top water question

[Bass XL]

Ok, plan on fishing top water during a night tourney coming up....and on the lake, they really pound zara spooks and buzzbaits (so i hear)....what color would you choose for these lures at night?

[Raul]

The truth ?

Choose the one you like, what 's attracting them is the surface commotion.

[dumb_dog11]

the generic answer youll get is a dark color because dark colors will contrast better with the moonlight when a bass is looking up!

[Triton21]

BLACK, BLACK, AND BLACK.

Kelley

[deerhuneter02]

BLack, Pumpkin, or dark green

[pondhopper]

BLACK, BLACK, AND BLACK.

Kelley

Ditto

[Bass Hammer]

Honestly I have never noticed a difference at night.

[roadwarrior]

I everyone is killing them with a Spook, buy a big LC Sammy in Aurora Black (blue) and put a hurtin' on 'em!

[Munkin]

Black!

Allen

[Bass XL]

thanks for all the help guys!

[T-rig]

Any color will do but black seems to be angler's preferred. I agree with roadwarrior, get yourself some LC Sammy's 115 or 128.

[Taliesin]

the generic answer youll get is a dark color because dark colors will contrast better with the moonlight when a bass is looking up!

X2

It's the standard answer. If you have a lot of shad in the lake, you might think of white or chrome (especially if you have a lot of light from a full moon, street lights, etc.).

You might try a Jitterbug also. Plenty of noise to attract the fish.

Come to think of it, almost any topwater can be worked in a way that creates a lot of noise to attract fish.

A while ago I was in a local (fun) tourney and while no one else had luck with topwaters, I did well "walking" a Tiny Torpedoe. I made as much noise as a buzzbait, but it wan't moving quickly. Seems that's what they wanted that day.

If the buzzbaits are working well, you might also try a prop lure worked fairly fast. Give them something they haven't seen in a while.