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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | It seemed as though I may have phrased the question wrong last time. So lets try this again...
When fishing a lake with 10ft or more visibility to the bottom do you find more success on natural colors or hot colors? Obviously it will depend on a lot of different factors like, weather and water temp just to name a couple. Just looking for overall opinions on what people are using and doing?
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Location: Contrarian Island | personally I err on the side of going w natural colors in clear water tho I know others and at times have had luck with bright baits..but if you had to start somewhere I'd start with natural colors...hard to beat a natural perch, cisco, or walleye pattern in clear waters... but muskies don't read internet forums so keep an open mind...they eat all colors... ; ) |
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Location: Detroit River | On St. Clair we can see the bottom down to 20' on calm days. Natural colors are my prefered choice but some days they will take something bright & colorful. |
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Location: Canada, Eh! | my theory has nothing to do with water colour (though admittedly, I dont fish any really muddy/stained waters) but more to do with sky conditions. bright day: bright colours, dark day: natural colours, dusk/night: black.
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Location: Chesterton, Indiana | I fish with the same theory as boost above. Bright way with bright colors and flash. Darker day with natural colors. |
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| I use natural colors in clear lakes, but to be honest i think lure color is to lure fisherman. I have caught fish on bright colors in clear water and fish on natural colors in heavy stained water. I like fishing natural colors because that is what fish see the most. No reason, but there aren't too many flouro orange fish in the lakes i frequent so going natural makes some sense. |
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| I normally grab a natural color lure for clear water, but had a couple great days last fall throwing pearl/white lures in some really clear water. Anyone have luck with whites in clear? I am going to try it out more when the season opens back up here in June (NY).
--Joe |
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| Clear water, I would start with a natural colored lure. But I would have a firetiger or orange belly perch in the box. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | nalod - 2/23/2012 10:08 AM
I normally grab a natural color lure for clear water, but had a couple great days last fall throwing pearl/white lures in some really clear water. Anyone have luck with whites in clear? I am going to try it out more when the season opens back up here in June (NY).
--Joe
Joe, What color are the bottoms of most bait fish,........White,.... So throwing something white or something with a white bottom should be a good thing.
I still think that lure profile,vibration,and the action of said lure trumps color, most of the time.
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Location: Chisholm, MN | I've caught fish on bright pink on crystal clear water but when I started throwing more black colors my percentage went WAY UP. |
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Location: Okoboji | just throw a firetiger.....all day...never switch...classic color something bound to smack it. |
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Clear Water Natural or hot colors