Anyone that loves fishing jigs

[Montanaro]

Most craws i see are olive or black olive or black blue

No need to use other colors imo.

[Scarborough817]

whatever the craws in the lake look like 

[Catt]

[senile1]

I use green pumpkin, black/blue, and to a lesser extent reddish and brown/orange colors.

If you are trying to match colors and species, they vary across the United States so you need to do research for your region or state.  In Missouri, we have at least 35 crayfish species and 7 are found nowhere else (https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/general-species-information/aquatic-invertebrate-facts/crayfish-facts). 

The top photo, below, is a typical white river longpincered crayfish (Table Rock, Bull Shoals lakes).  The bottom photo is a Devil Crayfish and it is common all across Missouri.  However, in the bootheel region some of these crayfish are a blue color and I have seen other pictures of them where they were a green color with red on the pincers.

 

[TxHawgs]

12 hours ago, Catt said:

Wow, who makes that?

[Robert Riley]

I think black and blue, or brown/green are the only colors you need. BUT since Im usually fishing from the back of the boat, I have a few other colors I throw just so I'm not throwing the exact same thing as my boater. 

 

[Catt]

9 hours ago, TxHawgs said:

Wow, who makes that?

Death!

[bagofdonuts]

Looks like the gene lerue salt craw but I've not seen that color. 

[Catt]

36 minutes ago, bagofdonuts said:

Looks like the gene lerue salt craw but I've not seen that color. 

Gene Larew? 

Nah!

[J Francho]

Siebert makes one for me that matches Ragetail 'Bama Craw perfectly.  That, and black, or black and blue are my faves.

[Scarborough817]

40 minutes ago, Catt said:

Gene Larew? 

Nah!

 

looks more like a wave worm tiki craw though i know it isnt

["hamma"]

My Jig box has four basic colors,..Black, Black/blue, Green, and Brown. Since I tie my skirts on, I do tie some different "variations" of each, except Black. I "may" also thread on a grubs body, or piece of worm, before the chunk trailer to add bulk, color, and aid in keeping the chunk trailer from sliding down the hook, and spinning around blocking its point. This body can be any color to customize the jig even further. Smother it all with real craw and i'm ready to fish.

[WRB]

We only have 1 native crawdad the signal crayfish and it's a dark charcoal color with white claw patches. We do have a wide variety of imported crawdads, mostly the red Alabama swamp crayfish. One thing to remember about crawdads is they change colors depending on the type of environment they live in. Red clay the craws are reddish brown, sand stone they are cinnamon color, weeds they tend to be more greenish weed colors. The crawdad changes colors to blend into the background for survival, those that standout don't live long. It's a mistake to think jigs only represent crawdads.

My favorite jig colors are anything that works.

1. Anytime anywhere is my favorite: black/purple/brown.

2. Spring craw: black/green/light brown.

3. Shad:.green/ chartreuse/ pearl white.

4. Frits:.brown/red/ chartruese (Smallmouth)

5. Midnight: black/blue ( deep cold water and nights).

6. June bug: dark purple/ green.

I try to keep it simple with the 6 colors but use lots more depending where I am fishing.

Tom 

[Robert Riley]

1 hour ago, WRB said:

One thing to remember about crawdads is they change colors depending on the type of environment they live in. Red clay the craws are reddish brown, sand stone they are cinnamon color, weeds they tend to be more greenish weed colors. The crawdad changes colors to blend into the background for survival, those that standout don't live long. It's a mistake to think jigs only represent crawdads.

Don't they also change color as the water temp changes? I've always been curious about this. 

[Catt]

10 minutes ago, Robert Riley said:

Don't they also change color as the water temp changes? I've always been curious about this. 

Uhh! No!

Well unless DA in the boiling pot!

[Booty Freak]

I love fishing jigs.   Either blue & black or red & green