Do yall change your jig colors for fall. I always throw black/blue but I have heard a lot of people like a brown jig. Thoughts? I don't have confidence in any jig color other than black blue. Am I missing out?

Black and blue hard to beat! In clear water I’ll use more greens if they don’t eat the black and blue

You will never go wrong with black and blue. For me it is either that or in clearer water I go to a natural color like a brown with maybe a faded orange or green pumpkin in it, with a natural trailer to match, which is almost always gp. A lot of companies will make one called Bama Craw, and that is usually what my natural color jig is.

Big male Crayfish are on the move after the females right now. It starts with the water temp. droppihg some and with the first cold front. If you really want to throw the best colors you will have to set some traps in the areas that you want to fish. The colors are always different form one cove to the next. It is my opinion that it has a lot to do with how much rock and vegetation there is available in those areas. If you are catching Orange and Green then that is what you want to be throwing in that specific cove/creek. If they are Black/Blue; then that is the color. I have found that we do better on Black/Blue because they are that color 70% of the year in most creeks and coves. The other 30% of the time is where the traps come in very handy. Stay on them and go to the spawning flats in your favorite coves.

Half skirt green pumpkin, half skirt black with blue flake.

Black and Blue with Green Pumpkin Trailer...

I choose my jig color based on water clarity.

I like pb&j and black & blue some colors in the fall I like in clearer water is lil' gator and green pumpkin. With matching rage tail craw trailers.

I'm using green pumpkin/orange or brown/black/amber 95% of the time.

A buddy told me there were two colors, black and blue and then the blue and black! I need to fish them more!

Brown and orange for me

+1 Especially when the water is cold

I still think the water clarity is the key. Stained water black and blue , muddy water I'll add a little chartreuse dip and dye. Clear water black and blue with a green craw or a green jig and green craw. I have tried orange and brown. Caught a few but always went back. Caught them on black and red too, seen a big black and red crawfish in the water. Water was clear that day. I know crawfish molt and even look gray sometimes.

Sorta cheating like both in same bait.... I like it!
My default is natural perch type color watermelon-pumpkin, etc... in clear water and black/blue/chartreuse in stained water but confidence is key for me. My best 5 fish day ever on a private lake was pumpkin rig with red flake and red tail trailer in cold slightly stained water.

Done well on this one

Haven't caught a giant yet but I did catch a 15 on this jig.. I had a 7" Zoom G-Tail in WM red on back of it.

Deep water Jig is one of the few baits I struggle with. I see “Mexican heather” used a lot. Where is this color best?

Lmao Ken. Not a giant but a 15. I like that Mexican Heather color alot also. I always try to get my jigs to look like bluegill.

I use these two alot.

Pretty much all you need

Mark made 10 skirts for me that I am afraid to throw.

I bought a new rod last week and it says its rated for "17-20#" and I am scared if I throw one of these skirts the fish that bites may exceed the rod's capability!!

You ain't that skeered, throw it.

That or black and blue with a GP trailer or GP with a b&b trailer

One of the best jig days I ever had on Fork was throwing an old Stanley blk/blue/purple with an Uncle Josh ORANGE pork trailer. Was fishing with Richard McCarty and he looked at that combo and said, "you won't catch sh_t with that!" I smoked him and my partner. That was in early November and I still throw a jig in cold water with some orange in it on stained water lakes!

...And use Mr. Harper's crawfish scent(s).

Many folks who have not been around crawfish don't realize they can take on a bluish/purple iridscent tint on the main portion of their shell at differnt times of the year.

You could throw a green pumpkin w green pumpkin trailer year around on almost any lake and get bit

Caught my PB on Mexican Heather this week but I really like a multi-toned green pumpkin.