Bazoo Posted January 25 Posted January 25 I've had a lot of success with green pumpkin Zoom Lizards. Years ago I had pretty good success with a solid white lizard, but I haven't fished any in a long time and now my memory doubts if they are as good as I recollect. I've had limited success with cotton candy, black/chartreuse black/blue lizards, and so far, just about 0 success with junebug. Well, what colors should I consider? Should I dote on white again? What about solid black? Would that do any better than the black with colored tail? 2 Quote
Skeeter210 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Watermelon red flake. Any watermelon variation will do. Pumpkin colors second. Quote
Super User scaleface Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 Same colors I use for worms. 2 Quote
Fishlegs Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Color for lizards has never mattered much for me. They’re either biting any color lizard, or not biting lizards at all. Time of year matters more than color for me. I catch most of my lizard fish in late spring/early summer. Not much luck the rest of the year. Quote
Super User Bird Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 Cotton candy chartreuse is my go to spring lizard in clear water. 1 Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 Black Blue Tail Black Neon Sapphire Blue Watermelon Red (Neon) White 2 Quote
MediumMouthBass Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Sapphire Blue. Black. Black with Blue flakes. Green Pumpkin. Pumpkin. Red. Okeechobee Craw. 1 Quote
Aaron_H Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Junebug with a chartreuse tail. Especially in the summertime, in tannic, stained water. 3 Quote
Smells like fish Posted January 26 Posted January 26 5 hours ago, Skeeter210 said: Watermelon red flake. Any watermelon variation will do. Pumpkin colors second. Exactly this Quote
Bazoo Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 Very interesting color choices. I definitely have some experimenting to do. 1 Quote
Super User GreenPig Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 V & M Bama Bug I only throw the 9.5" Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted January 26 Global Moderator Posted January 26 Other than for a Carolina Rig I never use a lizard as a stand alone bait. When I do it’s always dark green with a chartreuse dipped tail. Mike 2 Quote
Pat Brown Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Making me give up all my secrets huh? Gourd Green Moccasin Blue Watermelon 2 Quote
Super User scaleface Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 When I was fishing the local tournament scene, almost all my winnings came on an electric grape Texas rigged lizard. 4 Quote
Super User whitwolf Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 19 minutes ago, Pat Brown said: Making me give up all my secrets huh? Gourd Green Moccasin Blue Watermelon Gourd Green is an unsung color, to be sure. 1 Quote
Pat Brown Posted January 26 Posted January 26 I'll give up even more juice because I'm that nice. Match the body of the lizard to the water tint/clarity. 😉😉😉👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Around here I fish water that is kinda clearish iced tea color (gourd green) Water that is milky and kinda brownish orange tinted (moccasin) And water that is greenish and clear (watermelon blue). Take that and apply it to your water and you should see some cool results. My logic is most things adapt to camouflage in nature so I want the flakes to sorta shimmer but the body to disappear into the water. Sometimes black or no flake is the magic ticket though. You've got to do a little experimentation and then you'll know what works best for your fish. 2 1 Quote
Super User Team9nine Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 Back in the old days, when we first got into Carolina rigging, either pumpkin/chartreuse tail or straight pumpkin with the tail dipped manually was about all anyone threw. Probably the most popular color might have been black with yellow dots - I believe it was a Mister Twister color pattern. To this day, the only color lizard I still carry with me and throw is Moccasin Blue…it’s been that good to me. 3 Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 2 hours ago, Pat Brown said: I'll give up even more juice because I'm that nice. 2 Quote
Super User WRB Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 The original Zoom lizard was black and the 1st creature bait I used. Making a sideways slit in the belly and inserting a piece of Alka Seltzer to create bubbles was a killer bed bait. Colors today are almost unlimited! Black with yellow spots was Sally Salamander. Tom 1 2 Quote
Super User Catt Posted January 26 Super User Posted January 26 Mister Twister® Super Lizard® has been around since 1978, still throw em except its the 7" Super Lizard®. 1 Quote
Bazoo Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 2 hours ago, WRB said: The original Zoom lizard was black and the 1st creature bait I used. Making a sideways slit in the belly and inserting a piece of Alka Seltzer to create bubbles was a killer bed bait. Colors today are almost unlimited! Black with yellow spots was Sally Salamander. Tom Thank you very much for sharing. The alkaseltzer thing, is there a season or time that it shouldn't be used or tried? So, lets say I got a while and I'm getting skunked, and I try that, does it stand a good chance of producing? 1 Quote
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