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I have noticed over time that the bluegill in my local water definately have a few favorite colors. Flo orange, gray and white combo, brown and white combo. The water is slightly stained normally but can become a little more clear at times. These colors work equally well at any depth between 3 ' - 25' fow.
Have you noticed any color patterns on your water?
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Chartreuse and white is good here. White is my go to and I keep a good stocking of them onboard
Chartreuse and white good here usually too. Black and gray two other dynamite colors for me.
My number one color used to be chartreuse and chartreuse glitter .
But lately I’ve had good luck with black . Seems to work in any color water and looks natural in a lot of different baits .
But if we’re talking Trout Magnets , sowbug , rootbeer float , bulldog , bison , and several others have worked . I always keep a variety on hand and have seen a preference in fish .
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Blue ice, iced tea w/lemon, and pearl or monkey milk all get a few but I always have some natural colors nearby. Black, brown and tan all have done well lately, olive too.
oranges with brown and or black work really well here , brighter colors not always , not sure why , but to be sure a less than highly visible color is sometimes the ticket in these parts ....
in synopsis , my favorite color is the one they like best on the day I visit them .....just saying
I have a major variety of color when I go, but love what ever color they want to hit that day. I usually have a spool of what ever I'm using for leader with me too. Changing hand ties to get them dialed in. Plastics a lot easier, just change bodies...
I have a superstitous nature when it comes to color balanced by the physics of color underwater and a fish's ability to see various hues under different conditions (overhead brightness, water quality).
Some colors I use very little as far as small soft plastics - all black being one. Not apt to use all one of these colors: all red, emerald green, purple/grape, blue. No good reason whatsoever.
But, I've been making lures and trying lure colors for over 30 yrs. that reduce the need for carrying around 15 colors of one lure x 15 or more different lures. It's just not necessary. Having fewer confidence-colors in my box proven to enhance lure action and shape underwater, addresses the fish sight / trigger somewhat scientifically. Heck, if fish bite week after week, month after month and many years after, who am I to argue with p.o.'d fish!
Green pumpkin and motor oil come to mind as two of the best for many lures shapes/actions as well a chartreuse - but rarely all-chartreuse.
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Unnatural colors do as well as natural in my book, the former better than the latter most of the time. Why hide a lure using colors a fish might not see as well? Lures are supposed to disrupt a fish's quiet state of being, not bore it and color contributes big time in my book.