Lipless Crankbait Fishing

[TWMstr]

I went out and bought a couple Strike King Red Eye Shad Lipless Crankbaits about a month ago, and haven't used them much at all. Crankbaits have never been one of my confidence baits seeing as how I use soft plastics 95% of the time. I broke out one today and decided to crank it around a little and hooked a #er after a few casts and hooked into another #er shortly after. I pretty much know all the techniques of fishing one but I need help with the color choice.

 

The pond/lake I'm fishing has very little cover on the banks, is 12-16' deep in some spots, and has med/heavy grass on the bottom along with some sandy spots. The water color is between stained and murky, but not muddy by any means. I usually use green pumpkin colors in this pond, and it's never failed me. I know that on sunny days with a little wind I should use a chrome/blue, chrome/red, and even a chrome/black. But what about the cloudy days with wind, or even cloudy and no wind at all? Help!?

 

Considering all this info, what do you guys think about color choice? Thanks!

[Bluebasser86]

Shad colors are always a good place to start. Something non reflective when it's cloudy is usually a good choice. In stained water I also like gold and red craw colored rattle baits also. 

[don53]

for some reason,white works for me in all conditions,pond,lake or river,the sk red eye shad in white has been killer this year.

[lanzbass]

On days like that its White and red worm( red on the end) with Silver spinner specialy on the cloudy days...works for me , hope the same for you

[Fishes in trees]

First, I don't think that color matters all that much on these baits.  I think that with the noise and the action of these baits, fish will feel then long before they see them.  I normally fish these baits fairly quickly, pulled over the top of shallow to medium depth (7-8 feet or so) vegetation.  OK now, given the notion that I don't think that color matters very much, and given the fact that I've got lots of different colors of these baits, how come I almost always have something shiny tied on?  Beats me.  Anyway, that's what I think about trap style baits.

[Jolly Green]

My best producer is a 3/16 oz. Super Spot in fire tiger. Bass, pike, crappie, etc. can't seem to leave it alone. Chrome/black is next.

[AK-Jax86]

My buddy always seems to have luck throwing these not me at all

[Mccallister25]

Iv caught some pretty good fish on the RES. my top producers have been sexy shad, and chartreuse sexy shad. Cant ever go wrong with chrome with blue/black neither.