Night fishing crankbait colors?

[DaveT63]

Do you use the same colors and models as you use during daylight?  If not, what do you use?

Thanks,

Dave

[Steven Ladner]

Many say to use the same ones you'd use during the day. But I personally like using black as a confidence booster.

[MMan16]

I definitely like using a darker color (black, brown, blue etc) also something with a nice rattle.

[Bass XL]

When it comes to night fishing, if I'm fishing any kind of bait that is representing a type of "fish-forage" (shad, bluegill, etc.), I find no need to change colors from what I would use during the day. Think about it: if you're catching fish on a shad colored crank during the day, why change to a darker colored crank for night? The shad that live in the lake don't change color, yet the bass seem to be feeding on those fish. I personally it's a vibration thing.

[Bassn Blvd]

Hawk and I just finished our seasonal night tournament. There were 14 tournaments since March and ended September. We finished in the money 9 times in a row (top 3). Number of boats averaged 18-22. All of our keeper fish, except maybe 4 or 5, were caught on the following.

Lake Fork swimbait. Trout or Tilapia color.

Black/blue flake Senko. Fished with a splitshot, bullet weight or weightless.

Lucky Craft Pointer Minnow in American Shad color.

Chrome w/black top rattle trap.

We caught one fish over 5 pounds in at least 7 of the tournaments.

[SkilletSizeBass.]

I don't fish at night much more, but when I did I probably adjusted my soft plastic color maybe more than crankbait color,

[A-Jay]

Hawk and I just finished our seasonal night tournament. There were 14 tournaments since March and ended September. We finished in the money 9 times in a row (top 3). Number of boats averaged 18-22. All of our keeper fish, except maybe 4 or 5, were caught on the following.

Lake Fork swimbait. Trout or Tilapia color.

Black/blue flake Senko. Fished with a splitshot, bullet weight or weightless.

Lucky Craft Pointer Minnow in American Shad color.

Chrome w/black top rattle trap.

We caught one fish over 5 pounds in at least 7 of the tournaments.

I love seeing posts like this !

Documented Results = Credibility.

Thank you

A-Jay

[Raul]

Do you use the same colors and models as you use during daylight? If not, what do you use?

Thanks,

Dave

Pretty much yes, the same stuff I use for fishing during the day is what I use for the night.

[OHIO]

I usually use chrome/blue at night.

If it works during the day, why change it?

[BASSclary]

Colors stay the same, but my lure noise goes up.

I like my cranks with wide wobbles and loud rattles.

Not sure if it really does produce more, but it does wonders with my confidence.

[JDK.]

i like black top chartreuse body at night works great in day also.. id rather throw a spinnerbait or jig though at night

[Bigbarge50]

Lake Fork swimbait. Trout or Tilapia color.

Black/blue flake Senko. Fished with a splitshot, bullet weight or weightless.

Lucky Craft Pointer Minnow in American Shad color.

Chrome w/black top rattle trap.

Great post and x2 on the chrome rattle trap with black top. Will throw that thing all day and all night.

[MarineMichael]

I don't do quite as much night fishing as I used to, but I just use the same colors as I would durring the day.  I tried using darker plastics with no noticable improvement in hookup ratio.

[Vinny Chase]

Ghost white...Night is obviously the time of the day when you need your bait to POP the most. Whats better then all white?

Like others have said its also a confidence booster!

[Grey Wolf]

Ghost white...Night is obviously the time of the day when you need your bait to POP the most. Whats better then all white?

Like others have said its also a confidence booster!

White is a great color to use.