2015 at 12:31 PM, matuka said:Red Crawdad. Word of warning if you have not used these before. Don't slap the water with these to shake loose vegetation on the hooks or bill. These bills break off easier than any other crank I've used,(broken)
Great point! x2! Dont slap the water with them. You WILL break the bill off
Ozark_Basser reply :
Don't slap any balsa bait on the water, you will break the bill off.
hoosierbass07 reply :
OK, I picked one up - DT6 in Blue-gill color. One thing I do know in the ponds I fish at, along with bass there are blue-gill and crappie. I tried finding the Mari Gras color but Gander Mountain didn't have that color in the DT6.
matuka reply :
On 3/18/2015 at 12:38 PM, Jiggin said:Don't slap any balsa bait on the water, you will break the bill off.
Now you tell me!
fishballer06 reply :
Say what?!
LunkerFisher reply :
On 3/18/2015 at 12:38 PM, Jiggin said:Don't slap any balsa bait on the water, you will break the bill off.
Don't cast into them into bridges either unless you're trying to break of the bill.
rawjuice reply :
Bluegill worked great for me in clear to lightly stained! Im trying different ones this year, cant wait!
BannedForSpamming-1234555 reply :
Do you guys find the DT6 to be a good all around crankbait?
Alonerankin2 reply :
On 3/20/2015 at 12:45 AM, PUMP KNOWS said:Do you guys find the DT6 to be a good all around crankbait?
I like the bait quite well, except.. I have broke many bumping cover, not slapping the bait in the water to remove veg. I have 9 left, when these are gone I will be investing in Spro cranks..
WdyCrankbait reply :
Helsinki Shad does really well for me in clear water.
Experiment, have fun, all the suggestions are good here. Maybe see who lives closest to you and start with those colors.
Good luck!
Mark J reply :
I have more than 150 Dts in various colors and sizes, the top color producers for me have been Bleeding Olive Shiner, Hot Mustard and Helsinki Shad.....strange, I have abused mine to no end and never have I broken a bill.
Longlivenyy reply :
On 3/17/2015 at 6:47 PM, roadwarrior said:Demon
My most successful Dt color to date.
roadwarrior reply :
The color was "Sold Out" last year
http://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/bassmaster-classic/post/rapala-lure-key-bassmaster-classic-win
Bluebasser86 reply :
On 3/20/2015 at 12:48 AM, Alonerankin2 said:I like the bait quite well, except.. I have broke many bumping cover, not slapping the bait in the water to remove veg. I have 9 left, when these are gone I will be investing in Spro cranks..
I bought a bunch of DT 6's and caught a lot of fish with them, but when they started falling apart, I quit buying them. No excuse for a nearly $10 bait to fall apart on the retrieve, while fighting fish, or during the cast?? That last one really ticked me off because not only did the body of the bait fly off when I tried to cast, but my reel blew up because all the weight was suddenly gone.
Chris at Tech reply :
For me, I'd choose Shad and either Parrot or Hot Mustard.
RanndomUndead reply :
On 3/20/2015 at 4:38 AM, Mark J said:I have more than 150 Dts in various colors and sizes, the top color producers for me have been Bleeding Olive Shiner, Hot Mustard and Helsinki Shad.....strange, I have abused mine to no end and never have I broken a bill.
150? Holy sheit mahn
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