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How do you know what colors to use ?
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07/06/18 08:12 PM
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Ol'geezer
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When to a East Texas lake last weekend through the 4th ,had good clear water 8 ft visible. Started off with watermelon red fluke, noticed sunfish went to d d with purple side caught 2 nothing rest of day went to soft platics bright colors banana, bubblegum, plum, chartreuse and grape nothing. Next day tried motor oil, pumpkin, and tequila sunrise nothing. Finally talked to a local said try green pumpkin ended up catching 6 . Was I on the right track or thinking was wrong? Thanks Monte
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12818586
07/06/18 08:13 PM
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SteezMacQueen
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I always use green pumpkin......so I always know what color to use. Haha
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12818608
07/06/18 08:30 PM
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Txduckhunter
Extreme Angler
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Have to agree with Steez. For 95% of my soft plastics - I'm throwing green. May be Watermelon,Green pumpkin or some other variant but green. Esp in clear water when I'm trying to match bream colors.
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
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07/06/18 09:02 PM
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Phoenix_Ed
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James Niggemeyer has a great video on the basic colors, watermelon red, green pumpkin, june bug, and black/blue. I have tried to cull down to these but some are just so purty I can't.
But at the end of the day it is hard to beat green pumpkin, dip the tail in chartreuse.
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Phoenix_Ed]
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07/06/18 09:26 PM
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GIG'EM AGGIES
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James Niggemeyer has a great video on the basic colors, watermelon red, green pumpkin, june bug, and black/blue. I have tried to cull down to these but some are just so purty I can't.
But at the end of the day it is hard to beat green pumpkin, dip the tail in chartreuse. What he said. Works just about everywhere except Atlantic ocean.
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
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07/06/18 09:38 PM
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Kuhuna
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I use watermelon red almost exclusively.
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12818715
07/06/18 10:22 PM
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Mark Perry
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Keep it simple on soft plastics- green pumpkin, black and blue, white.
Hard baits/topwater-shad, gill, bright, dull.
Moving wire baits- white, green pumpkin
Jigs- see soft plastics list
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12818727
07/06/18 10:35 PM
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Douglas J
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I usually choose between 2, green pumpkin or green pumpkin
#MFGA
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12818813
07/06/18 11:44 PM
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ezbassin
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I have some go to colors that I have developed over the years. Watermelon/red, watermelon slice, watermelon/candy red, green pumpkin red bug, red bug shad, junebug, south africa special blue fleck, black/blue
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
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07/07/18 12:55 AM
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Capt. Bryan
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My 4 go to colors: Junebug Watermelon red Plum Redbug
Sometimes throw California 420, black blue
Skeeter FXR 21 Yamaha Humminbird/Garmin Lews
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12819110
07/07/18 03:36 AM
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mossyback75
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Junebug is pretty hard to beat
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12819356
07/07/18 03:02 PM
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Posts: 929
TOMCAT21
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Gary Yamamoto has a color that is green pumpkin/watermelon laminate - color 912. Believe it is one of his go-to colors in Senkos.
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
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07/07/18 03:43 PM
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Nekro
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Pretty much use watermelon red flake. I keep my colors simple. Black/blue, Green pumpkin, and watermelon red flake.
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Ol'geezer]
#12819457
07/07/18 04:49 PM
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Posts: 383
JCHANDLER
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Angler
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Make it simple: Dark days, dark baits. Bright days, natural baits
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Re: How do you know what colors to use ?
[Re: Mark Perry]
#12819706
07/07/18 09:42 PM
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Ken A.
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Groovy
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Keep it simple on soft plastics- green pumpkin, black and blue, white.
Hard baits/topwater-shad, gill, bright, dull.
Moving wire baits- white, green pumpkin
Jigs- see soft plastics list Good rules of thumb
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