Dear Lure Manufacturers:

[bigbassctchr101]

And--- if you ever fish a crankbait like me. You would be digging the lip so far down in the rocks and mud that you'd never worry about a fish seeing the belly! lol

[Blue Streak]

It makes a bait more visible and therefore easier to find thus it gets more strikes. I guess you can call it a triggering device. And the guys that make these are not dumb they know if that bait is going to sell well and make money for them it needs to be a bait that gets bit more often.

[bigbassctchr101]

It makes a bait more visible and therefore easier to find thus it gets more strikes. I guess you can call it a triggering device. And the guys that make these are not dumb they know if that bait is going to sell well and make money for them it needs to be a bait that gets bit more often.

Or looks pretty to fool big dumb guys like us =)

[NCbassmaster4Life]

I would urge you to write to the manufacturers for some answers. Too few of us do and that is why a number of products continue to have undesirable features. Why should they change if they're selling product and receiving no negative feedback?

My advice exactly, don't be scared to ask the manufactuer.

[bigbill]

My orange bottom colored lures have more success on certain days over the non colored lures. I'm thinking there matching the main diet of the bigger bass which is the sunfish and bluegills and perch. If not than why do all my orange colored lures on the belly catch more fish??

Now why so many off the wall colors?? The sunlite and hues in the water changes the colors of our lures. The blue/white orginal rapala looks brown in the water to the fish.

Many years ago when i purchased the orginal Combo C Lector for picking a combination of colors for that moment i found out it really works. Its got me into color bigtime when bass fishing.

[endless]

Speaking of Rapala here is DT6

Bandit must don't do orange either

[POPRG]

Not saying i don't like orange undersided cranks,i love em!

Bluegill/perch/crawdad imitations should have a slice of hell-fire on em!! Just dont know why or when or how bait companys found the need to burn a bass's belly..?!?!

[Pantera61]

Perch have orange anal and ventral fins, caudal are dark.

I don't know why I wrote caudal. I know the caudal is the tail fin. That's what happens when you don't proofread.

[Skeet22]

• Here is Ott Defoes view on orange bellies in an interview after the classic.
  

> "That (custom color) is pretty similar to the root beer color that Bandit makes," he said of the crankbait. "This is going to sound crazy, but I think that orange belly is a difference-maker in the spring. I think the shad sit down on the bottom and they get a little bit of an orange coloration to their bellies. Where I'm from we have red clay and it's not uncommon to catch a bass with an orange belly because it's been sitting on the bottom. I think the baitfish do the same thing."

[Big-O]

Bass often target one single prey species that is abundant at any given time but they are opportunistic predators when feeding. Baits that are close replicas in shape and color are necessary when a fisherman knows exactly which prey preference the majority of the bass in their waters have at any given time and in the various parts of the lake they're fishing (match the hatch).

Since bass eat just about everything that swims in their waters, many crankbait colors are intentionally painted to resemble a variety of possibe prey species at once. Orange is a natural color found on brim, perch and craws. To mimic a variety of the possible prey choices whether in shape, action and/or color is smart both for the manufacturer as well the fisherman. Also the flash of color is easier for a bass to notice from a distance in many different water conditions which causes them to investigate. When a bass investigates a quick moving presentation such as crankbaits, they'll normally commit to the bite if the bait resembles one of their prey choices.

Plus there are a multitude of colors that are attractive to bass because it either stands out or it is different than the norm... All to say "feed'em what they'll eat the most of - the fastest", and If you can figure that one out... don't tell anyone what it is or where you're fishing

Hope that helps

Big O

www.ragetail.com

[J Francho]

I don't know why I wrote caudal. I know the caudal is the tail fin. That's what happens when you don't proofread.

I was actually thinking, man he must know better. I let it sit, figuring you'd edit it - but after 20 mins, I couldn't contain myself.