Lure Color Selections

[jcrazy]

Recently i've been seeing that people are using bright colors like Chartruese and Hot Pink for stained water or muddy, but I always went with Black or Blue, Tan or Green Pumpkin and Junebug. My question is, how many people use Chartruese or any bright color with stained water and it actually works?

[Fish Man]

i use both dark and bright colors in our pond which is extremely stained and have much success...i think that wen the water is stained the key is vibration and movement rather than its apperance(as in color)

[Shakes]

My spinnerbait color theory is: Use white for clear water, white/chartruese for lightly stained water, chartruese for heavily stained water, and perch (orange, green & chartruese) for dirty water. I wouldn't fish it any other way.

[NEBassMan]

The water i fish is almost always heavily stained.  When using faster moving baits such as cranks and spinner baits, i always use a bright color such as chartreuse or a firetiger type.  I feel that the sound and vibration attracts the fish, then they get just a quick glimpse of the bright bait, helping them hone in on it.  When fishing soft plastics and jigs, slow moving baits, i use darker colors, so that the fish can see them a little better and longer before they strike.  Just my way i guess...others may differ.

Jason

[Marty]

I have done a huge amount of fishing in a body of water that is heavily stained. Despite the conventional wisdom about colors, all colors have worked, and rattleless baits have also worked extremely well.

[sets hooks all day]

in merky/dirty water i choose gold blades and in clear water i use silver or colored blades, for the most part, does anyone else use this theory or one like it?

[skillet]

 Hope this is what you're asking. I'm not really sold on the theory of having each bait in every color of the rainbow. If I have a bait in more than 1 color, it is 2, one light and one dark...

                                               As Ever,

                                                Skillet

[Shakes]

in merky/dirty water i choose gold blades and in clear water i use silver or colored blades, for the most part, does anyone else use this theory or one like it?

I second that. Silver blades put off a much more natural flash then the more intense gold blades. Gold blades are more effective in heavily stained and dirty waters. I personally believe that the red 1/0 trailer hook makes all the difference in the world. Wouldn't be caught dead without one on my spinnerbait.

[Fish Man]

in merky/dirty water i choose gold blades and in clear water i use silver or colored blades, for the most part, does anyone else use this theory or one like it?

well then i guess i third that lol

[Baconstrip]

I have done a huge amount of fishing in a body of water that is heavily stained. Despite the conventional wisdom about colors, all colors have worked, and rattleless baits have also worked extremely well.

Ditto.  I'm beginning to wonder if color isn't more about what the fisherman wants to see than the bass.  Turns out, we are probably more like our wives than we had previously believed.    ;D