Thread: Solid or Translucent colors: What do folks prefer?

Originally Posted by DrNip

I can't tell the difference between a transparent or sold chartreuse here in Oklahoma. I catch fish with both and we have muddy/stained water. Humans really over think baits. Eyes, no eyes, painted jig head no painted jig head. Cracks me up. If I were a crappie fisherman and knew/read nothing about black/chartreuse, pink/chartreuse, pumpkin/chartreuse, black/pink and what not I would never think to create a bait this color as the prey of the fish aren't this color. I would try creating something more in tune with what they eat.

No doubt that the prey these fish chew on naturally is not found in the colors we make the baits. I think being very visible is one reason the colors works so well...fish see them. Fish have simple brains when compared to those of a human. What they see is seen way different than how we see the same thing in the same environment, as in underwater. The bright colors simply become a visibility thing. UV enhancement.....now this is something I employ in every color of plastic I make including glass clear. In fact, clear plastic with nothing more than enhancer in it is getting fish on a real regular basis in this region where the water has clarity down to about a foot. I am sold on the uv enhanced baits.

Color is a terribly specific thing to where one lives. Even the angle of the sun can come into play on how a certain color will work in Louisiana vs Minnesota on the same day in like waters. This makes it hard to guess what might work in one area if the person doing the suggesting lives in another area hundreds of miles away. Colors are an art developed thru use and observation. And like art, not all aspects of it is enjoyed by everybody.

I hear you guys on the color thingy and more natural baits but when u run eight poles and the fish hit one color over all others it's hard to ignore. Switch all poles over to same color and goto whacking on them. Color does play a big part in catch imo. What's crazy is have had days where they prefer a jig over live bait too and days when they hardly touch a jig and want live bait.