Strange or underutilized skirt colors...

[DitchPanda]

So everybody has seen the millions of variants of whites,shads,black blues ,browns and green pumpkins. But what about those more unique skirts? The past few years the fire craw color has come on like crazy for chatterbaits. Two patterns that I'm intrigued with that don't get alot of mention is spring\hites craw...kinda of a half green pumpkin half red with maybe a few strands of black thrown in. The other which I'm most interested in is Cajun crush\ Mardi gras which is predominantly blue with some pink,purple and a little black mixed in. Its a wild looking color that is unlike anything else I've seen. Anybody throwing either of these two? Do you have any other strange color patterns you make?

[Catt]

Works mostly in our marshes, old school black & yellow 

[A-Jay]

This is about a 'zany' as I get ~ 

A-Jay

[kdubracing]

I made a couple of jigs in Black Widow, red and black, this winter. I'm interested to see if they work.

[Jaderose]

I suspect THIS will qualify.  I have another one just like it black.  The inspiration for this is a Chrome/Blue and Chrome/Black Rat-L-Trap.  Custom made.  My thought was to use this on a shallow flat I fish occasionally on Bluebird days.  Guess what?  It works.  I put a white twin tail grub on them tipped with JJ's Red.

 

[WRB]

2 hours ago, Catt said:

Works mostly in our marshes, old school black & yellow 

Bumble a Bee is a old favorite.

Tom

[GTN-NY]

5 minutes ago, WRB said:

Bumble a Bee is a old favorite.

Tom

My first spinnerbait 45yrs ago was blk/yellow. We suddenly starting catching more and bigger bass

[WRB]

Black & yellow was followed by blue & yellow called Bluegill, still and good spinnerbait color.

Tom

[Jaderose]

5 minutes ago, WRB said:

Black & yellow was followed by blue & yellow called Bluegill, still and good spinnerbait color.

Tom

Both excellent colors of the old H&H Spinnerbaits.  Throw them both all the time

 

[Hewhospeaksmuchbull]

Goes to make black and yellow jig.

[Finessegenics]

For spinnerbaits, I think a fire tiger sort of pattern is underrated. Some combination of chartreuse, lime and orange. It works well for me and fire tiger crankbaits are popular so I’m surprised not to see more fire tiger spinnerbaits out there. 
 

 This skirt here is a little chewed up but I’ve caught dozens on this exact spinnerbait. 
 

 

[DitchPanda]

48 minutes ago, Jaderose said:

I suspect THIS will qualify.  I have another one just like it black.  The inspiration for this is a Chrome/Blue and Chrome/Black Rat-L-Trap.  Custom made.  My thought was to use this on a shallow flat I fish occasionally on Bluebird days.  Guess what?  It works.  I put a white twin tail grub on them tipped with JJ's Red.

 

That's rad

 

[river-rat]

2 hours ago, Catt said:

Works mostly in our marshes, old school black & yellow 

 

A black & yellow spinnerbait with copper blades and a green spotted pork frog has been a standard in the Atchafalaya Basin for decades.

 

I also catch fish on a skirt made from brown/copper glitter, pumpkin/green glitter and orange. I use this on a jig and a spinnerbait. 

[Jigfishn10]

1 hour ago, Jaderose said:

I suspect THIS will qualify. 

Crystal Flash for the chrome?  

That's SAHWEET, man...It should be rated X and not to be shown on a family friendly site such as this one! ?

[Michigander]

I've got a jig skirt that's black and that rainbow hologram reflective silicone. Fun to throw in muddy water on bright days.

 

I also tie ones that just have a couple strands of a bunch of different tabs, usually all the leftovers. They look stupid but they catch a lot of bass. I figure if it has all the colors in it, it's guaranteed to have a bit of whatever color they are keying in on.

[Jigfishn10]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

This is about a 'zany' as I get ~ 

A-Jay

Does "one who flew over the cuckoo's nest" mean anything to you? 

[roadwarrior]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

This is about a 'zany' as I get ~ 

A-Jay

 

Wait, let me get my sun glasses.

 

[gim]

4 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

The past few years the fire craw color has come on like crazy for chatterbaits

That’s because Hank Cherry won the classic last year using a red chatter bait for a large portion of the tournament. That had to create a buzz with that color. If he woulda won using another new color that one woulda been in high demand too

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Does "one who flew over the cuckoo's nest" mean anything to you? 

Nope ~ 

?

A-Jay

[Jaderose]

1 hour ago, Jigfishn10 said:

Crystal Flash for the chrome?  

That's SAHWEET, man...It should be rated X and not to be shown on a family friendly site such as this one! ?

 

You can't tell by the picture but it's also weedless.  

 

[Jigfishn10]

I see it. Love it!

[Teal]

I pretty much stick to the basics. However black and red  and occochobee craw patterns are underrated.   Plain black doesnt get enough attention either 

Not a color but I don't believe living rubber gets alot of love.... very under rated.  

[Catt]

3 hours ago, WRB said:

Black & yellow was followed by blue & yellow called Bluegill, still and good spinnerbait color.

Tom

 

Down here it was black-n-yellow & then black-n-white.

 

Seen my dad caught three 7# bass back to back on a red skirted Snagless Sally with a purple chunk. 

 

I won a tournament on a pink & chartreuse spinnerbait.

 

Black-n-Yellow is the only one I occasionally throw.

Edited February 6, 2021 by Catt
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[DitchPanda]

 

53 minutes ago, Teal said:

I pretty much stick to the basics. However black and red  and occochobee craw patterns are underrated.   Plain black doesnt get enough attention either 

Not a color but I don't believe living rubber gets alot of love.... very under rated.  

Think I'm gonna tie up an Okeechobee craw swim jig to compliment my moon juice menace grubs.

[Logan S]

For me, solid orange skirts on chatters and spinnerbaits to mimic the goldfish in the Potomac grassbeds during the summer.  Not something I do a lot, but I'll throw it for a dozen casts or so if I've worked a good stretch of grass without a bite or on days when tons of other boats are out throwing the normal stuff.  Every now and then I'll catch a fish or two on it that I don't think I would have otherwise.