Choosing the right colour
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:20 am
Crankbait
- Five colours will cover most situations-shad,chrome,crawdad,firetiger,chartreuse
-Clear water-Tennesee shad,chrome,crawdad
-Stained or muddy water-chartreuse,firetiger
Spinnerbait
-Ultra clear water-skirts in clear silver flake,clear green,clear pepper
-Stained or muddy water-chartreus/white
-Night fishing-Black
Soft-plastics
-Stained or muddy water-darker colours such as junebug,red shad,black
-Clear water-Shades of watermelon,pumpkin,sand
-Clear water-Match the bottom, ie for a light ,sandy bottom use shades of sand; for a darker,brown bottom use pumpkin
-Weedy areas-Green colours such as watermelon,green pumpkin
Topwaters
-Four colors will cover most situations-clear,white,black,yellow
-White-the predominant belly colour of forage
-Clear-clear water,bright skies
-Black-cloudy days,night fishing,muddy water
-Yellow-great for smallmouth bass and springtime fishing for largemouth
That sums it up. Hope it can serve as some assistance to others as it has for me
- Five colours will cover most situations-shad,chrome,crawdad,firetiger,chartreuse
-Clear water-Tennesee shad,chrome,crawdad
-Stained or muddy water-chartreuse,firetiger
Spinnerbait
-Ultra clear water-skirts in clear silver flake,clear green,clear pepper
-Stained or muddy water-chartreus/white
-Night fishing-Black
Soft-plastics
-Stained or muddy water-darker colours such as junebug,red shad,black
-Clear water-Shades of watermelon,pumpkin,sand
-Clear water-Match the bottom, ie for a light ,sandy bottom use shades of sand; for a darker,brown bottom use pumpkin
-Weedy areas-Green colours such as watermelon,green pumpkin
Topwaters
-Four colors will cover most situations-clear,white,black,yellow
-White-the predominant belly colour of forage
-Clear-clear water,bright skies
-Black-cloudy days,night fishing,muddy water
-Yellow-great for smallmouth bass and springtime fishing for largemouth
That sums it up. Hope it can serve as some assistance to others as it has for me