Gotta say, floresent orange has its moments

The water was murkier than usual but normal for this time of year with night time temps dropping into the low 50's/upper 40's. The fish were nipping at my normal size lures making me downsize. For no reason I chose a florescent orange tail just to see what would hit it. Sunfish, white perch and crappie suspended in the middle of no where slammed it.
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Later, the same lure was getting multiple nips on-the-retrieve back to the boat, so I went down to a 1" Bass Assassin spike tail grub with the belly cut off rigged on a 1/64 oz jig. Found out what was was nipping: small yellow and white perch and sunfish having some fun!

Now I gotta make some micro baits in my workshop which will include tying some 1/64 and 1/32 oz jigs using my dog's hair (better than deer hair). A float may come in handy not only for casting those light jigs but for a super slow presentation.

Those little guys are a blast and a challenge to catch especially on lures as long as they are! :Rofl

Very cool. KETCHN fishes with orange alot and finds success more often than not. Thanks for sharing

That’s a color that I do t use much, even on the head of a jig. I know it works but I just don’t think of it when I’m looking for that magic bullet. I need to change my ways and give it a shot. Thanks Spoon.

But ya know - most likely any floresent color would probably have caught fish in that pea soup-colored water i.e. pink, chartreuse, white. Stark color contrast coupled with tail quiver seemed to have ruffled some scales on that slow day and in anticipation of the front that moved in the next day.

Nature's mystery continues......