What would be 3 good colors for clear water & 3 good colors for heavy stain to muddy water?
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What would be 3 good colors for clear water & 3 good colors for heavy stain to muddy water?
Clear : milky white -- pink -- junebug/char
Murky/muddy : black/char -- all chartreuse -- glow white head & white feathers/fur
clear = pink/white , blue/white, pearl/ chartreuse . murky =purple /chartreuse , black /chartreuse , black/yellow .
Thanks guys. I’m thinking about going down that road now.
never mind the water color is me
tie up some
orange and chart
white and chart
blue and chart
black and chart
that should cover it in most cases if you want to keep it less complicated .....just saying :highfive
Wanting something really Shad looking too. Any suggestions?
light pink head with black eyes and a sparkly fluffy white body with a light yellow tail with silver flash in it if you want the real deal ....1/16 walleye head with a number 6 sickle hook ....:highfive
Can't believe nobody mentioned Gray Ghost.
The only time color really matters to me is when I am fishing ultra clear waters. If this is the case I want the must muted color I can find. I very seldom fish clear waters so I start with my favorite colors and work from their.
One local lake will be clear as can be this summerQuote:
Originally Posted by Grainraiser
Clear
Chartreuse or chart/white
White or a silver baitfish color
Natural brown or olive
Dirty water
Black
Hot pink
Glow
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These should cover both nicely.
White/Red for anything but Black or Orange/Chartreuse for muddy . Colors are more for fishermen. I used Purple/ Chartreuse in all kinds of water for decades. With livescope colors not that important IMO .
When it comes to plastics color sure seems to matter to me a lot of times but then sometimes when they're really feeding & agggressive it doesn't seem to matter at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
I think what he is saying is that any color works well if you present it correctly. If so, i completely agree. With livescope you can learn to present the bait perfectly, depending on how the fish act/react that say. Its kind of like ice fishing with sonar, color/bait doesnt matter nearly as much as how you present the bait and work the fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
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I can't tell any difference on our lakes.:donoQuote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
Last Saturday my buddy used Southern Pro Umbrella Tubes in Purple/Chartreuse. I used all trash baits and both caught plenty of Crappie .Quote:
Originally Posted by Les Young
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Water was murky today and caught my limit on Bucktails I tied .
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For shad hand ties nothing is better than a Drake mallard flank feather which is gray white in color, #2 is gadwall which is barred black/white coloration. I've used these in every water color from clear to muddy with success. I make them using some flash and finish with some contrasting color of rabbit hair tied in at the throat. Two main thread colors are either red or black. Combos of orange, chartreuse and black for muddy water. Been working for me for over 30 years of tying and fishing with them.Attachment 484576Attachment 484577
Yep I understand what he’s saying. On one lake here it really seems to make a difference some days others not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin22
I used purple/chartreuse tubes almost exclusively for many years . I even guided and we used that one bait. Did not need anything else. I believe bait makers and sellers pushed the color myth to sell more baits. Alot of fish and wildlife are color blind in my opinion. :twocents
This i believe 100 %.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Have seen color, size, profile, etc matter with blackfish, especially clear water, but with whites, they'll bite dang near anything they see I think. Not talking about upper end, older year-class fish, just crappie in general. Blacks will make you beat your head against the wall some days. We get a mix of them in some of the lakes and you can just about tell on scope when a white hits. That rascal will launch from a mile away at times it seems. I hooked one near a log, hung up, broke off, he shook free, and I kept a watch on him, re-tied, and pitched back down to him and he ate. I swear if they didn't reproduce at such a fast rate they'd be extinct.