I have never used one for crappie fishing. I have used one many times while fishing bass tournaments. I do believe and proven to myself and others that on certain days they do make a difference. What do you all think?
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I have never used one for crappie fishing. I have used one many times while fishing bass tournaments. I do believe and proven to myself and others that on certain days they do make a difference. What do you all think?
I put my vote in for "no positive gain" .... simply because both the original Color-C-lector and the Combo-C-lector that I've owned, only showed me basically one color combo to use in all the years I used them. :Doh:
I used them back in my early Bass fishing days, but only fished one particular lake, and already knew the color combo that the unit suggested was a good choice ... that being blue/chartreuse.
It may also be the reason that the color combo I started Crappie fishing with (for plastics) was blue/chartreuse. :biggrin
A partner and I were bass fishing a drop off with texas rigged worms. The magic color was indicated as red. With red, I caught fish right away. Maybe 5 or 6. My partned tried black, motor oil, and purple without luck. He switched to red and boated a fish in 5 minutes and kept catching. I switched to blue and stopped catching fish. I dunno… it could have been a paranormal thing :biggrin
I used one for Crappie/Bass fishing back in the early to mid 90`s, always seemed to help caught more fish when using color in range it suggested. Now I fish lakes I know what colors work so no need for one.
Are these still being made? I tried to find one a few weeks ago but all I could find was used ones for sale.
Bass Pro Shop lists one but has no order button for it and no price. Amazon lists it but no price and has statement out of stock, don't know when it will be available again.
From the company...Spike-It Outdoors - Color-C-Lector(R)
I have one and used it, I tend to fish the same locations with little water color change so I seldom pull it out now days. But your experience does bring back some famous words that someone (I think it was Bill Dance or Jimmy Houston) once said "Trust your Instruments" at the time they were really referencing GPS on fish locators back in the day when it was still pretty new. Me and a bud was on a lake when a thick fog rolled in we were a ways out and dead in the water from lack of visibility, you'd be surprised how quickly you become disoriented when you can't see no more than 30 ft. in any direction. It was the first time I had to rely solely on a gauge to get back safely, my friend kept saying "No" we need to go that way, well I had just recently heard those words said and told my friend "lets follow this gps back" and sure enough it worked.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverside
Lonnie I agree with trusting instruments. I do not think though that just because water color stays the same so does color. There are other variables that affects visibility. Changed amount of light, location of sun, underwater current changes, etc. I don't know. I guess if I knew everything I would be filthy rich :Rofl
I like mine....its not a have to have item....but it is nice to have. It does seem to get the game started a little faster sometimes. Attachment 329705
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I agree... not a deal breaker. I am on my 3rd since they came out though.[emoji3]
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I've got one l have not used in years and after reading everyone's post l am going to have to put it in boat and start using again.
Hopefully it will change how many times I change jig colors.
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Personally i wouldn't want one. I feel fairly confident that time on the water is the answer to color selection.
But, That's just my thoughts FWIW
I have a tendency to buy these things and never use them. I once had a thing that you could check water temperature at different depth with. It was a hassle and I used it once.