My answer to "does color matter"

My brother in law and l have had some good trips lately. In 4 trips we have caught 74, 69, 68 and Friday the 10th we caught 92 crappie in the wind. We fished with one lure, in the same color, to catch 99% percent of all the fish. We tried the same lure in 5 different colors. When l would change to a different color, my brother in law would keep catching fish and l caught nothing. When he changed to a different color, l kept catching and he caught nothing. We tried several different brands and sizes of lures with same results. I understand this proves nothing but 303 fish convinced us that color matters. All fish were returned to lake as we don't keep crappie during the spawn. This is just a fyi. Don

Give them what they want

I absolutely believe color matters a lot of times.

I just want to know the color that you used?..ha

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Originally Posted by Doninva

My brother in law and l have had some good trips lately. In 4 trips we have caught 74, 69, 68 and Friday the 10th we caught 92 crappie in the wind. We fished with one lure, in the same color, to catch 99% percent of all the fish. We tried the same lure in 5 different colors. When l would change to a different color, my brother in law would keep catching fish and l caught nothing. When he changed to a different color, l kept catching and he caught nothing. We tried several different brands and sizes of lures with same results. I understand this proves nothing but 303 fish convinced us that color matters. All fish were returned to lake as we don't keep crappie during the spawn. This is just a fyi. Don

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Roanoke or Blackwater?

I’’ve personally seen color matter a couple of weeks ago. I had 6 poles with a double jig setup alternating between two color combos as to which is on top and which is on the bottom. The morning was almost always 1 color combo (didn’t matter if top or bottom jig), and around lunch time, they switched to the other color combo most of the time. This happened two days in a row in the same week. I started keeping a journal for each fishing trip and think that may have happened the week before as well after further review.

sometimes what they see and want is amazing , it can be so very specific as well .....:highfive

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

sometimes what they see and want is amazing , it can be so very specific as well .....:highfive

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Very true….color matters many, many times.
Bob

Thanks for sharing your observations with us!

Up here in New England color definitely matters as the seasons change. Just my 2c.

Strange cause I seldom ever change colors . Even tried using trash on jig heads and always catch fish . I drop right on them with livescope . Years ago I remember my son and I used different colors . He caught more fish on one top then me the next . I still believe presentation is biggest factor. Used to use mostly purple/ chartreuse tubes no matter water color. Certain times used a orange/chartreuse in bigger size cause they did not make the purple/chartreuse in bigger baits . This year except for experimenting with trash jigs I been using hand ties. Not changing color from winter to post spawn catching limits like clock work .

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The trash caught fish just as good and proved it before. Took Fancy Seats with me a few weeks back . He used tube jigs and I used the trash . Changed baits every couple fish just to prove presentation means more than bait .

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Posted on facebook about catching Crappie of a sliver of Banna Peel. :Rofl One guy said he did not believe it. I asked if that was a challenge or did he want to make a wager. He would not bite but the Crappie do . Walmart sack tied on a jighead with red thread worked just fine too .

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Up here in New England color definitely matters as the seasons change. Just my 2c.

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some of the best locals here change colors with the season as well , it has some play for sure , not sure if it's the different spectrums of light from the sun's angles or what , but to be sure there is a method to this madness ....:highfive

We went out yesterday to a different arm of the lake. It rained from the time we launched the boat at 10:00 am till 7:00 when we quit. We started with the previous lure color as the last trips. When we found fish and caught 2 or 3 the bite slowed down so we started changing colors. The bite would pick back up. As we moved to some stained water, the original color shut down. We changed to a brighter color and the bite got good. We only saw one other dummy like us, fishing in the pouring down rain. We caught 70 crappie, 2 large mouth bass. Don

NIMROD, l noticed, your pictures show a white crappie. Do you catch mostly white crappie where you fish. We only catch black crappie here. Have heard they are a bit more aggressive than black crappie but never caught any. Don

At times they seem to bite everything. Other times it seems color, size, shape, action ,scent, fall rate, speed, and line size matter.