Should I replace black and blue with junebug?

[TriStateBassin106]

Title really says it all, I have to restock on Soft Plastics soon and I already have a lineup of GP but I am conflicted on Black and Blue. 

 

Some waters here in NY are heavily stained and dirty during the summer months, this past season I tried Black and Blue and didn't really have any luck. 

 

Should I switch to junebug? I heard good things about that color. 

[swhit140]

Black/Blue is always a good color, the water in our lakes are usually 1-2' visibility sometimes at the best. I think black is a great color no matter where you go. Try some Junebug also, that is usually a good color anywhere. Pick some up and test them between each other.

 

[TnRiver46]

Yes.......  

[MIbassyaker]

I use junebug more than black/blue, for both clear and dirty water...but that's mostly because because my local bass seem to really like green flake, not because they don't like black/blue. 

 

[Finessegenics]

I have the same issue as you, a lot of the water I fish is pretty muddy, and black and blue basically doesn’t produce. The chartreuses and whites do well though. This season I’m going to continue with black jigs, but use junebug trailers.

[Bluebasser86]

I like both but I'd drop junebug if I had to chose one or the other. Junebug seems to work well in waters with tannic stain, so if you fish lakes with lots of vegetation it might be an option for you.

[Jig Man]

I am glad someone catches fish on June bug.  I rarely can get a bite on it.

[Bluebasser86]

How about a junebug jig with a blue trailer?

[SC53]

I don’t know how much difference there would be between the colors.

Junebug is actually a black grape color with green flakes. I can remember when they first came out here in Florida. Before that, the #1 color here was a black grape worm.

If anything I think the green flake is what makes a difference.  When throwing red shad I seem to do better when it has green flake.

[Mike L]

Down here they’ll hit both either as a trailer or stand alone.

But junebug gets the most play.
 

Why not just keep a b&b handy?There may come a time you may wish you had. 
 

 

 

Mike

 

 

[ww2farmer]

I like both...but not in the same baits.

 

Over the years I have had just about ZERO success with junebug colored jigs, craws, beaver style baits. But lots of success with those baits in black and blue.

 

And the reverse is true for worms like trick worms, power worms, finesse worms, etc... Junebug worms, far out produce black and blue worms for me, so I use those almost exclusively over black and blue in those baits.

 

Stick baits are a toss up, Iv'e had equal success with both colors, and carry both. June bug seems to shine on brighter days in stained water, and black/blue on dark days.

[NittyGrittyBoy]

I opt for Junebug over black and blue. Even Junebug Candy

[Russ E]

I use both. Ther really is no set rule on which color will work better.

As a general rule, clear to tannic weedy lakes Junebug is my choice.

stained to dirty water I switch to Black and Blue.

 

[river-rat]

Both Juebug and black and blue are very effective in south Louisiana. I always have these two colors in the boat.

[galyonj]

I keep both because I end up fishing a lot of chocolate milk. Seems like they're a push for me.

[tander]

I would surely try junebug. It probably is my most productive color. However, you body of water is probably different from mine as far as water type. Try a few packs.

[jbrew73]

June bug or a variation of it is my go to color.

[lo n slo]

i love me some junebug but, by all means, try it and see for yourself ?

 

i fish some lakes and they really love the junebug, others, not so much

[Bankbeater]

I use both colors for jigs and t-rigged baits.  Sometimes the bass want jigs, and sometimes they want the plastic baits.  I just have to figure out which bait.

[Mbirdsley]

Kinda same boat. I have hard time getting black and blue to go in dirty water for jigs. Black spinner baits worked well in dirty water  
 

In clear water if I can’t get what ever variation of green pumpkin or water Mellon going. I go to black jigs or to flipping or casting a blue /black shadow Christie critter and do well . But, I keep buying black and blue and thinking dirty water for some reason.  
 

I dunno if I should try green and white for jigs in dirty water or what.  Green and white have worked pretty good on a chatter bait and spinner baits in dirty water. 
 

i really haven't used June bug that much 

[schplurg]

18 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

How about a junebug jig with a blue trailer?

That fish is obviously colorblind.

[Bluebasser86]

2 minutes ago, schplurg said:

That fish is obviously colorblind.

You see the water it came out of? ? She wasn't see much of anything I doubt, maybe just a dark shape.

[NittyGrittyBoy]

That water is clear compared to my usual river I fish Altamaha River

 

Edit: this picture is article out of my GON (Georgia Outdoor News) magazine

[Chris at Tech]

Over the last few years, I really tried to work hard to simplify my color selection approach mostly in plastics and jigs, but in my hardbaits as well.  Pick a few core colors that can support most, if not all water clarities.  My selections are watermelon red, green pumpkin and junebug.

 

One one hand, I'd say don't overthink this.  But if you've tried black/blue and don't have confidence in it, then give junebug a go.

[Shimano_1]

Black and blue is in my top 2 color choices. I dont throw anything junebug anymore so there's my opinion on the 2