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Water Color and lure color?
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04/07/11 07:31 PM
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lumberjack
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Is there a chart that you can carry in your boat to know which colors to start with on certain water colors?
Thanks.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: lumberjack]
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04/07/11 07:41 PM
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Chad711
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http://www.basspro.com/SpikeIt%E2%84%A2-ColorCLector/product/58174/-1111969
You may need to copy and paste that into your browser.
Last edited by Chad711; 04/07/11 07:42 PM.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: Chad711]
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04/07/11 07:46 PM
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Fish Killer
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Big Sexy
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3 colors are all you need
Black and blue Green Pumpkin Watermelon
These 3 will get you bit from coast to coast.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: Fish Killer]
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04/07/11 07:49 PM
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grout-scout
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3 colors are all you need
Black and blue Green Pumpkin Watermelon
These 3 will get you bit from coast to coast. What color clarity is the black/blue good for? Muddy? I've never had any luck with that color.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: grout-scout]
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04/07/11 09:20 PM
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Gone Shank'n
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Grout Stained to muddy, and in low light conditions. My best days are on stained waters when the wind was blowing in the fall/winter.
Last edited by Gone Shank'n; 04/07/11 09:21 PM.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: Gone Shank'n]
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04/07/11 09:50 PM
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Dosser
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I agree with Gone Shank'n, dirty, stained & muddy water is perfect for black and blue, personally thats my go to color and most the lakes I fish are stained to muddy
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: Dosser]
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04/07/11 09:52 PM
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Mark Perry
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Just food for thought. Fish and baitfish tend to lighten up in stained and muddy water. I agree with Fishkiller and usually the few colors I have are some variation of the 3 he listed.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: Fish Killer]
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04/07/11 09:55 PM
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ezbassin
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3 colors are all you need
Black and blue Green Pumpkin Watermelon
These 3 will get you bit from coast to coast. No BlueFleck, Junebug or Red Shad?? LOL Hard baits--shad colors and chrome/blue or black, chartruce colors like chart/blue etc., craw colors red brown orange. Soft plastics--Watermelon red to start with and then any other watermelon color. Watermelon/gold and watermelon candy/red are a couple of my favorites also. Green pumpkin plain or glitter works well if you aren't getting bit on the watermelon colors. Black/blue Junebug Red Shad Tequila Sunrise Pumpkin Chartruce Trophy hunter Blue Fleck Normally I would start out with the darker colors for the darker water but I have seen Watermelon red work in muddy water so just experiment with them.
Last edited by ezbassin; 04/07/11 10:13 PM.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: ezbassin]
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04/07/11 10:21 PM
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CJSTEVEN
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I almost always use pumpkin...if I can't get bit on that watermelon is my second go to.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: ezbassin]
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04/07/11 10:26 PM
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BHAMBASSMASTER12
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http://bassdozer.com/articles/color_blowout.shtmlGive this article a read..this is how i base my jigs a plastics. Muddy water: When im fishing the bottom or tight to cover i like to use bold colors, not so much bright bling blang colors. When im fishing moving baits i like a bright bling blang colors though(firetiger,chartruse purple backs. CLear Water: MInd your Greens and your browns ..anything natural when fishing the bottom(jigs and plastics). When im fishing clear to stained water and im using crankbaits i like to use baitfish colors.Chromeblack,chrome purple(guntersville,AL),Chrome BLue for my rat traps. LIpped cranks i like anything with a white belly and a dark back. Doesnt really matter the colors as long as the belly is white and back is dark. Bass are vertical. MAybe that will help,its what i use when im determining color. BTw when i say bold i dont mean like bright, I mean dark. BLACKS AND BLUES, BLACK AND REDS, DARK WATERMELON..ETC>ETC>ETC>
Last edited by BHAMBASSMASTER12; 04/07/11 10:30 PM.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
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04/07/11 10:29 PM
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Choogie Chunker
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'91 Skeeter 200SX Yamaha 200 ................................ It's hard to stumble when you're on your knees. ................................................ I'm not old. My bobbers just float a little lower than they used to.
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Re: Water Color and lure color?
[Re: Choogie Chunker]
#6053420
04/10/11 11:46 PM
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jediangler
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I have a lot of luck with a motor oil color. It looks green in the water, and seems to work for most conditions
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