Why Black/blue Color Combo?

[livemusic]

I see people mention black/blue color combo often. Jigs. I had a buddy who for many years used only that in a plastic worm. I see it mentioned a lot on craw plastics. I don't think crawfish are black and blue. Why does black/blue work? Is it just more easily seen in certain water conditions?

[Frenchman83]

I like black and blue in low light conditions regardless of water clarity. I think the bass can see it better.

[Catch and Grease]

I fish a lot of very dark water that doesn't have much visibility. Black and blue works great for low visibility water, I don't know all the science behind it but I can tell you one thing... IT WORKS!

[Catt]

I don't know why!

Maybe it's contrast

It works in any water clarity, any sky condition, any season, & at night

It's a deadly lizard color

The bulk of my bass last year came on a Bassassin Tapout worm black blue tail.

If I had to choose one jig color it would be black-n-blue!

[wisconsin heat]

An opaque black stands out really well in the water, I personally would also consider black a "natural" color. There are a lot of dark-shaded critters swimming around in water, Leeches, some frogs, bullheads and other fish, some craws. Black is is the natural color that best stands out and gets noticed in most situations. As for the blue, a common thought is that because some craws get shades of blue when they molt, we use blue flake. But Blue is also one of the colors that can be seen and distinguished at most depths, as opposed to red or orange which commonly fade to grey after 5-10 feet.

[WRB]

The black-blue jig combo is the most popular across the country as is green pumpkin with red flake soft plastics. If 90% of the anglers are using black-blue, then a high % of bass will be caught on that color combo, same for green pumpkin w/red flake.

Crawdads come in a lot of color combo's in the wild and brackish water the crawdads are very dark colors and some are black-blue. The most common color for crawdad is redish brown or rust brown that turns green-brown when the crawdad molt.

The popular jig color with pork trailers, before soft plastic, was black followed by brown, circa 1950-1970.

Black, black with red or blue has been popular for decades, because it catches bass everywhere.

Tom

[robster80]

I don't know why!

Maybe it's contrast

It works in any water clarity, any sky condition, any season, & at night

It's a deadly lizard color

The bulk of my bass last year came on a Bassassin Tapout worm black blue tail.

If I had to choose one jig color it would be black-n-blue!

i picked up a bag of those bass assassin tapouts the other day. love the smell !

[Fisher-O-men]

Put black and blue crawdad into your search engine and look at "images".

[Senko lover]

I fish it when there's murky/stained water. Seems to stand out more.

[ripinit]

Agree, Blue shows up in crawfish when they first come out in the Spring, and then those darn Bluegill, but I think the real reason is they see dark colors just better. Bass eyes are positioned where they look up, and what blocks out the light, or silhouettes better than darker hues...even in the moonlight!!

[RoLo]

> Black is a "neutral" color that blends with any backdrop.

> Black is also the "darkest" color, which offers contrast against low-light backgrounds.

     Contrast is important in many situations such as murky water, roily water, overcast days & deep water.

     Though I never hear it mentioned, contrast is also useful when fishing in dense vegetation

     where your lure spends a lot of time in heavy shade.

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> Blue is the last color in the light spectrum to disappear (shortest wave length)

> Blue is also a color displayed by crayfish in the molt (of moot value)

 

Roger

[gulfcaptain]

Because they simply work and catch fish.  In all colors of water, it just works.  

[Bluebasser86]

Fish eat lots of things that don't look like food. I've never seen a bubble gum colored minnow, but I'll bet a lot of guys wouldn't be caught dead without some bubble gum colored flukes. Chartreuse black back was/is the hot color for squarebills, never seen a chartreuse baitfish either. I've never really thought about it, but I try not to complicate it more than it needs to be.

[aceman387]

Don't be afraid to use that jig color combo in extremely clear water.I fish mainly gin clear strip pits with zebra mussels and the black & blue color combo works better for me than the green pumpkin.

[ChrisWi]

They actually see white and gold