Black and blue swim jigs

[DitchPanda]

who is using these? I've seen mixed reviews some people saying they are the ticket others saying you need more vibration if the water is dirty enough for black n blue. What say you?

[Throwafrog]

I'm always surprised by how bass can track a lure in dirty water. They always know whats around them and a paddletail swimbait on your swimjig is enough vibration. Sometimes a chatterbait or spinnerbait can do better, sometimes not. but the only way to know is to try. 

[Ksam1234]

I have caught tons of bass and plenty of good sized ones with black and blue or I use a color called black light Which is black blue and some purple 

[Bluebasser86]

Black and blue isn't just a dirty water color.

 

It's a good swim jig color too.

[DougHall_NY]

Black and blue is one of my two biggest producers in any water clarity. As far as vibration, if the conditions call for more vibration, I use a trailer with more action such as a Rage Tail Craw. 

[Beeno]

Yeah it’s weird black and blue you think? Nothing is black and blue that swims really so why does it work ? I had those thoughts the first time I tied a black and blue jig with a bright blue trailer on. I can still remember how exited I was when I got that first bite on it.

 Stained water is definitely key, not super stained but I wouldn’t fish it in clear water.

 I have to conclude saying that it just works. 

[roadwarrior]

Black & Blue?

 

Who would'da thunk it?

 

[Armtx77]

Black and Blue is by far my biggest producer...senko, craws, jigs. I think you can pick up more fish in clearer waters on match the hatch colors than you can in darker waters.

[NJBasstard]

Black & blue > junebug > red craw > everything else

 

Most of the water I fish is dirty. I went through a period of trying every jig & soft plastic color I could get my hands on but those three are the only ones that produce time after time. I keep most of my bright & natural colors separate for when I'm fishing clearer waters.

[primetime]

In Stained water, Black and blue is typically my go to color for all jigs and softbaits. Or Junebug which is similar.

 

I either match the trailer color with something similar in color, either a craw or swimbait, but sometimes a green pumpkin trailer on black and blue works really well.

[frogflogger]

On 5/5/2020 at 11:48 PM, Throwafrog said:

I'm always surprised by how bass can track a lure in dirty water. They always know whats around them and a paddletail swimbait on your swimjig is enough vibration. Sometimes a chatterbait or spinnerbait can do better, sometimes not. but the only way to know is to try. 

Everything and anything you throw in the water has a vibration or signature . Marabou jigs - ned rigs - can be successful in muddy water. The bass live there - they know if anything is around.

[DitchPanda]

Guess I've always been under the impression that swim jigs are a cleaner water option and that black and blue was almost always a stained to muddy water option. I've seen a lot of guys over the years commenting on here that if the water is dirty enough for black and blue then they opt for a spinner or chatterbait instead because of the extra vibration. Obviously a lot of you guys have had different experiences. I should add...and yes I know this is blasphemy...that over the years I've done well with black  plastics and buzzbaits but jigs not so much. My local lake is very rarely clean instead at least having moderate stain but even still I do way better on green pumpkin or brown jigs. June bug also seems to be a better choice for me as well.

 

[plawren53202]

I've been catching fish on a black and blue Bitsy Bug jig in clear water during low light conditions, so add that into the mix too...

 

To the original question, I used to think along the same lines. When I put together a Ned rig box, I almost didn't buy finesse TRDs in black and blue or red, two colors I would associate with dirty water. Same thinking as the OP, if I'm fishing water dirty enough to use those colors, I should be using something with vibration or rattle.

 

Sure enough, I caught fish this winter in chocolate milk water on the red TRD finesse. I have no idea how the bass knew that silent little turd was in the water, but they did. Made me totally reevaluate my thinking about dirty water.

[Cgrinder]

I like junebug or bama bug patterns more (and gill patterns more than those), but black and blue swim jigs certainly work.

[Ogandrews]

People catch fish using jigs in chocolate milk colored water, their actually one of the best baits around for real dirty water. If a flipping jig will work, a swim jig that puts off a lot more vibration will work. Bass have evolved to track down food with senses other than sight, if they want to eat they’ll find your bait somehow.

[Beeno]

On 5/7/2020 at 10:52 AM, DitchPanda said:

My local lake is very rarely clean instead at least having moderate stain but even still I do way better on green pumpkin or brown jigs. June bug also seems to be a better choice for me as well.

 

In other words it’s a confidence thing for you. You have confidence in certain colors you stick with them you don’t have confidence in black and blue so you wrote them off and that’s not a bad thing. If the black and blue just don’t work for you in that specific body of water don’t throw it. Bass fishing is all about confidence so throw what your confident in. 

[scaleface]

I usually use black and blue in clear water , black and chartreuse in dirty .

[Mr Swim Jig]

Black and Blue is one of my main go to colors for a swim jig in any color of water...