Quote Originally Posted by Damion Kidd View Post
Do you have a “sure nuff “ go to color that is your favorite??Or just try colors depending on water clarity??


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Perfect example, this past w-end on a local lake in the Houston Texas area that I haven't fished in several months we had 8" of rain a couple days prior to my trip but this lake was going to have better conditions than my other options.
The water was dirtier than I've ever seen it and had a reddish brown tint, since I rarely ever use red, brown was my choice, after a couple drops with a jig known as Joe Dirt on a stump that always holds crappie I wasn't confident it was the bait....
I made a change only with the head color, instead of a brown that's on the Joe Dirt I put the exact jig with a gold head and it was thump after thump after thump from solid black and white crappie..... Every pile there was no difference but then after the sun got up my bite went away....
So 1st I like matching the water color that I see until the fish say they don't want it, second I'll try a contrast with the water color included and from there work to something that really stands out from it...
The next color they hunted was grey and ended up on green hornet...... The key word is "hunted"..... There was no have to entice they came and hit it.....
I'm fishing public waters that are heavily fished so everyone has access to it..... This isn't toss a bare gold hook and catch every fish in it farm pond trips.....
I do have a favorite color but it changed every trip.....