Are Orange and Red Baits The Thing in the Spring ?

[gim]

3 hours ago, FishTank said:

This guy has been good. Can't explain why

That’s odd. I figured it would be the other way around without any hooks.

[A-Jay]

On 2/6/2022 at 8:59 PM, FordsnFishin said:

Do you find yourself actually throwing all those different variations of a lipless crank? 

Yes

A-Jay

[rtwvumtneer6]

Consult Tackle Warehouse for the answer ?

[DitchPanda]

Rick Clunn just put a video out on Bassmasters about red baits..I would assume if he believes in it there may be something to it...He's caught more bass by accident than I ever will on purpose. I had good luck on a hot sauce color siebert fogy last year. Red lipless doesn't do much for me..I prefer gold black back in the same situation.

[HaydenS]

On 3/5/2021 at 3:53 PM, A-Jay said:

It's a definite maybe for me.

A-Jay

 

Slick, I like the the vision 110’s and the little johns the best out of this selection!

 

Although, that bomber is pretty sexy...

[Bankc]

Most of the waters I fish are rust colored.  I have not had any luck with orange or red.  

[J._Bricker]

What is this red, delta red color for spring? Is it a thing? I just have a few different cranks in this funny shad pattern ?

[ajschn06]

Never really thrown red.... for some reason, orange slays the pike around here so I try to avoid it... I've had much better luck with chartreuse year round

[gim]

I caught this 40 inch Tiger Muskie last August on a red z-man chatterbait with a strike king rage tail menace trailer on my 4th cast.  It was overcast, muggy, and there was a storm coming in later that day which very likely played a role.

 

The first cast produced a pike about 25 inches long, the second cast I caught a 16 inch largemouth, nothing on the third cast, and then the tiger muskie on the fourth cast.  It jumped quite high when I hooked it and I could tell it was big.  Two guys were on a private dock not far away and I heard one of them say "WHOA" when it jumped lol.

 

After I got it in the muskie net, I motored over to their dock and they helped me take some photos.

 

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                                   

[Born 2 fish]

Not for me I’ve tried them but do better on my normal colors I use.

[casts_by_fly]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

I caught this 40 inch Tiger Muskie last August on a red z-man chatterbait with a strike king rage tail menace trailer on my 4th cast.  It was overcast, muggy, and there was a storm coming in later that day which very likely played a role.

 

The first cast produced a pike about 25 inches long, the second cast I caught a 16 inch largemouth, nothing on the third cast, and then the tiger muskie on the fourth cast.  It jumped quite high when I hooked it and I could tell it was big.  Two guys were on a private dock not far away and I heard one of them say "WHOA" when it jumped lol.

 

After I got it in the muskie net, I motored over to their dock and they helped me take some photos.

 

 

And that's where I'd have called it a good day and gone home.  No way to improve on that.

[txchaser]

We went pretty far down the rabbit hole a couple of years ago, including trout vision. Worth a skim if you are thinking about red or orange in spring. And if I recall correctly there was a big tourney on fork that was won on the fire jackhammer shortly after this. 

 

From the bass vision study, red and green are very visible for bass... So maybe not that it's red, but just that they are hungry and they can see it. Anyway, it works!

 

100% when the water breaks back over 52 or so I'll have more than one red (clearer) or orange (tannic/stained/dirtier) bait on. Two of the three 'really big' fish I've caught came out of orange in tannic water. Wife's PB (7.5) was on red in clearer (4ish vis). 

 

[gim]

5 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

 

And that's where I'd have called it a good day and gone home.  No way to improve on that.

I kept fishing for a couple more hours. I can’t remember exactly how many other fish I caught during that span, but definitely a few more pike, bass, and another tiger muskie that was 38.5 inches. Was a good outing.

 

That 40 inch tiger muskie won the annual fishing contest that I participate in at my office. It beat out a 31 inch walleye and a 20 inch smallmouth bass.