Just curious. How long will you use a bait or color til you switch. Some days I find myself switching alot, and sometimes I'm stubborn and fish the same thing for a long time.

if i know i'm around fish, then 20 casts or so.

Depends on my mood!! sometimes I go 20 or 30 minutes, and sometimes 5 casts!!

It depends on my confidence in the bait and color I am throwing, but if I've gone over half an hour without catching one on a confidence bait then I'll switch

It just depends on the situation on the water. Say I'm in a tourney, then I might switch every 20 cast or so. Then go back to the orginal bait when I change spots just to make sure it wasn't the spot I was at. If I'm fun fishing then I tend to go a little longer say half an hour or so before switching up.

If I know fish are there, 10 casts, with varied retrieves so I know that they ain't biting that one then switch.

+1

I don't switch that often. Probably every couple of hours, unless I know that there fish in the area and I am not getting bit.

I fished with a guide on lake fork several times that said color doesn't really make that much difference. He's been on the lake for a long time, fished professionaly, qualified for the bassmaster classic 3 times, and said he has never cared about color. i have seen the guy pick up a worm and catch fish on it, then switch and catch fish. he said it's more about presentation than color. that being said, i have been in the boat using the same color as the person in the front or back and outfished them 8 to 1 and vice versa. i think if fish are in the area, they will bite if you can entice them.

I'm kinda like txsuperman. I usually only throw a couple colors. If I am gonna focus and deliberately dial in a specific color then it will be one that you can't see. It will be the UV color. Otherwise, presentation makes all the difference in the world, and, location, location, location.

stsy with what you know has worked in the past for that lake