Favorite Color Bait

[Choporoz]

Any color so long as it's green.

[roadwarrior]

The first time I met Big O was at Kentucky Lake on a BassResource RoadTrip. We were having a casual conversation and

color came up. I have always felt that color can be important on occasion, but generally the least important. Big O shared his

opinion this way, "When the fishing is good, having EXACTLY the right color can make it better". I thought that comment was

very insightful.

 

 

 

 

[MassBass]

White chatterbait

[gardnerjigman]

Plastics- watermelon red flake

Cranks - chartreuse sexy shad or ghost

Jig- pbj or black and blue

Bladed jig- kicker shad or baby gill (C&C Custom Baits)

[bigbill]

Colors?

Matching the color to the different sunlite and different water conditions can mean catching a boat load of fish or going home a beaten fisherman.

Keep this written in your log book on the first page.

Clear water,

Smaller, natural colored baits fished faster so the fish can't get a good look at them.

Slightly stained water,

Same as above but fished a tad slower than fast, a little brighter color of flash can be a plus.

Stained water,

Slightly larger than smaller sized baits, to medium sized baits. Speed wise it's a slower presentation. Bright colors. Fished slow.

Muddy water conditions,

Largest, brightest colored baits fished the slowest to very slow presentation.

Now having a rattle, a shot of bass scent is a plus in any situation.

Wash your hands before going fishing. Do not touch gas before going fishing.

Now what's my favorite color? It's the one that catches bass.

Fish catching colors do vary from colors that catch us fisherman.

I'm a color freak. I have and use just about every color. I find on certain days one or a few colors will work. On other days I swear they woould strike a bare hook any color works.

I have a ritual of baits and colors I throw. Most of the time they will strike a bait when I get the bait, color and presentation correct. If I go through my ritual of baits and caught nothing I repeat it practicing different presentations.

Colors?

Brown-Red-dark green- green- citrus- yellow- black- purple- blue- orange- baby bass- pearl white, white, shad etc.

Every color will work at a certain time.

Example, I purchased a cheap discounted orange spook. I was sitting relaxing at the shore kind of in the zone but not awake yet. On was at a point that jetted out. I casted it out and caught the first fish. I fan casted the area by skipping around the point and caught a bass on every cast. I laughed at myself when I purchased the orange spook. It was one colored spook I didn't have.

Checkout the discount, the clearance and Mark down sections at your places you shop at.

Please support our sponcers here too without them this forum couldn't survive. Our sponcers also have good buys too.

Do not limit yourself with colors.

[Bankbeater]

Purple plastic worms, green pumpkin tubes, black or black/blue jigs, white pearl flukes, and firetiger crankbaits.