Topwater Color & Weather Conditions

[motodmast]

when throwing a topwater, say a spook or gunfish, whats the importance of color choice with different weather conditions? ive read several articles but its still a bit confusing. 

 

[dday07]

I keep it simple...clear or bone during day...black at nite

[Bass Junkie]

Weather conditions do not affect my topwater color selection to any noticeable degree. If the conditions allow me to throw a topwater I will be throwing one in a color dictated by water clarity and forage base. Shad don't turn purple because it's cloudy 

[Jrob78]

99% of my topwater fishing is done with a shad pattern of some sort, a bluegill pattern or clear.  Water clarity is the main factor, everything else being equal.

[MrBassMan]

Top Water fishing in different weather conditions is more about the steady technique and reading the water than it is about nifty colors. I usually stick with a shad pattern, myself. IMO it is the single best pattern because it is a natural food color and Bass love shad especially during the spawning months and when they are schooling. I love to use poppers for top water myself, 

[ww2farmer]

It don't matter too much. BUT the type of bait can, for example, some days a spook just won't get bit, but a popper will. If it were me, I would have a basic natural color, like shad or bluegill, but in a couple different styles of baits.

[papajoe222]

It don't matter too much. BUT the type of bait can, for example, some days a spook just won't get bit, but a popper will. If it were me, I would have a basic natural color, like shad or bluegill, but in a couple different styles of baits.

X2 The color is nowhere near as important as the action. Black or white will both work on both faster or slower moving  baits and a mirrored finish in either chrome or gold would be my second choices. 

Another observation I could pass along is to slow down when the water is calm and speed up when the wind does. Sometimes they want a slow presentation and sometimes they want it fast.  You can do both with a topwater on the same cast, then stick to the speed they seem to be responding to

[bigbill]

Lure Colors? Topwater?

I been throwing the same BPS Topnocker in color #25 chartreuse for many years in and weather conditions, blue bird days, cloudy days, rainy days etc. I tend to stay with a proven lure that works rather than trying other colors and types.

One day my mom & pop local bait shop had two of those cheap "producers" topwater spooks in Orange and one in green/yellow. I put on the Orange one early in the morning and caught four bass back to back. These lures were $0.99 each. I was purchasing the larger spooks from a bait shop in Florida but he went out of business. I don't see the larger saltwater spooks anywhere like the ones he sold me. I did get another orange one from him too. But I did find some on clearance again.