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| i'm going to pick one up soon, and i wanted to know, what would be the best color, for a greenish colored lake, but also good to use in decent clear water? what do you guys recommend? |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Sorry to tell you but no "best" color. But firetiger is always a good color anywhere you go. Also black rates right up there as well.
In my book action trumps color. If you don't know how to work them even a "magic" color won't get you many hits as a good working "rotten" color. |
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| i meant the best color for my waters! i don't expect a magical color! i just wanted to know what color would be the best for what waters I'm fishing. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Black or Firetiger are my favorite. 9 or 10 inch weighted too.
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| thanks for the help! |
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| I also like firetiger and black but isn't it interesting that they are often recomended even though they are on complete opposite ends of the color spectrum? Do you think that a lot of time we WAY over think the color of a bait? |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | And to throw another color at you - white. Its a well know fact that down south the bass guys have their best luck with white baits in pea green color waters. |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | I have the best luck on the original sucker pattern...if you want one bait for both clear and stained water I would go with a natural pattern like sucker or perch. That being said, I don't think there is a wrong choice. Have fun...
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Location: syracuse indiana | black, black and did i mention black
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Location: Nielsen's Fly-In Lodge, on Rowan Lake | Brown with 2 oz of lead poured in the belly then scrape all the paint off the bottom side next put the next size hooks on the front and back and then put it in water for several days and now you have a suick that will run down about 6ft just where you want it thous big fish don't always want to come up that far so get it down there you will get bit good luck don |
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Location: Land of the Musky | reelman - 8/19/2011 2:32 PM
I also like firetiger and black but isn't it interesting that they are often recommend even though they are on complete opposite ends of the color spectrum? Do you think that a lot of time we WAY over think the color of a bait?
Coming form a musky company owner... Colors sell customers  Hence my 1000+ SKUs and a 5000sq ft warehouse 90% full of 10' high pallets of lures. If I did not have 21-42 colors for each of the ~30 lines I carry I would be one happy person. IMO 6 core colors is all you really need and even 6 may be too many colors. I think a lot of what is missed is vibration vibration vibration. IMO many times the lure silhouette is even more important than the color.
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| I agree with muskie nut, a 'good running' jerkbait with no paint on it will beat one with great paint that doesn't have the same action most of the time. I paint lots of them (poorly, lol) and as long as they run right, fish hit them. Nighthawk, Purple Rage, Sucker, Firetiger, Orange belly/black top, solid black, perch, they all work. I think that's true for pretty well all lures. If its got the action, you're already rounding 3rd looking for home plate. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | I like a color that I can see from a distance, especially if I'm working weeds. Other than that color doesn't seem to matter, maybe get a bright one and a natural one. |
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Location: Yahara River Chain | cast10K - 8/20/2011 11:41 AM
I like a color that I can see from a distance
Yes, this is important. I either paint a white strip down its back or do it with reflective tape. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I used to be accused of buying every firetiger suick I saw to keep them out of the hands of others but they still work after all the paint has gone. Some of the waters I fish look like a putting green by Sept. |
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| The New Fire Bass is a good one especialy if water is a little clear, it is not as bright as firetiger.
Good luck,
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Location: mad chain | I agree with Jeff that new Fire bass color is awesome. |
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Location: Elgin IL | Old School....grey/pink
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