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Location: South Bend, Indiana | I went through my lure inventory recently, and realized I have many bright, gouty, neon colors, that have yet to be thrown even once! The type of baits range from soft plastics, to blades. I'm considering selling them, seeing as I don't throw them, or I've had little to no success. What is your guys' opinion? How often do you throw these yellow, orange, pink colors, etc....? |
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Location: In the Weeds | I dont much if at all. But thats because im fishing clear water, if you were fishing stained or muddy you might throw them more. Maybe sell some but keep a few, never know when youll want to use them. |
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| on the contrary I own and use a lot of bright stuff and do well more so on the brighter stuff than my natural colors. not sure if there is an explanation to that other than i throw them alot but i use them in both stained and clear water. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I throw brilliant colors even in the clearest of water sometimes and catch fish that way. Pink and bright neon green are a couple favs, especially in the evening. Bright red through and through, and even a bright red and gaudy chartruese combo is another hot pick for me in clear water. Remember those hot colors don't look the same to a fish as they do to us.. |
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | Orange Tiger/Coachdog is one of my favorite colors on some gin clear water. Throw them and find out. |
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | Bright red and bright yellow are quickly becoming some of my favorite colors to use. Obviously I am using red with black and yellow with brown... so there is some contrast there. But Orange has always been an all time favorite for me. Can't really get any brighter than firetiger which IMO is one of the top producing colors out there for a long time. Pink has been one of my top bass colors for years and have moved 3 muskies on my pink blades this year as well. I like to use natural colored baits to, but the way I look at it is they see that stuff all day, maybe if I flash them with some bright stuff it will pee them off enough to attack it  |
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| I've definitely noticed the musky in my local lake have taken a greater interest in some weird combos |
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| Much more to color than just natural color vs. gaudy color or clear lake vs stained water. Many other factors to consider such as contrast and fishing pressure. If you search there are some very educational threads on this board regarding the subject, I highly reccomend it. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I honestly believe it comes down to the ratio between how often brilliant colors are thrown on clear waters Vs. natural earthy colors. |
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| on one of the clear lakes I fish, the hot color this year has been firetiger, by far. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I have been acused of buying every firetiger suick I see to keep them out of the hands of others. To me fire tiger is hot perch both natural and bright and I use it in all waters. The important thing is I can see it and work it for the muskie it is a usually reaction strike with colour not being that critical. I fish a firetiger Suick and my partner uses a plain brown white belly Bobby 80% of the time and we both catch fish. If your in the right location at the right time you can catch them with a socket wrench. |
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Location: WI | Do you prefer a 3/8 or 1/2 inch drive socket wrench. I even use a 1/4 inch in the spring, but only when the water temps are below 60 degrees.
But seriously, when 2 of us are throwing the same lure type, we use 1 in a bright color & 1 natural. Let the muskies tell ya what they want. |
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Location: In the Weeds | I guess i just never felt confident throwing those baits. But this definitely helps. Thanks |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Sometimes it doesn't hurt to think about colors from the point of view that natural colored baits are generally painted to match the hatch.. Like most fish, birds and animals (certainly not all, e.g. peacock bass), natural countershading camoflauges baitfish. Do you want your lure to stand out or blend in? Think about a whitebellied bait and a musky trying to see it above when the sky is bright.. I like to get solid colors moving through the water, myself, and try to pick stand outish colors for a little bling. Get those dinner bells ringing! |
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Location: South Bend, Indiana | Great!! Thanks for everyone's input! I think I'll stick with my colorful baits, and have my partner throw them to experiment with... and if they get bit...well, they're my lures anyway  |
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| haha, throw the baits! like its been stated everything will get bit sooner or later if its right place right time.
My experience that led me to like obnoxious baits was during my 2nd chautauqua tourney...north end of the lake is gin clear and the community "rule of thumb" for that end is perch, black, or brown or it doesnt get bit...well since thats what the whole boat was throwing i figured i would put on the 9" fluoro green sledge I had bought under the influence from ebay to throw something different...it boated 4 fish that day including my girlfriends first (and 4th place winning) fish...go figure |
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Location: Madison, WI | Gotta love chartruese. I find that gold'ish walleye colored baits and chartruese seem to be my go to lure colors. And my box reflects that |
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| I own a majority of bright colors, i own tons of Pink actually! My Favorite Double 10 is bright pink! And tons of chartruese topwaters but then again i fish mainly murky rivers and waters, so.. my rule of thumb is drop the bait in the water or work it to about a foot. and if you can perfectly see the outline then its too bright so have a variety! Every lake is different so thats my 2 cents! |
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