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Old 01-28-07, 11:44 PM   #1
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I know that different colors work better at different times. Which colors to you guys think work the best in different situations? I think I know the basics; that brighter colors for overcast and muddy water, and natural colors for clean water and sunny. I crankbait fish a lot and carry three basic colors: perch, black/silver/white, and shad/baitfish. These are all rapalas. I have a few others, but hesitate to tie them on.
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Old 01-29-07, 04:42 AM   #2
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You wanna know the truth?

No one REALLY knows.

About the only rule of thumb is that the more the bass can inspect your lure..the more natural it has to be.

My own personal way of picking colors goes like this.

Plastics..any sort of greens, then white, black..some black/blue..some red flakes, black flakes, browns, reds....and that about covers it.

For spinnerbaits, I use White, Chartreuse, Black, Black/Blue, and some variations on bluegill colors and a couple other baitfish color patterns.

Cranbaits are a little different because its more about the flash of the color presented to the fish. Matching Crawdad patterns and throwing in some firetiger or char/blue or black(or blue)/chrome...any of those work for me. I fish baby bass patterns but they don't produce like just plain old color patterns do, for me.

After all that long winded stuff, the summary is...keep your color selection simple. I stick with mostly "natural" things unless I feel I need to be noticed..and then its usually chartreuse or something like a bright orange or red, or yellow....and thats it.
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Old 01-29-07, 04:48 PM   #3
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I use 4 differant colors for soft plastics,here they are,
1. Green pumpkin
2. Watermelonseed
3. Junebug
4. Watermelonseed/Red Flake
There are other colors that work also,but I like these.
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Old 01-29-07, 07:04 PM   #4
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belive it or not my crank colors are simple. shad,tenn.shad,homer,firetiger...

that is it i have a few odd colors but most are them...

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Old 01-29-07, 07:06 PM   #5
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What is homer? Thanks guys.
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Old 01-29-07, 07:25 PM   #6
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blue back chart.sides orange belly..

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Old 01-29-07, 08:13 PM   #7
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http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...-8&sa=N&tab=wi

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Old 01-29-07, 10:00 PM   #8
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I have never used that color before. I use perch, which is similar.
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Old 02-03-07, 12:13 AM   #9
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I think that you work the colors for the conditions but colors like silver and pumpkin work good for most conditions for me. It also depends on what baitfish are in the lake or river and if they feed heavier on one more than another. At my lake there used to be a lot of perch in it and the bass could feed heavy on them but now there is almost none now so i have moved to other colors resembling other baitfish like bluegill and sunfish and it produces good with those colors.
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Old 02-04-07, 01:09 AM   #10
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I use junebug with the tails died chartruse for most worms and tubes. I think it resembles a small perch to bass. I'd like to add that the water I fish is extremely clear. Anyway, it's a huge producer, caught a lot of fish c-rigging a 4" curl tail ring worm in this color year around. I use white/gray senko's a lot, also. Crankbaits: usually use shad, red shad or craw fish pattern.

I think KenDammit's "rule of thumb" is the best, most dummy proof, terse explanation for lure color then any other I have ever heard (read) LOL. I would only add that lure speed/presentation would add to what color to use. For example, white or shad crankbait since they really can't sit and look at it. Also, white spinnerbaits since the flash and reaction is what draws attention. However, for every other bait I can think of, that is the best "rule of thumb" to go by IMO.

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Old 02-05-07, 08:00 PM   #11
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For crankbaits ive always read that in early spring you throw browns or crawdad colors because the bass will relate to the rocks, then in later spring you throw grays to represent shad, then summer you move to more blue and chartreuse cranks, then fall time you move bad to a simple gray

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Old 02-06-07, 07:45 PM   #12
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go with colors of the main baitfish in your lake or lakes. or maybe somthing that really stands out like a Bubble Gum color.
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Old 02-06-07, 09:23 PM   #13
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I know that greenpumpkin works everywhere, all year round, in all conditions. I know that black, alewife, and junebug also work all year round too, in most conditions. That's for plastics anyways.

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Old 02-07-07, 01:21 PM   #14
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Colors . . . starting off, I go with the the K.I.S.S. principle:

Blacks and chartreuse for muddy water (especially for Smallmouth)
Watermelons and Green Pumpkins for clear or lightly stained water

Although the K.I.S.S. principle seems to work, generally, I have found that tweekin' the colors will sometimes help. Also, as the seasons, weather, and time-of-day change, sometimes certain colors seem to have a special appeal to the fish. Here are some examples:

Cloudy and rainy: Reds, especially fast moving red crankbaits
No light (early morning and night): Methiolate worms (I have experimented with Methiolate colored crankbaits but the results were negligible)
Bright sunlight, early spring: Watermelon with very fine gold fleck, something about the gold fleck seems to make a difference
Evening hours as sun is setting: something with a hint of flourescent orange near the underside

And every now and then there is a color that is "da' bomb" that makes no sense. On one particular day, my friend and I were fishing in some lily pads. The fish smashed his one and only silver and pool blue worm. Ignored all other colors.
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Old 02-07-07, 05:17 PM   #15
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Anyone else "tweek" the color of their presentation?
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