cjam93

Hey guys so I have a question about crankbait colors, I know everyone asks what color you should thrown in different conditions, but I have a little different question. So my question is, why does water effect it so much? For example, say in a lake the shad are all your normal silver color that most shad have. However the water is muddy. Now usually I would want to throw something with chart in it because of the muddy water, but if I am supposed to be imitating bait fish, then shouldnt I just throw a silver crankbait or a sexy shad one regardless of the water clarity? I know that clarity matters, but I guess my question is why does it? Wont the shad look the same regardless of clarity so shouldnt we focus more on imitating them and less on letting the water dictate what we throw? Thanks for the help guys

Hmm thats interesting, to be honest Im not really sure what the baitfish look like in this lake. Ive never seen any of the shad in it besides on a graph. I need to figure that out, thanks!

Awesome thanks man!

Thanks for all the replies guys. I only usually use a scent on my plastics, so in this case I did not have any scents on my bait. I will remember to try the different retrieves next time as well. Jrob, how do you decide what color to change to? Do you usually just find something similar to what you were throwing but slightly different or what do you do?

Hey guys so I was wondering what you guys do when you get short strikes or fish turning away from your lure at the last second when using a crankbait? I read online a while back that this is when you should start to change colors, is that right? For an example, yesterday I was fishing one of the newer Yamamoto crankbaits in chart blue back. Anyways the first fish of the day for me came on that crankbait. However he was hooked barely through the lip, by one of the hooks from the back treble. Then a hour or so later (no fish were caught in between) I had another bass follow the crank all the way back to the boat, and then rush it. However right before hitting the crank he turned and swam off. Im just wondering if when that happened mixed with the fish earlier in the day barely taking the crank, should I have changed the color of the crank, or what would you have done in that situation? Thanks guys!