Red Lures in Spring... but up North?

[papajoe222]

The lakes I fish are clear by anyone's standard, and I do well with them until the bass are on the beds. Later, in the summer, I'll break out a red crank, and get it down to where it's kicking up bottom on a slow retrieve. I don't believe the color matters as much then, but the red is much darker than most of the cranks I throw then.