I'm curious what you all think the top 5 colors/color combinations that work best for crappie.
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I'm curious what you all think the top 5 colors/color combinations that work best for crappie.
Purple/chartreuse, bluegill/chartreuse, blue/chartreuse, pink/white, junebug/chartreuse....in that order.
What's bluegill?Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
Mine is clear plastic with green, blue, purple and copper .015 glitter.....equal parts.
I'll have to try that. You have a pic?
For me, it has been : blue/chartreuse ... green/chartreuse ... junebug/chartreuse ... solid pink ... solid chartreuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimFly
... cp :kewl
Blue w/chart., Prom dress / chart. , Monkey milk / chart. ,Black / w red glitter/ chart., Electric chicken
http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/a...8bc9be5f53.jpg
Here you go Jim. This is about as close to close up that I have on file. Its a nice color combo. I make the clear plastic with some uv enhancer, then I add the glitters when the plastic has fully cooked. I have a container of pre-mixed glitters in these colors [copper, blue, green, purple] so all I need to do is dip out what I need for a batch.
[QUOTE=CTom;3008653]Mine is clear plastic with green, blue, purple and copper .015 glitter.....equal parts.[/QUOTE
I have never heard of this kind accommodation and glitter.
my color combinations are black and chartreuse orange and chartreuse white and pink pumpkin seed and chartreuse purple and chartreuse florescent green and chartreuse yellow and white black-and-white red and white these are just a few I use a wide variety depending on what the fish are really wanting in this will vary between plastic and hand-tied jigs forgot to add one more here silver in chartreuse. also black and brown I guess this is more in five:biggrin
[QUOTE=snake River;3008862]Now you have.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
CTom,
Thanks for the pic ..... definitely clarifies what you described. Chartreuse seems to be the #1 color!
I really like the bright colors in either solo or combinations - Pink, Chartreuse, White, Lime, Orange, Silver, Gold -- not a fan of darker colors at all BUT that may be because I have never tried them much. I need to expand my horizons for sure.
Welcome from Alabama. I love the color chartreuseand.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimFly
1) chartreuse and pink
2) chartreuse and black
3) chartreuse and aqua
4) chartreuse and white
5) chartreuse and chartreuse
CTom, I have a small jar containing 70% silver fine glitter, 15% red fine glitter, 5% light green fine glitter , 5% black fine glitter and 5% blue fine glitter. I use a small baby spoon to put a little in my own personal silver lightening minnow. LOL
That sounds like a neat mix Mike. I have five or six blended glitters I keep on hand that get used in a number of applications. Only two see specific use with one of those the bluegill mix for clear plastic. The other is firecracker....red,blue and silver .015 in equal amounts and is primarily for clear plastic but has been tried in other colors too.
[QUOTE=CTom;3008875]is this blended years or can you buy it and do they call it bluegill?Quote:
Originally Posted by snake River
I blend my own. Equal part of each color. I picked up a few empty glitter jars/lids from DoIt and store the blends in those just like the standard colors come in.
Glow/pearl,black/chart,orange/chart,bubblegum/chart,purple/chart. colors matter but what has really set ours apart form others has been sea salt (just a pinch)(tends to make the plastic melt when wet)crappie and other fish hold on longer will swallow the bait and we are experimenting with coffee grounds mixed in our plastic's. (coffee crappie tubes) we cannot make enough of these for our family and friends.Took my neighbor(minnow fishermen) and a good one.He caught more but we caught bigger and before the end of the day was using the crappie coffee tubes and shad.Attachment 207961Attachment 207962
blaze orange jig/ black and chartreuse , blaze orange jig/ chartreuse, hot pink jig/glow white, glow chartreuse jig/glow blaze orange, glow blaze orange jig/silver
Has anyone else here on the forum experimented with adding coffee grounds and garlic salt to their hot plastic mix?Quote:
Originally Posted by jackie53
So ...... I'm participating in the Dog Days of August jig swap. I'm not too familiar with crappie fishing in the fall. What are some good 2 color combinations that could be suggested?
Jim
I use the same color most of the year blues, greens, whites,pinks and always chartreuse. Jig swaps are a lot of fun just make what you like everyone will like them. I'm thinking about doing this one myself.
Thanks for the information. I've been really enjoying making these jigs. I sometimes catch myself "day dreaming" about what other color combinations and styles I can make up. We really should do a soft plastics swap soon.
I'm hosting the swap and I'm making a chrome sides, Blue back, Pearl Belly head with white and blue bucktail with silver flash on the sides. Typically, I start fishing jigging raps in mid september and my go to color is blue/chrome catch a lot of non targeted crappie.
A while back I posed a jig color summary on JC.Com and am fairly certain that although there are popular colors, there is not a clear winner of best color. Last time I was crappie fishing, the best jig hands down was a brown furr tail, orange and black varigated body with a orangish brown head with silver and black eyes. Maybe it looked like crawdad larve. Not sure but I was catching crappie after crappie to the point I stopped using that pole to concentrate on targeted fish.
Lowe175, yes, please join the swap, the more the merrier. Plenty of time on this one and I'd love to a big group but I'm probably dreaming on that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by lowe175