Chatterbait colors

[lmiller157]

Hello all, what is your preference for chatterbait colors? Spinnerbaits I can almost always get away with using a white or white and chartruce . is it the same for chatters?

[iabass8]

Green pumpkin variant

White

Black/Blue or Black/Red

I throw the Green Pumpkin variant more often than not. 

[blckshirt98]

Sexy Shad is my top choice, then something like baby bass where there's green mixed with some lighter highlights, and then black/blue.

[XzyluM]

Green pumpkin and chartreuse has been my most productive color lately, but I carry a lot of the usual jig colors. 

[JustinU1X]

1 hour ago, iabass8 said:

Green pumpkin variant

White

Black/Blue or Black/Red

I throw the Green Pumpkin variant more often than not. 

Exactly, except I use a bluegill imitation along with white and black/blue. 

[Brikon]

You can't  go wrong with Green Pumpkin, Black/Blue and White. As a trailer use a Craw creature or a paddle tail fluke 

[Bluebasser86]

Green pumpkin, black and blue, bluegill colors, and sexy shad would get you through most days. I carry a lot of colors though and have a few that regularly outproduce those colors that everybody carries. 

[Bankbeater]

I have been having good luck with white so far this spring.  That is about the only color I have been throwing.

[Deleted account]

Natural, forage colors in clear water, loud colors in low vis situations. But I do that for most lures. I find size and profile more important than color most times. I don't like fishing chatters, but sometimes they are on fire, and I never argue with fish.

[lakeannaangler]

6 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Green pumpkin, black and blue, bluegill colors, and sexy shad would get you through most days. I carry a lot of colors though and have a few that regularly outproduce those colors that everybody carries. 

Spot on Bluebasser86

[buzzed bait]

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Green pumpkin, black and blue, bluegill colors, and sexy shad would get you through most days. I carry a lot of colors though and have a few that regularly outproduce those colors that everybody carries. 

this guy knows what's up on the bladed jigs.  those 4 are the only colors i own in them.

[fishballer06]

Green pumpkin/bluegill is my best producer year round. I also do well with white in the spring. 

[roadwarrior]

Very interesting to me. I have several color combinations, but white seems to be the ticket. I'm using a white Rage Tail Structure Bug for the trailer rigged vertically rather than horizontal.

 

[Hurricane]

Black/Blue with a Black Blade has done well for me so far this year..

[UKCATSBASSER]

White for me as well and green pumpkin. I like to use a smimn sinko trailer

[tander]

If I had to pick one color it would be chart./white. I throw this color 90% of the time.

[lmiller157]

Thanks for the input! i will grab some green pumpkin and white tonight. I guess White works with dang near every bait!

[Raul]

Ok, there´s white, chartreuse and just to be sure you got the exact right one white & chartreuse. 

[blckshirt98]

Has anyone had any luck with a red/bright orange/crawfish chatterbait color?  I have one I tried throwing for a bit last year but that thing just did not draw any strikes!

[Kevin22]

My list...

GP for clearer waters (color blade black with sharpie)
Black/Blue for dirty water (color blade with sharpie)
White when they are on shad
 

[Scarborough817]

anything that imitates bait fish or black and blue for stained water

[primetime]

I use a dark top usually a black or smoke with various flake, and a light belly color...White silver belly, chart or orange...sometimes green pumpkin or brown top and chart or gold on bottom...

I carry lots of skirts to change them up, I find that it is hard to beat a sexy shad pattern most days...Smoke on top, chart in middle, and pearl on bottom, and if I want to make it more like a bluegill I will simply swap out a skirt that has some black with green flake, some purple, and a mix of orange and watermelon/chart...I like to play around with skirts but I find a black, smoke, or green pumpkin top with a lighter color to match forage works best for me..

Most baitfish have dark backs in florida, and we have stained water so I like to add some flash to all my skirts, and even when I want a craw color most craws down here are brown/gold/red color, some have chart highlights or a yellow hue, but usually for chatterbaits I am trying to mimic a baitfish....I feel I can often get away with any color skirt and a chartruese single tail gyb grub, or a smoke color with various flake single tail grub...I rarely use boot tail swimbaits anymore when I have a bladed jig, I feel it is too much thump at least for me. A 4" ribbon tail worm is a dynamite trailer as well, just clip a worm in half, or buy a 4" brand but lately that is one of my new favorite trailers...

I rarely use black and blue anymore, I seem to do better with a black and chart pattern, I actually prefer flashy skirts in most water, if clear I go without flake and stick to natural colors. I try to match my skirts to my favorite crank bait/jerkbait colors...Thicker skirts sometimes work better, sometimes a thin strand skirt, but I have a system I use and usually I end up with a green pumpkin/chart or black/chart pattern on my line....

[IowaHusker28]

I've usually also only throw 3 colors. Black n blue, green pumpkin, and white. I have gotten a little adventurous when it comes to the Picasso "bladed jigs" because they have some cool colors that really look like a bluegill. I also either throw a Keitech or strike king caffeine shad paddle tail in a matching color. On the river or where there is a lot of grass for whatever reason I like throwing a green/white or green with red sparkle trailer. 

[Bluebasser86]

A couple of my different colors that have been proven fish catching colors. The all blue is just deadly around here.