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fishing user avatarBrett's_daddy reply : 

It’s all about color! At least that’s what a lot of people will tell you. My question is there a definitive answer to what color bait/lure should be used in daylight/clear water and what should be use at dusk/murky water? Does it depend on the style/type of bait being used? I’m thinking what makes sense to me is a lighter/brighter color for dusk/murky water as it would be easier for the fish to see and a darker color for brighter/clear water conditions as again, it would stand out more than a lighter bait that would blend in. Maybe I’m all wrong about this, lord knows I’m no master fisherman and hence the question. It seems whenever I ask somebody else I’ll get a different answer each time so I figured I’d try my luck here :).


fishing user avatarbigturtle reply : 

No, theres no definitive answer


fishing user avatarriverbasser reply : 

 


fishing user avatarTeam9nine reply : 
  On 6/24/2016 at 1:41 AM, Brett's_daddy said:

 It seems whenever I ask somebody else I’ll get a different answer each time so I figured I’d try my luck here :).

 

That's because there is no one correct answer, only common guidance passed along.

-T9


fishing user avatarJPascavage52 reply : 

I find that, for whatever reason, in murky water, black and darker colors seem to be best for soft baits, while lighter colors (especially firetiger and chartreuse) seem to work better for hardbaits. I actually found an all black crankbait, and threw it to no avail. That said, I keep my color selection system as follows:

Night Fishing: All black/ blue colors.

Murky Water: Black/ blue or black/ red, except for crankbaits, topwaters, and spinnerbaits, which I like a chartreuse color

Clear Water: Watermelon/ Pumpkin colors for plastics and jigs, natural baitfish/ forage colors for hardbaits

Real Clear Water: White/ baitfish colors for plastics and jigs, natural baitfish/ forage colors for hardbaits

This isn't be all, end all, and don't be afraid to experiment with different colors on various days. This is merely for simplicity, and frugality, as I've seen guys who carry 10 different sizes of the same lure in 10 different colors, who on earth has time, money, or space for that? The beauty is that, if you keep multiple rods rigged up and ready to go with different baits, you can have multiple different colors of lures on (ie a black worm, watermelon jig, bluegill crankbait, chartreuse spinnerbait, etc), and work them until you find out what the fish are looking for at a given time, and alter the rest of your arsenal to match this. 

Furthermore, another key aspect is technique and action of the lure, I believe that many times, this will be more important than color. Simply put, the guy who carries, for example, only black colored worms, but knows how to present and work them flawlessly, will catch more fish over time than the guy who carries an entire palette of colors of the same worm, but isn't as good at working it.  

 


fishing user avatarroadwarrior reply : 

It is definitely NOT about color most of the time, but sometimes color can be critical and sometimes it can make good fishing better. I suggest changing colors and trying new lures when you are on a good bite. There is no way of really testing when the fish are shut down.

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fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 

I ran across a very comprehensive chart with water clarity up one side and sky conditions across. a while back. But if you Google it, you'll find charts with guidelines based on these conditions. With black plastics, when in doubt, whip black and blue out.

I can tell you in my neck of the woods where the water always keeps a stain, the naturals like watermelon and pumpkin do not work as well as darks and brights. Purple is very good soft plastic choice here. Black/blue as well.

 


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

Problem is no bass has ever read a single color chart!

I throw it & let the bass tell me if they like it!


fishing user avatarbuzzed bait reply : 

color is not my most important factor, not by a long shot actually.


fishing user avatarwhitwolf reply : 

Color Is a fishermans preference not the fishes. :)

I challenge you to take 3-4 different colors out(that YOU like) for several months and fish the fire out of them. Take careful notes on which worked best for you and go from there. :)

 


fishing user avatarcgolf reply : 

Depends on the lake, but one lake in particular that I fish color is huge. The thread riverbasser linked to helped get me thinking to figure out why. 

The lake is a moderately clear water lake in N. WI with about 10 feet visibility. The prime prey in the areas I fish are gills. Flat sunny conditions seem to hit only smoke some kind of flake, purple is my go to. This makes sense when you think of the sun reflecting off a gills scales it probably looks something like that. Water red or green pumpkin are a no go.

sunny and choppy or just over cast, water red and green pumpkin are money and the smoke flakes get blanked. Under these conditions the gills green hues are going to stand out, because the sun won't be reflecting directly off them. 

So for clear water it is good old match the hatch, it just turns out that that might not be as straightforward as you would think.

dirty water, I am not sure color matters all that much. Fishing the Ned rig quite a bit with lots of different colors, white may have a slight edge, but only slight. There it just seems that the bait is moving too quickly and with the stained water they really only see the profile to decide to crush it or let it pass. 


fishing user avatardoyle8218 reply : 
  On 6/24/2016 at 3:46 AM, Catt said:

Problem is no bass has ever read a single color chart!

I throw it & let the bass tell me if they like it!

Best said^


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

I walk the aisles at Academy, Dick's, or wherever & see a color that appeals to me I buy it.

I don't consider sky color, water clarity, or anything else!

Last year was Zoom's Gooseberry, Watermelon Slice, & Sprayed Grass

Rage Tail's Falcon Lake Craw has been killer in every condition day or night.

This year I added California 420, & Watermelon Red Tomato.

This one has quickly climbed to Hawg status ;)

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fishing user avatarFisher-O-men reply : 

CA 420 is a big bass color!


fishing user avatarLankyJ reply : 
  On 6/24/2016 at 2:28 AM, roadwarrior said:

It is definitely NOT about color most of the time, but sometimes color can be critical and sometimes it can make good fishing better. I suggest changing colors and trying new lures when you are on a good bite. There is no way of really testing when the fish are shut down.

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Road warrior is right. Depending where I am and how much time I have, I switch colors and find what I am gettin action on. In my canal out back, doesn't matter what the water looks like...they will only bite white and green. Weirdest thing in the world. I can throw a buzz, top water frog, and a worm, and as long as they are those colors, I get hits. But here is a tip on that... The bright green matches the Lilly pads, and fish and bass in general are attracted to the white. That's why you always put light side down, and i always start with matching the surrounding environment in new spots. 


fishing user avatarMickD reply : 

Colors do make a big difference, but you just have to figure it out for yourself.  I think the clearer the water the more likely that color will be a significant factor.  And there is a lot of evidence that dark colors are more visible in murkier water.  I recently experienced clear water smallmouths preferring one of two drop shot baits that were identical exc one had purple and green flecks, the other did not.

I think fish tend to use motion first, then color most of the time.  I think it's whatever triggers their specific "instincts" that day. Keep in mind their brain is said to be "pea sized."    When you consider what some lures look like, yet work effectively, you have a hard time arguing that details of shape and appearance have a lot to do with it.  What natural prey is shaped like a tube?   Or a jig skirt? Or a spinnerbait?  All of these lures suggest it's more about having the right cues with motion and color.  If you think about it by visualizing what the lures look like to fish, look at them with your eyes out of focus, I think you have what fish see.  And it's not very detailed.

We have all encountered the day when slow works great, other days it does not.  And the day when fast works great, other days when it does not.  Why?  I don't know.  But the bass's instincts do.

Even bonefish, which are in crystal clear water, take flies that hardly resemble their natural prey, but they have to move right to get most bones to bite.  And sometimes, be the right color.  

Both with bass and bones, somewhat matching the color of the environment is often the best place to start, as stated in the previous post.  Natural prey tends to take on the color of the environment.  

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

 


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

I've seen times when color made absolutely no difference at all.

I've seen times when color made all the difference in world.

I've seen times when I had to change color often to keep getting bit.

In my experience this tell me color charts are meaningless!

How were these charts made?

Some picked a color, throw it, got bit, & decided, ya need to throw this color in these conditions!


fishing user avatarFishes in trees reply : 

I think that color makes a difference, so that is why I have lots of different colors in many different shapes of soft plastics.  I base my color choices on what has worked in the past in similar situations OR I open up the worm bag ( or the craw bag, or the senko bag or the semko imitator bag or the brush hog bag or the lizard bag ) and which ever color screams out to me "PUT ME IN!!" = then that is the color I go with.

As you can tell,this is a very well thought out and reasoned plan.


fishing user avatarthe reel ess reply : 

A lot of people are saying color is secondary, or even tertiary to the whole equation. But it's not when you know there are bass and you know what type bait to use. Then color is the difference between bites and no bites.

Fish in a particular reservoir I go to won't bite certain colors. I can stubbornly throw them while my buddy in front of the boat throws other colors and catches fish. Well, if he offers me a color he's catching on and I don't have it, I'm taking it until I can get some. I have a big plastic container full of natural color soft plastics they don't eat where I fish. I keep them for other places, but I don't carry them in my bag unless I go to a new place.

But that doesn't mean I change colors with the sun or water conditions. Once I have a good idea what they eat at a place, I stick with it. If I go elsewhere, all bets are off. I know people don't like the neon colored worms like limetreuse or bubble gum. I haven't found the place they won't get bites.


fishing user avatarMike L reply : 

I've never seen or heard of any creature in any body of water that is "methiolate" in color, or anything that crawls or swims that is "bubble gum pink". 

For me it comes down to this... If the fish are there and it works, it works..If it doesn't try something else... I'll never know why anyway.

 

 

Mike 


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

Walk into any fishing tackle store and look at lure or bait colors and every color is on the shelf.

Doesn't matter if you are a bass angler or trout, walleye, musky, pike or salt water game fish color selection is limitless. Anglers want to catch fish and color isn't important if you have the color that is working.

2 colors seem to be predominate on this site; green pumpkin and black/blue for bottom bumping lures or sexy Shad for crankbaits. 10 years ago what was the predominate color for bass anglers or 10 years from now what colors will everyone be using? The answer is unknown because anglers change their preference based on what is popular at that time.

Black/blue is very popular for jigs and lures fished at night. You can't buy a strike using black/blue  where I fish during the day at night and mid winter it's good.

Green pumpkin came on the scene about 15 years ago, before then it was called green weenie a laminate of green and brown or light green and cinnamon, before those it was motor oil.

Multiple flake colors in soft plastics today are called candy or whatever sets them apart.

Sexy Shad was coined by KVD, Shad color with chartruese lateral line. Shad color crankbaits have been popular for decades.

Color....all you need is the one that works.

Tom


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

Picking color is like color picking which worm to throw, straight tail, hook tail, or ribbion tail...ya pick one & throw it.

If it works ya put a little asterisk next to it & file in your brain for future reference!


fishing user avatarcgolf reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 1:39 AM, Catt said:

Picking color is like color picking which worm to throw, straight tail, hook tail, or ribbion tail...ya pick one & throw it.

If it works ya put a little asterisk next to it & file in your brain for future reference!

I keep track of the baits/colors used for the last 5 years on the example I gave above and how many fish were caught on each and it is pretty clear what colors work. There are a few oddball colors that got bit, but had very low numbers of fish, so they weren't what they really wanted.

It is interesting to look at the list, which was started to keep me from carrying to many baits, you can guess how that worked out for me lol.


fishing user avatarRUSS9999 reply : 

Color does matter. On days I can not get bit. After 2 or 3 hours of changing colors. I but the Color-C-Lector in the water then the bite is on.  I have colors that I would have never used if not for the Color-C-Lector. Works every time.


fishing user avatarsoflabasser reply : 

This is a great subject and I agree with others that the exact color of the lure might or might not matter on a particular day. I have had days where lure color made no difference at all, the bass would bite anything presented well to them on those days. I have had days where I present them every lure color I have on me, yet the bass would only bite 1 specific color with a specific technique. Bass are a fascinating species of fish, and are much more intelligent than most people give them credit for!


fishing user avatarMolay1292 reply : 

I find one thing that stands out in these conversations that is odd.   There are many people that feel color makes very little to no difference at all, and they generally want to make sure that others hear their opinion about it.    If we were being honest it would be fun to know how many different colors of plastics that they have in their bags/boats right now.

It reminds me of that old adage, "Do as I say, not as I do."

 

 


fishing user avatarRatherbfishing reply : 

I'm a broken record when I say this but color doesn't matter at all-until it does.


fishing user avatarMike L reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 3:24 AM, Molay1292 said:

I find one thing that stands out in these conversations that is odd.   There are many people that feel color makes very little to no difference at all, and they generally want to make sure that others hear their opinion about it.    If we were being honest it would be fun to know how many different colors of plastics that they have in their bags/boats right now.

It reminds me of that old adage, "Do as I say, not as I do."

 

 

4....

I really don't think folks on here are giving an opinion contrary to what they belive or giving advise different than what they do or use. Call me naive, but I've been on here long enough to believe that is not the case.

 

Mike

 


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 3:24 AM, Molay1292 said:

I find one thing that stands out in these conversations that is odd.   There are many people that feel color makes very little to no difference at all, and they generally want to make sure that others hear their opinion about it.    If we were being honest it would be fun to know how many different colors of plastics that they have in their bags/boats right now.

It reminds me of that old adage, "Do as I say, not as I do."

 

 

About 6-8 ;)


fishing user avatarprimetime reply : 

When in doubt...Throw Green Pumpkin....Or Black...Clear water....Watermelon or smoke will work usually....That is a good base...Then match the flake to match forrage, flash, or maybe because it looks good to you? 

I have been crushed by a Pink Worm, Pink Swirls, and a banana colored trick worm....Not sure why but sometimes they want a bright color, I have had a few days in my life where Metholianate in the summer kills em like nothing else, but usually in Florida Tanic Water I stick with Blacks, Purples, and flash colors....GP/Amber flake is one of my favorites in all water colors...GP/Gold...Hard to beat...Hot sunny day...Saphire blue is often very good, even on dark days...Something about that silver flake in the blue, makes  a great color not sure why...

Always carry Chart dip or a marker....It helps...I truly believe a black worm with a chart marker could get you through most days....same with a Junebug worm or creature....

If a secret color existed....That worked all the time....I wish I knew what it was....I could eliminate about 3/4 of my tackle....

I think I buy lots of colors because I like to buy fishing tackle? and the "Just in case" excuse seems to allow me to execute purchases without guilt.


fishing user avatarcgolf reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 8:13 AM, primetime said:

If a secret color existed....That worked all the time....I wish I knew what it was....I could eliminate about 3/4 of my tackle....

Kalin's Ron's craw is close, it has been consistent everywhere for me for years. May not always be the best color, but man it is versatile. I really wish I could get other baits in the color. At least it is a grub so all is not lost. 


fishing user avatarprimetime reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 8:52 AM, cgolf said:

Kalin's Ron's craw is close, it has been consistent everywhere for me for years. May not always be the best color, but man it is versatile. I really wish I could get other baits in the color. At least it is a grub so all is not lost. 

I will have to check it out...I have not been to the Kalin's website in a while, I forget they make a ton of colors and baits...I will have to try it, I always like to use colors slightly different than everyone else...Junebug Red Flake instead of Junebug....Just figure maybe it is a new look, I like Kalin's baits so thanks.


fishing user avatarcgolf reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 8:54 AM, primetime said:

I will have to check it out...I have not been to the Kalin's website in a while, I forget they make a ton of colors and baits...I will have to try it, I always like to use colors slightly different than everyone else...Junebug Red Flake instead of Junebug....Just figure maybe it is a new look, I like Kalin's baits so thanks.

It is motor oil red light. I have 2 pics, both next to a water red zoom grub. When you hit it with a led flashlight, there is a small amount of green in it. Like motor oil it is a chameleon color. Until now I hadn't noticed the green in it. 

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fishing user avatarKtho reply : 

For soft plastics I like green pumpkin, black/blue, alabama craw, white for spawn, pink/purple worms. For hard baits it's pretty much red, chart/black and baitfish colors. I keep it pretty simple, generally for each category I have usually 2 maybe 3 colors at thats it. While I do think some colors work better than others I definitely am not into finding the perfect color for the perfect situation and have 15 colors of craws, worms, cranks etc. Keep it simple. I fish lakes from 12" vis to 20ft+ and I really don't think you need more than 3 or 4 colors tops. 


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

Without looking in my boat lockers I have too many soft plastics to keep track of.

The basics:

Robo worms; Aaron's Magic, Baitball, Orange crusher, oxblood, baby bass, delta dawn, blue crawler, MMIII.

Berkley, black w/blue power worm, green pumpkin w/black Chigger craws.

Don Iovino worms; Shad, smallmouth killer, R&B, DVL Spl, 

Uptons Customs; Aaron's tragic, Purple thunder, mid night, black grape /blue vain, Hersey w/neon blue vain.

Yamamoto; dark watermelon with black & purple, cinnamon with black & gold, green pumpkin with black& red.

Zoom; June bug, margarita sunrise.

Custom pours; lightning Shad, purple thunder, sculpin, pea green w/purple vain, smoke with black/silver, gold, green weenie w/ blue flake, dark red with black vain.

30+ colors in soft plastics ranging from 3", 4",  4 1/2", 5", 6", 7", 7 1/2", 8", 9", 10", 12", 13", 16" straight, curl, paddle, spade and trick tails. 

Tom

 


fishing user avatarMolay1292 reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 4:20 AM, Mike L said:

4....

I really don't think folks on here are giving an opinion contrary to what they belive or giving advise different than what they do or use. Call me naive, but I've been on here long enough to believe that is not the case.

 

Mike

 

Think you kind of missed my point.   How many people do you know that carry only 1 or 2 colors of baits.  If color makes no difference and all.


fishing user avatarMike L reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 7:09 PM, Molay1292 said:

Think you kind of missed my point.   How many people do you know that carry only 1 or 2 colors of baits.  If color makes no difference and all.

Ok guess I did, Sorry...;)  None

 

Mike


fishing user avatarMolay1292 reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 8:43 PM, Mike L said:

Ok guess I did, Sorry...;)  None

 

Mike

No big deal, probably could have worded it better.


fishing user avatarMIbassyaker reply : 

I'm generally a color skeptic -- all else equal it matters sometimes, some places, to some degree, but in most cases, it's trumped by other factors. However, I do think there is something to the following rules of thumb:

1. in low visibility conditions, precise color matters less than just getting bass to see the bait. Dark colors, contrasting colors, or bright highlights can help. Opaque colors make better silhouettes. Also, the color of the water will tend to make some colors "pop" better than others; chartreuse seems to brighten up in green stain, orange/red in brownish stain.

2. in clear water, less-bold contrasts, muted colors, and "natural" colors (smokes, greens, browns) are preferable. Specific forage colors and patterns can tip the balance between more strikes and fewer strikes, but whether it does this depends a lot on particular lake and conditions, and it's virtually impossible to know whether this is the case without experimenting. In lake I fish with 10 feet of visibility, green flake seems to be preferable to all other flake colors, especially when the sun is out, regardless of the main color;  In another very similar lake about a mile away -- basically the same visibility prey and predator species, vegetation, cover, etc --  flake color doesn't seem to matter at all, and I have no idea what makes it different in one lake than the other -- all I know is my record of success trying different things. 

3. Many baitfish, craws and other forage species change hue slightly depending on the colors of their surroundings. The colors you see in the water, on the banks, the sand, weeds, rocks, wood will be the shades and hues crayfish will take on, and will tend to be reflected off batifish scales, etc. Thus, choosing jigs and plastics that "fit" with the colors you see around you can help, especially in clearer water.

4. There may be better colors in certain situations, but solid black is rarely the "wrong" color for fishing on the bottom, and white is rarely "wrong" for fishing up in the water column. They can work almost across the board, clear water, murky water, low-light, overcast, sunny, etc.


fishing user avatarprimetime reply : 
  On 6/25/2016 at 9:10 AM, cgolf said:

It is motor oil red light. I have 2 pics, both next to a water red zoom grub. When you hit it with a led flashlight, there is a small amount of green in it. Like motor oil it is a chameleon color. Until now I hadn't noticed the green in it. 

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I am always loaded up with Motor Oil Red Power Worms, Trick Worms, Charlies high floater swimming worms in Motor Oil/Chart tails, and It's funny that you mention that as your favorite color...I think most people call it watermelon Red now, but It does have that added chart/change over flash, which I think makes it one of the better colors in stained water due to flash and also works well in clear water as it matches forage...I stocked up on Grubs about a year ago and have packs of the 2 colors you have plus the Kalins avacado is good as well...I was lucky to come across a huge lot of Kalin's baits a few years ago and stocked up on all colors and I have cases full of grubs and swimbaits I need to go through one of these days...My biggest bass To Date came on a Motor Oil Chart changeover (It get's rejected at the Factory and they call it "Flashing???) but I had a bunch of big Ribbon Tails in the color and they look olive in one light, and then gold or Green in the water and I wish companies would sell the color instead of rejecting it....You can have guys who hand pour do a Change Over or Oil change and I still have yet to see it on the market, I guess Flashing is bad, Charlies has a great Motor Oil color, old school companies still make some good ones...

I just went down memory lane...I do have a bunch of Trick Worms that were rejects that I told the local supplier to grab on his trip, and sure enough he came back with the standard finesse worms in the Motor oil green/chart flashing color which they don't sell, but it is better than any colors they do sell....Pumpkinseed was a mistake, and that was the top seller for a few years...I know grape was the #1 10 years ago, and I think he told me Electric Grape, then it went to Green pumpkin the last few years and now Junebug and Black and blue are catching up but this Blue Magic color is getting a huge following down here as it looks like green pumpkin but as it swims it gives off blue flashes and watermelon blue is "A secret Florida Color"....So is Black, Blue and chartruese....Fry Chaser or something like that...


fishing user avatarlo n slo reply : 

right now i'm only throwing two colors (3 if you count chartreuse dye). plain old june bug and green pumpkin/dipped. 


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

My 1st bass fishing forum was the Bassmaster site followed by TBH site both changed foremat or ownership and ended here several years ago. The reason I bring this up is the subject of color for soft plastics has always been split between those anglers who use 2 or 3 colors and those who use several, those who use only high mass production inexpensive worms and those who use a variety or their own hand pours.

10 years ago watermelon red flake was #1 followed by black blue flake inexpensive injection molded ribbon tails on all the sites. Today it appears green pumpkin red flake has replaced watermelon. I call this the heard memtality, bass anglers tend to use what everyone else uses regardless if it works or not.

Another factor to consider is what color each specie of bass prefer. Florida LMB can be very finicky about what color they will eat verses Northern LMB that are far more aggressive and less finicky about color. Smallmouth bass prefer different colors than LMB and Spotted bass are very aggressive but tend to prefers green tones with chartreuse highlites. 

My point is not all bass are the same and have different prey and color preferences in the same lake, the time of day. If you are fishing for FLMB with a color they will not strike it's a long day.

You can get by with a few colors fishing for NLMB. Smallmouth or Spotted bass usually want something different than NLMB, wrong color choice can be an issue using something they tend to avoid.

Why handy cap yourself by thinking color doesn't matter when it clearly does most of the time.

Tom

 


fishing user avatarMolay1292 reply : 

I believe color matters.  I won't bore anyone with why other than to say, that many times I have seen where a little chartreuse or orange highlight really improves the bite. 


fishing user avatarriverbasser reply : 

So getting past which color you buy. When do you change colors? When you stop catching after they have been hitting? What if you haven't had a bite all day, is it the colors fault or are there just not fish there? So change color or change lure or both? These are the questions I sometimes ask myself


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

Color is meaningless if the bass aren't there or if they are inactive.

I am not a bank pounder who hopes to run across a bite. Location is very important, depth is very important, locating active bass is very important and when I have found bass and know what depth they are feeding at color becomes a factor. So I spend a lot of time and effort determine where bass are active and what they are feeding on.....before trying to focus an what lures to use, what depth to target, then through trail and error what lure the bass will strike followed by what color works best.

Tom


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

There will be times when color makes no difference at all!

There will be times when color makes all the difference!

There will be times when you'll have to change colors often to continue getting bit!

It can change from body of water to body of water. It can change daily, it can change hourly!

My favorite color is Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminated; Camouflage!

I caught bass from Texas to Florida & from the Gulf of Mexico to Ohio on Camo.

I've caught bass on some real crazy colors, one of my biggest tournament stringers was caught on a spinnerbait with double Colorado blades in chartreuse with a pink skirt! 

Find that on a color chart ;)


fishing user avatar"hamma" reply : 

  I consider color to be very important on most days, with the other days,.. not much at all.

 I let the body of water, available prey, level of sunlight, waters clarity, targeted depth, and what type of plastic (be it craw, worm, swimbait, grub, etc.) dictate what color I will choose.        

How many different colors do I have on my boat? wow! literally a boatload.

Which do I use the most? none, they are all equal.

 Transluceints and flakes i use on brighter conditions, and solids during mornings and darker conditions.

Naturals on clear lakes, with brighter colors for muddy/stained waters 

  As for buying baits? I let experience dictate what I buy. Impulse buys are not welcomed. If im fishing and come across a "need" for something I dont have, I will seek it out. Otherwise,.. I wont buy anything that catches my eye unless its a natural baitfish color that I "will" use,... then I will still greatly debate it before i pull it off the shelf.

 I used to have a plastic tote full of useless/unsuccessful baits I had bought in my younger years, that was stolen with all my tackle and tools 12 years ago. I refuse to buy plastics that seem attractive to me,....I learned to only buy plastics in colors I will actually use.

 


fishing user avatarscaleface reply : 

I get a color that is hot , I'll tend to keep using it . Right now that is chartreuse pumpkin Jelly worms .  Back in the 80's lime green Fliptail worms worked well . I only had two packages and could never find them again .


fishing user avatarAustinHellickson reply : 

I've heard dark colors (black, blue, green pumpkin) for murky water and light colors (white, yellow, light green)... I hope this helps.


fishing user avatarBankbeater reply : 

In murky water I use black, black/blue, and junebug.  In clear water I look to see if there is a lot of vegetation.  No vegetation, I use a brown, or crawdad color.  If there is a lot of vegetation I use watermelon, or green pumpkin.




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