best colors for certain times!?!?!?!?

[pikeman14]

what are the best colors for sunny days?

what are the best colors for cloudy days?

what are the best colors for night? morning?

HELP!?!?!?!?

[Grey Wolf]

sunny days = light colors

cloudy days and night =dark colors.

[jamarkwe]

pick whatever color you like the best

[KYntucky Warmouth]

what are the best colors for sunny days?

what are the best colors for cloudy days?

what are the best colors for night? morning?

HELP!?!?!?!?

Junebug, black neon, and watermelon red for all the above

[NasTMcfingas]

Green pumpkin, Watermelon seed, Blue black are my most productive colors, but I tend to let the water clarity choose what color and style of bait I'm going to use and then switch it until I come up with the right recipe.  

[Blue Streak]

Don't get too hung up on colors we all have our favorites and there is always more than one that will work at any given time. use what you feel confident with. You will get many good suggestions here.

[Stagerlee]

Down here I get alot of luck with green pumpkin, watermelon. Chartreuse, or june bug. The ZOOM sweet potato is also a pretty interesting color to use.

[Shimmer]

Green pumpkin, Watermelon seed, Blue black are my most productive colors, but I tend to let the water clarity choose what color and style of bait I'm going to use and then switch it until I come up with the right recipe.

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[skunked_again]

your ? and ! keys need to taken away.

green pumpkin 356.

[Big Phish]

green pumpkin all day every day

[Dalton Tam]

Sunny days- white and chartreuse

cloudy days- black and blue

[Stagerlee]

green pumpkin all day every day

[JuniorFisherJJ08]

You'll find that every pond, lake, river, stream, and reservoir have a color or certain lure that works best on a given day. Some sunny days a lighter color might work well. Others a dark color will.

If you have no clue what so ever. I would start by thinking of 2 things.

Light conditions:

Overcast/Dusk: Dark Colors: Dark Green, Black, Dark red, Brown.

Sunny/Clear Skies: Light Colors: White, Green, Red, Blue, Chartreuse.

Next I would look at your water clarity.

Muddy Water: Brown, Green, Black.

Murky: Green, Brown, Black, Blue.

Clear: MATCH YOUR FORAGE: Green for weeds, Brown?Black for rocks. Etc..

I'm not going to say color selection doesn't matter because it does. But I would throw a variety of lures until you find out what works.

[TheHammer84]

green pumpkin or black and blue, unless you're talking about hardbaits where chrome with a blue black does the damage.

[D4u2s0t]

I throw watermellon, buddy throws white, other buddy throws red, all get pretty much equal amounts of fish.  

[Blue Streak]

You'll find that every pond, lake, river, stream, and reservoir have a color or certain lure that works best on a given day. Some sunny days a lighter color might work well. Others a dark color will.

If you have no clue what so ever. I would start by thinking of 2 things.

Light conditions:

Overcast/Dusk: Dark Colors: Dark Green, Black, Dark red, Brown.

Sunny/Clear Skies: Light Colors: White, Green, Red, Blue, Chartreuse.

Next I would look at your water clarity.

Muddy Water: Brown, Green, Black.

Murky: Green, Brown, Black, Blue.

Clear: MATCH YOUR FORAGE: Green for weeds, Brown?Black for rocks. Etc..

I'm not going to say color selection doesn't matter because it does. But I would throw a variety of lures until you find out what works.

Here you go, this is a classic text book answer about colors, all you need to know and simple. Print it out and remember it and you will never ask about colors again. Very good answer.

[TheHammer84]

In a self-fulfilling prophesy, the color that spends the most time on end of our line is bound to be our most successful color.

Roger

This says it all

[RoLo]

Many would argue that it's vital to "Match-The-Hatch" (an ole fly-fishing phrase).

In my view at least, once the fish has seen your lure, the job of color is done.

I seriously doubt that any color can cause a hungry fish to lose its appetite

or spark the appetite of a non-feeding fish. Furthermore, bass are opportunistic predators

that target the prey of the moment, which is in constant transition from moment-to-moment.

Any reference to "natural colors" is a tad presumptuous, because no color is unnatural.

As it happens, Mother Nature often combines vibrant gaudy colors to serve as a warning flag

to predators that they're dealing with a toxic host. Examples would include the monarch butterfly,

coral snake, black-widow spider, ad infinitum. "Neutral colors" on the other hand are very useful,

subtle colors consisting of shades of gray ranging from white to black. Lure visibility can be achieved

using neutral colors like black, white, yellow, brown, smoke, khaki and the like.

Generally speaking, color choice should hinge on Underwater Visibility. If underwater visibility

is excellent, the angler should strive to "downgrade" lure visibility by matching lure color

to the ambient background. Conversely, where underwater visibility is poor, the angler should

strive to "upgrade" lure contrast:

Excellent Visibility

COLOR: (pale colors such as White, Yellow, Pink, Smoke, etc)

TRANSPARENCY: (translucent & transparent)

Poor Visibility

(Best to ignore hue and strive to maximize contrast with colors that absorb light)

COLOR: (dark colors such as black, brown, dark-green, dark-gray, etc.)

TRANSPARENCY (opaque)

Anglers speak of "water clarity" as though it's the only determinant of underwater visibility,

but it's only 1 out of 6 determinants of underwater visibility:

Sun Angle..........0 to 90 deg above the horizon

Water Clarity......crystal clear to muddy

Sky Clarity..........cloudless to heavy overcast

Wave Action.......flat calm to sharp chop

Lure Depth.........surface to 20-ft (deeper for smallmouth bass)

Cover Shade......open water to dense cover

After all is said and done, all anglers are predisposed to certain pet colors.

In a self-fulfilling prophesy, the color that spends the most time on end of our line

is bound to be your most successful color.

Roger

[roadwarrior]

WOW!

Print out Roger's response or put it in your "Favorites",

it's definitely a keeper!

[The_Natural]

For me, the colors I throw at night, when it's overcast, or in very dirty water are the same. Red Shad/black junebug. Anything with a dark silouette will work. In any other conditions, I'm throwing my standard watermelon/green pumpkin.

[vanquish]

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