bushnaq Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 What are your preferred colors for baits, hard and soft plastics? I fish clear water lakes in NY should i stick with green pumpkin for soft plastics and shad colors for moving baits? Any suggestions for color of baits for the area? thanks! Quote
Bigbass37 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 hardbaits, especially jerk baits, clown Quote
tbone1993 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 hardbaits, especially jerk baits, clown Clear water so I would go with a natural jerkbait color Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 5, 2015 Super User Posted February 5, 2015 Occasionally there are some "must have" very specific colors. An example is the Rapala DT6 Demon http://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/bassmaster-classic/post/rapala-lure-key-bassmaster-classic-win However, I think YOUR favorite color pattern will generally work just fine. 1 Quote
tbone1993 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Occasionally there are some "must have" very specific colors. An example is the Rapala DT6 Demon http://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/bassmaster-classic/post/rapala-lure-key-bassmaster-classic-win However, I think YOUR favorite color pattern will generally work just fine. Right bait, right time, right color. Ive caught more fish on a penguin or smash colored dt than I have the demon. That being said if the fish are eating craws any craw colored bait is going to excel. 2 Quote
flipin4bass Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 LC Spring and Delta Craw, Black/Chart, Megabass AKA Tora, Pumpkinseed, Cosmic Shad,....oh heck....I like em all. Quote
primetime Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 having grown up in NY and getting requests from friends to send them soft baits all the time, I can say that all we used 10 years ago was: Black-black/blue tail-black-chart tail-Grape-pumpkinseed-Motor Oil-Smokes... I now hear everyone asking for watermelons, watermelon seed, panfish colored swimbaits or something with chartruese in them, I always like a sexy shad up north since Smallies love chart, plus it can be a bluegill or shad depending on brand...Clear water, just go with your gut, I always do well when I match the water color with is usually a green pumpkin or smoke and then try a flake from both ends of spectrum...Red and purple or blue...GYB makes some awesome smoke colors which is why I still pay for GYB baits...Smoke with blue and gold often kills it as does that translucent black or natural shad they make...GYB put some science in the color or at least made a combo containing them all. What matters is you buy them all, then figure it out. I never use pink, but I see more sherbert swirl worms selling at shops than I do watermelons in Florida lately..not sure why, but I have noticed it is hard to find in stock at times as well....still won't throw it, just can't believe in it, but metholianate I trust... Quote
Super User scaleface Posted February 6, 2015 Super User Posted February 6, 2015 Im partial to crankbaits with some yellow because they have worked well for me . Not bright chartreuse . Perch colored rapalas have been producing for decades for me . I use other colors of course but use something with some yellow the most. Soft plastics I have a lot of favorite colors . Quote
Super User buzzed bait Posted February 6, 2015 Super User Posted February 6, 2015 a few different colors in my hardbait boxes. but soft plastics/jigs do not vary much: green pumpkin pb&j black/blue junebug Quote
wytstang Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Rapala DT series Helsinki Shad (Best producer for me) Silver DT Fat Bleeding Olive Shiner (Best producer for me sadly no longer made in the Fat series) Parrot These colors have worked year round for me in the ponds I fish. The Storm Arashi rattle in Crappie color (all though more blue then the pictures on TW show) is becoming a good producer for me. Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted February 6, 2015 Super User Posted February 6, 2015 The following colors should do you. Hard baits: Sexy Shad (any shad color) Chili Craw (bright red) Chartreuse/Black Back Soft Baits: Green Pumpkin (Watermelon Red Flake works, too) Junebug (black/blue) Smokey shad (white/black) Quote
papajoe222 Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 You can't go wrong with the colors you mention. The only additions you may want to add would be a chrome or red lipless crank. It also never hurts to show them something different now and then. The choices are almost limitless. Quote
EvanT123 Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 I'm in NY to but rarely fish clear lakes. I fish s stained River and at this point keep it pretty simple. Black and white. Quote
slimshad Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Green Pumkin and black/blue on bottom hoppers. I keep some chartruese and orange dye close by tho. Quote
corn-on-the-rob Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 I fish up north in ohio. On clear lakes like erie watermelon (seed, red, candy) any of them are killer. Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted February 7, 2015 Super User Posted February 7, 2015 For me natural colors like craw, greens, and browns seem to work best around weeds. When I start getting out of cover and into more open water I will switch over to a blue/black bait. Quote
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