Top Crankbait Color? 2025
eyedabassman reply :
What is your all time best color crankbait? I am not a big crankbait guy but, I want to get better at them! So the answers I get on color could help my master plan? 
Wammiee reply :
Always good to have a chartreuse color. Orange is good for deeper depths.& then maybe a close imitation to the baitfish.
dude loves to fish reply :
I like the spring crawfish in the spring and fall. Fire tiger in the summer.
ChiCityBasser reply :
Gizzard Shad has always worked well for me from spring to fall. Strike King 1xs
Grey Wolf reply :
On 4/7/2011 at 8:49 PM, eyedabassman said:What is your all time best color crankbait? I am not a big crankbait guy but, I want to get better at them! So the answers I get on color could help my master plan?
WHITE !!!!!!!
whittler reply :
If I have white, black and either green/brown, I'm good to go.
Vinny Chase reply :
Chartruese/ blue back
Enough said
Thad reply :
If I chose just one it would be rootbeer. The green back and white belly can resemble bait fish, bluegill, and crawdads.
If it's stained to muddy water then I will use bright bellied colors with a dark back.
Bass_Fanatic reply :
Tenn. Shad has always been my top producer. Second would probably be White/Black back.
BobP reply :
I can't say just one color pattern - gotta have 3: something that looks like a shad, a bluegill, and a crawdad. If you fish northern waters for smallmouths, I'd go with brighter versions of the 3 variants.
Raul reply :
Classic colors always work:
Silver black back
Gold black back
Silver blue back
Firetiger
If I were on the look for cranks with little money those would be the colors I´d purchase.
Hooligan reply :
In the Midwest, Bluegill is king, without a doubt my all time best around here.
That said, I'd likely go with a shad pattern, a chartreuse black back, a citrus shad and, bluegill.
OkobojiEagle reply :
Possibly the most important question concerning crankbait color should be concerning water clarity. The more water clarity the less obvious I want my crankbait to be... the less clarity... the more obvious. This pertains to color, action, silouette and noise.
eo
.dsaavedra. reply :
i like natural colors. shiny is good too, metallic/pearl/chameleon paint etc. usually silver, gold, or bluegill. sometimes i like brown/orange/yellow if i'm going for a real reaction bite.
WanderLust reply :
Natural colors work best for me. Shad, Perch and bluegill.
If stained water, Sexy Shad seems to produce really well.
TennesseeShad reply :
Tennessee Shad followed by Orange Craw
Whets Lines reply :
I've had great luck with the Strike King's Sexy Shad. This is basically a threadfin shad color. The small lakes I fish here in Wisconsin do not have any threadfin shad in them but I've still had great success. So, to sort of mirror what others are saying, something which matches a baitfish.
Whets
.dsaavedra. reply :
tennessee shad has always been a good producer for me
SoFlaBassAddict reply :
I don't go overboard on my crank colors. If I'm trying to match a specific baitfish, usually bluegill or redear sunfish, I've got a few cranks that match those perfetly. Otherwise its:
Something natural
Something bright/vividly colored
Something white/shiny
An old classic favorite down here is also something gold.
boystcroix reply :
rootbeer and citrus shad
WdyCrankbait reply :
Rapala's Yellow Perch color scheme, blue back charte. sides, then crayfish colors.
kanasbassfisher08 reply :
I would say tenn. shad is a great color one of my better producers for fish. chart and black back is great for murky or muddy water and it also depends on what brand of crankbaits u have too big fan of luckycraft best ever and a close second is bandits cheap and durable.
Sam reply :
1. Shad colors
2. Chart with blue back
3. Firetiger
CAdeltaLipRipper reply :
Out in the delta, Speed Traps are the best. I dont know why, they are pretty cheaply made lol even know they're pretty expensive. They have pretty good action though. But the bass prefer them over all other crankbaits for some reason lol.Our best color is Delta craw.
Other than that, i like sexy shad a lot,bleeding gizzard shad, and bleeding chrome blue/black. Most of my red eye shad are in these colors,and a lot of my shallow square bills are in sexy shad and some other darker colors
Chris reply :
1. citrus shad<---good in clear,stained and some muddy conditions
2. splatterback black chart belly<--great early spring color looks like a crappie or oddball minnow
3. khakki<--looks like an albino shad or molted crawfish
4. parrot orange<--good cold water color looks like a red nose shad or crawfish
5. grey pearl<-shad
crankbait2009 reply :
I always have luck with chrome/black back or Silver/black back........those get more hits than any other color i have
A-Rob reply :
Tie: Sexy Shad and dark green craw
Avalonjohn44 reply :
I have several favorites -
Black back over Chartreuse is easily my best producer, but Blueback over Chartreuse is very close. I also really like Chatreuse back over pearl.
In moving waters though, I will usually only throw Splatterback: Black back, white sides. Smallmouth near me have absolutely ruined several bagley kb2s in this color.
Bluebasser86 reply :
Chartreuse black back if I had to pick one color. I wouldn't want to go anywhere without Tennesee shad, some kind of crawdad color, american shad, sexy shad, bluegill, firetiger, and rootbeer. I like lots of different colors because I've seen slight differences make a huge difference in the number of bites you're getting. I whooped a friend of mine from the back of the boat one time. Both throwing 100 series bandits over the weeds. His was Chartreuse blue back, mine was chartreuse black back. Don't know why it was such a big difference but it was that day for sure.
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