And now for something completely different, totally unexpected and quite surprising:

A fishing question from Wannabe.

A'ite, so today I took off to my spot at lunch. On a lark, I tried a tube of a color I normally don't chunk. Had my standard on the bottom jig, which is normally where the fish have been eating, and the odd color on top. Now, when I've doubled my standard color, the fish normally take the bottom jig 3 to 1. So, out I chunk....bang, fish on top. Next cast, fish on top. Third cast....yep. OK, now that's weird I says to myself and just to prove I know what color they really want, I reversed the colors....now odd color on bottom and the one they really want on top. 4th cast, fish on bottom. 5th, 6th and 7th. OK, I says to myself....guess I'll put 2 of the same on and just get slap dab crazy.

Check my box and I've got exactly 3 more of that color. Used one to finish out my double odd colored rig. Next cast, snag and broke off both jigs. CRAP! Ok, retie...next cast.....yep, broke off the bottom jig. 3rd cast, snagged behind me and ripped off the tube. LOL....that's bad luck right there, I don't care who you are.

So I fished the next 1/2 our switching and swapping through all my colors...of course I didn't have any more of that color and only 1 or 2 anywhere close. Ended up catching maybe 3 or 4 more fish period in the next 40 minutes.

So, the question is.....how often do you find that color is actually that critical and one so clearly out performs another. It's pretty rare that I find that it happens to me, but just like today...every now and then it just flat out matters.

Needless to say, I'm now the proud owner of 625 brand new odd colored tubes for that day 17 months from now when they just won't eat anything else.

Wananbe...

Usually when I'm spider-rigging with 4 poles I will start out with 4 different colors hoping the crappie will tell me what color they want at that time. And lots of times they will show a liking to that 1 pole with that color and then again sometimes they will bite any and all colors or none at all. So yes it has happened to me too, I think color does matter at least some of the time.

What friggin color it be?

Gotta be a "pank" of some sorts

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Originally Posted by feelay

What friggin color it be?

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Prolly a color somebody gave him since he only had 4 of em. You know he ain't used that many before today.

If ya had a color selector it would probably tell you that the color you are using is the most visable in the color spectrum of that particular water.

That must have been the 4 jigs that Tim is missing out of his bag :p

I knew it....Mr. Jim was not born in the South......but he got here as quick as he could.:);)

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Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman

I knew it....Mr. Jim was not born in the South......but he got here as quick as he could.:);)

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You got that right.

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Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman

I knew it....Mr. Jim was not born in the South......but he got here as quick as he could.:);)

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Yes he was! Born in SOUTHERN Illinois.:D

I'm calling hogwash on this because, one we all know all you can catch is one fish, two you know the rules without pics it never happened.

I spider rig by myself a lot and run 4 rods with 8 differant colors on to start out each time. I have only two times remember when they only wanted one color. Most of the time it is a mixture of differant colors they will take. But for some reason on two occasions the first 4 or 5 fish hit the same rod with a Orange/Chartruse slab slayer. So started changing out other rods to it and caught fish on that color the rest of the morning. One other time fishing the same strecth of bank they wanted Blue/Chartruse and nothing else. So it happens for sure. But most days I can catch fish on about any color when slow trolling in spring. But those two days for sure they knew what color they wanted and did not take me long to start changing out slab slayer colors to give them what the wanted. Until then I always swore that color did not make much differance. But those two days proved me wrong.

Claims of multiple fish
+ phancy iphone
- pictures
__________________
BS

ES
- no boat
-no truck
+says he catches fish
= BS

G3 is better at math than you too ES. On top of driving a man truck.

Wannabe...

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Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman

ES
- no boat
-no truck
+says he catches fish
= BS

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Your mistaken G3. That's old skool maff. New skool maff is like this:

ES
+purse
+skirt
Xno boat
+gurlie truck
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cupcake

you left out lip gloss minner

And shaves his.....ummm..legs