colors

[PBUG2009]

ive learned 1 thing about watching people buy fishing jigs , why is it they buy what looks good, not what will catch fish. Why is that? Is it a confidence thing?

[steelslinger86]

You know, almost every time I read an article about some bait company, it always says they have 2 objectives. Make a lure that catches fish, but more importantly, make a lure that catches fishermen. Now you would think that one is directly related to the other, but I guess obviously not.

[78mudbug]

i catch more fish on colors that look like they are made to catch fisherman than the natural colors...one of the best where i live is pink any shade of pink and have no idea why another combo i use alot is purple and chartruse ive never seeen anything in the water this color or pink but it works

[78mudbug]

one more thing on my mind about this is.i think these odd colors work because the fish hasnt seen them before.for example how many times u think a crappie will see a white jig or a chartruse one?? about every fisherman out there will throw these colors. i like to use the oddest colors i can find or tye that way there is less chance crappie have seen it..sorry to ramble on just my 2 cents on this

[bait_shaker]

I agree on the odd colors, We were fishing and everyone around us seemed not to be catching. I over heard on the them and they said look she's got another one. I ran out of the usually stuff and just started putting odd colors on, like pink, purple and some colors i thought just looked pretty. And I caught more fish. hahaha

[PBUG2009]

never thought about them getting use to a color, then switch it up on them.

[snake River]

it is the nature of people to buy with their eyes and not with their brain.

[skiptomylu]

Since we really don't know what they see, it's hard to say why they hit some colors. Then why on one day they really take one color and at the same place the next day they take another because there is clouds and the day before it was sunny. It all can make a difference for sure.

However I do believe that confidence is the biggest part because you will try it longer and harder expecting it to work. Even so I still think color, size (profile size) and movement (slow or fast or in between) all can be a key.

Skip

[njones]

Just my to cents, but I also use ALOT of pink. And mudbug my buddy uses a chart. and purple jig, works pretty well. Pink and silver combos work best for me, silver jig with a pink tail, killer here in KS. I'v always thought of it like this; a red car always catches your eye, how many white or silver cars turn your head? Why?, cus a red car sticks out. So a pink jig sticks out over a natural color. But just my two cents.

[Crappiekiller3]

Kind of funny I came on this thread today. I spent most of the day listening
to "oldies" on the radio, staring at the gazillion packs of feathers, hair, fur and chenille on the wall and came up with nothing but a headache!! I must have "tiers block" if there is such a thing. Finally I tried some Beaver fur.
The fur is way too short for my liking, warm and furry but not for jigs. When done it looked like a gob of fuzz on a hook
Then I decided to tie some really strange color combinations, purple/red,
black/brown, orange/red, olive/red and others. Have to wait for spring to get here to see if any of them work.
Myself and a buddy have an "oldies day" every once in while where we use
Zebco 33's and Mitchell 300's with old lures like, jitterbugs, mepps, L&S mirrolures, pikie minnows, erie dearies, sonics, crazy crawlers, lazy ikes, old jigs and other dated lures. You'd be surprised at how well we do, mainly because the fish have not seen these lures for 30 years or better. I think!