Thread: Questions about Jig color selection.

The last time I had a bite going, I decided to change color every cast for a while. I eventually got tired of changing color. They would hit anything I threw. Contrast that with Saturday when i threw every color I had and got zero bites :lol:

Originally Posted by PMantle

The last time I had a bite going, I decided to change color every cast for a while. I eventually got tired of changing color. They would hit anything I threw. Contrast that with Saturday when i threw every color I had and got zero bites :lol:

that is interesting....I have always wondered do fish really prefer a certain color...ie, do you start catching fish because you changed color....or....do you just get to a spot that is holding fish....or... do the fish just start biting or is it the presentation....I believe if you are in a spot where the fish are and they are biting , then they will bite any color (including shiners)....no scientific data to back that up, JMO......JB Salter says "they are biting all the time, it's the contrast of colors on the jig, not the color".....

Originally Posted by prefers shiners

that is interesting....I have always wondered do fish really prefer a certain color...ie, do you start catching fish because you changed color....or....do you just get to a spot that is holding fish....or... do the fish just start biting or is it the presentation....I believe if you are in a spot where the fish are and they are biting , then they will bite any color (including shiners)....no scientific data to back that up, JMO......JB Salter says "they are biting all the time, it's the contrast of colors on the jig, not the color".....

Saturday where I was(Indian lake) it appeared to be shiners or nothing. I fished all around a guy that was catching. Not one bite.

I use the same two or three colors all the time....That being said, I have a bag full of every color you can imagine......Blows my wife's mind.

Originally Posted by Tiger

I use the same two or three colors all the time....That being said, I have a bag full of every color you can imagine......Blows my wife's mind.

jus tell her that's completely normal......

Tell her its like a shoe thing she will get the picture.....lol.

Originally Posted by saute86

Tell her its like a shoe thing she will get the picture.....lol.

remarks like dat might get you your own personal sink to put fish in...........oh wait...you musta said that already......JK saute......that was funny...I can think it any how....it just better not leave my lips

Saute, yes I tie those myself. It's fun.

Lake Runner, I bought those off of ebay a few years ago. I have no idea where to buy more. They are actually fly boxes.

Linda is a color changer and I stick with what I have on my line. Sometime i use the same bait for 3 or 4 trips. Now I do have a few different poles with different baits that I use each trip. I can only remember one trip where they weren't hitting anything so I put on a deep purple hand tied jig and that was the only one they would hit.

"gene"