Black & Red Jig?

[Dypsis]

Whenever anyone asks about what color jig to throw or what they like to throw you always here - Black and Blue, some type of Green Pumpkin, maybe a Missuri Craw or PB&J thrown in.  But I rarely (almost never in fact - other than @Catt it seems) mention Black and Red.  It's a great color for hardbaits (traps, cranks, etc in Spring/Fall) when we are imitating a crawfish among other things - so why not a Black and Red jig?

 

[samwise2u]

Good question! I have a Black/Red jig in the tackle box. Have never caught anything with it, but then again, I usually have a Black/Blue jig tied on.

 

Anybody ever caught some on a Black/Red?

[roadwarrior]

20 minutes ago, samwise2u said:

Anybody ever caught some on a Black/Red?

 

No, but I never fish the color so it's not surprising!

 

[riverbasser]

because the pros haven't told me to throw that color yet.

 

 

 

 

 

seriously tho people throw what is popular. I have several custom jigs to match my local crawfish. I use plenty of black but normally go for orange instead of red as my craws(depending on time of year) are normally more orange. I have no doubt I could catch a bass on a black/red jig, of course I could say that about almost any dark color

[samwise2u]

Yep, I think as long as the color is in the ball park of what the fish are looking for they will bite.

[RoLo]

37 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

 

No, but I never fish the color so it's not surprising!

 

 

 

More than a joke, that statement runs deeper than it might appear.

 

 

15 minutes ago, samwise2u said:

Yep, I think as long as the color is in the ball park of what the fish are looking for they will bite.

 

 

The fish in Florida are color-blind, so I've got it real good 

[scaleface]

1 hour ago, riverbasser said:

because the pros haven't told me to throw that color yet.

 

 

 

 

 

seriously tho people throw what is popular. I have several custom jigs to match my local crawfish. I use plenty of black but normally go for orange instead of red as my craws(depending on time of year) are normally more orange. I have no doubt I could catch a bass on a black/red jig, of course I could say that about almost any dark color

This is probably true .

 

I fish them some .Black and  Red or Orange is my top color for shallow muddy water . When I say muddy I mean a couple of inches   visibility . Why , because I have caught fish with them under those conditions . 

[RB 77]

Sshhh... Don't let the cat out of the bag! In all seriousness, I kind of like that fact that not a lot of people throw black and red compared to black and blue because I throw a lot of black and red baits period. Particularly soft plastics.

[Preytorien]

I sometimes use a Black and Yellow jig that Siebert sells in his color "Bumble Bee" - it's great for dirty stained water. It's one of the only jigs I ever catch fish with. 

[Catt]

#1: black-n-blue

#2: black neon

#3: Falcon lake craw

[WRB]

Black & red jigs are the staple colors at the California (San Joaquin) Delta.

I use black/red skirt jigs with barn red trailers at night and during the winter in 30' to 50' depths.

Another over looked color combo is black $ chartreuse.

Tom

[J Francho]

Black and Red and Purple and Red are very popular colors up here.  I generally do not talk to much about colors of jigs.  It seems to really vary by water.  My favorite jig color is a mix of colors, meant to pair with Ragetail's Bama Craw color.

[Team9nine]

Have had a lot of success on black/brown/red jigs as well as black/pumpkin/red. I usually prefer that combo in somewhat clearer waters, reserving the black blue purple or black yellow chartreuse variations for more stained waters. Just my personal preferences as the fish likely could care less. 

[Montanaro]

Havent seen any redish craws around here.  Olives and black blues are what ive seen.  I also catch plenty on those colors.

 

Adding another option to my box will only make me second guess myself.

 

Best option is to switch to a red flake trailer on GP jig.

[Dypsis]

Thanks all, seems like it does get thrown, maybe just quieter.  I'll grab a few and see how it goes, although one could get lost in all the millions of skirt colors out there.  

 

I just got to thinking last night about how I did well with that color combination with hardbaits but other than watermelon red flake I don't throw much red.

[Raul]

Plain black.

[ClackerBuzz]

deadstick a jig long enough and bass get so agitated they only see red

[Bluebasser86]

Cold, muddy water early in the year is black and red jig time. Don't know why, but I know it works. 

[scaleface]

35 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Cold, muddy water early in the year is black and red jig time. Don't know why, but I know it works. 

My findings too . Usually I dont have red on the jig but on the trailer instead . Uncle Josh use to make bright orange pork frogs and they worked   well in cold muddy water . Fish them in shallow cover on a steep bank  s-l-o-w . Some days it would be the only way I could figure out how to get a bite .

[MDBowHunter]

When I was a kid probably 35 years or more ago, and my uncle showed me what jig and pig was for the first time there were only a couple colors, the two most used were brown and orange jigs with a brown pork frog trailer or a black and red jig with a black pork frog. We would tear them up with these colors. Now the colors are endless...

[Jaderose]

Why not because two words....RED SHAD.  If you can't catch bass on pretty much any soft plastic in red shad...in Missouri at least....you need to give up.

 

[scaleface]

I dont  use red on my jigs or soft plastics unless the water is "muuuddy" . Theres something about the color red that sunfish wont leave alone . They will rat-a-tat-tat  a few strands of red but leave other colors alone . Red fire tail trailers,  blue gills will drive me nuts .

[the reel ess]

This goes to the question that has been exhaustively discussed in the other color thread. But I have no confidence in red. I can't remember the last time I caught a bass on a red bait. I'm sure they work some places andthere is a reason. I know in LA and Miss there are wild red crawfish but they aren't here. Crappie will turn on to red sometimes though.

[WRB]

Not trying to open a color debate, pure red, yellow and blue are primary colors and all been have referenced in this thread; black-red, black-blue, black-yellow, all those combinations work with blue being the most popular.

Tom

[Jagg]

Black Neon (black w/red flake) is one of my best colors for bottom contact soft plastics and jigs for Central and SE TX. Seems like craws in the waters there will eventually go thru some molt that will eventually be very close to that color. Green pumpkin/red, Green pumpkin/blue, Carolina Pumpkin/red, roadkill, camo are big hitters for me late spring thru early fall. From fall thru early spring similar colors with copper flake or only black flake will do along with various shades of white.