What is it about a black and blue jig with a black and blue trailer?

[Glaucus]

95% of my jigs bites come off black and blue. I can fish the same jig and trailer in a different color (green pumpkin, for example) in the same spot and get nothing. But I switch to black and blue and it's game on. This is the case on every body of water I have fished from Illinois to Indiana. The thing that really boggles my mind a little is that this is regardless of water clarity. From crystal clear (where it would make the least sense) to murky (where it would make sense). I have no experienced this phenomenon with other baits. Just jigs. They want it in black and blue. Of course none of us really knows what the fish are thinking so this will all be theories.

[MIbassyaker]

No idea.

 

I've never experienced any kind of preference for black & blue over any other dark color, for jigs or anything else.

[DitchPanda]

I have the complete opposite experience. I've only fished jigs for a handful of years...but can count on two hands how many I've caught on a black and blue jig. Now green pumpkin is say I've caught hundreds on it. I've had days that I've caught more bass on a green pumpkin in one outing than all my black blue fish combined. Now soft plastics in black and blue work well for me...go figure.

[Jig Man]

Black and black very good black and blue not so good around here.

[SC53]

No idea either. Probably just the profile in the water. All I know is, bass eat them so I’m going to throw them ? 

[Todd2]

I throw a black and blue jig with a black red flake speed craw that works well too.

[RoLo]

 

If 80% of all anglers are throwing a 'black-&-blue' jig,

that means that 'black & blue' jigs must catch at least 80% of all bass,

otherwise 'black & blue' is Under-Performing! (pretty simple math)

 

Roger

[Born 2 fish]

It just works although on the gravel pits I fish green pumpkin out fishes Black & Blue 10-1

[MGF]

Black has been one of my best jig colors. A little bit of blue in the skirt doesn't seem to hurt anything. If it has too much blue?...forget it.

[TriStateBassin106]

Better profile in deep water where the water clarity gets lowered, I fish a pond that is only 6 feet max with stained water and the fish prefer black/black-blue jigs over GPs, they do love #297 senkos though. 

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

I know off a few B/B jigs laying on the side of a levee road.

 

I really wanted to believe in a color other than Green-pumpkin and there may be one, but its not black and blue.

[Catt]

I'm throwing a black-n-blue jig probably 75% of the time.

 

Black-n-blue Speed Craw is deadly, black-n-blue lizards in the spring, black-n-blue Mr Twister Phenom Worm.

 

Yeah I kinda like black-n-blue  ?

[scaleface]

I like black and blue in clear water , in dirty black and chartreuse .

[Hawkeye21]

Black/blue and green pumpkin are pretty much all I use for all my jigs and plastics.  All my personal best fish have come from a black/blue chatterbait with matching trailer.  The color has more contrast in lower clarity water and is easier for bass to see.  Being in Iowa, most of the water I fish has low clarity.

[Teal]

I'm opposite of @Catt.  Only 25% of the time for me.  I've done wayyyyy better with greens and browns. 

 

That being said tho, I have alot of confidence in black and blue and it's always top of the box... 

[Heartland]

I rarely use B&B myself, I have it but find the waters I fish that I do much better with watermelon or green pumpkin with just a strand or two of chartreuse.  In the fall I change to browns and blacks with a few strands of orange.

[hstaple1979]

Until a week ago, I had only ever caught fish on a green pumpkin jig, football or flipping jig. For some reason last week, I tied on a black and blue flipping jig with a white trailer (didn't matter if it was a grub or Rage Craw) and I started catching fish, a couple really nice ones at that. In fact, I usually only throw a jig in early spring or the fall, I had never tried them in the heat of the summer. To say I'm a jig fisherman now is an understatement...

[RoLo]

 

 

If fish could read, they'd get a hearty belly-laugh out of this thread.

 

Roger

[NYWayfarer]

Guess I am adding black and blue jigs and trailers to my shopping list.

 

Green Pumpkin has been my go to color

[MN Fisher]

8 minutes ago, NYWayfarer said:

Guess I am adding black and blue jigs and trailers to my shopping list.

Heh - already have the jigs in several varieties and weights...and several styles of Junebug color trailers.

[Columbia Craw]

Contrast.

[Eric Matechak]

it works excellent in muddy water (especially blue). Black works well at night. If the water is even remotely see-through, I will with watermelon or pumpkin colors all day long. Those natural craw colors kill it for me

[Ogandrews]

90% of the time I’m using some variation of green pumpkin, it’s what I have the most confidence in so it works the best for me. I really like the color black with a little bit of blue, the dirty jigs hematoma is a perfect example. It’s got all black skirt material that has almost a blue shine to it if you look at it right, pretty subtle but still shows up some more. I know black and blue works great for some guys, but I’ve always done better on straight black or very subtle blue. It’s probably just a confidence thing, but it works for me. Unless the water is super super muddy I’m almost always using a green pumpkin trailer, just seems to give a more natural look. Once the water gets dirty I’ll also pretty regularly throw a black or June bug trailer on a green pumpkin jig, done super well doing that. Trailers don’t need to match the color of the jig, playing with how they pair up can really make a jig stand out in the water.

[Catt]

The most popular jig color is black-n-blue followed by green pumpkin.

 

I have started combing to two by putting Okeechobee Craw trailers on my black-n-blue jigs & black-n-blue trailers on my green pumpkin jigs.

[Dens228]

Black and blue jigs are like red to me.  Both get raved about, both I've tried.  I have caught bass with a black and blue jig but not many.  I've never caught anything with a red crankbait.  LOL

The other day I was catching a lot of bass in water with about 3-6 inches of visibility on a Brown jig with a hint of purple in the strands with a watermelon Spicy Beaver.