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Location: Appleton,WI | Does color seam to amtter on the uptown dogs or do they all catch fish? |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | They all catch fish...it's the action bro! |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Mike,
I realize that the action of the dawg is the primary reason that they get bit, but don't you think that some lakes key in on certain colors of Bulldawgs?
Last year I had a few "Hot" follows on a black with orange tail, after the 3rd follow and fig.-8 I switched to a cisco color dawg and then,...... "Wham",.... it got nailed.
I think that certain colors do better on different lakes.
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | I don't really think so...a hungry fish will eat almost anything.
I have never seen a lake where the muskies will only eat one color of bulldawg...
That's like saying, is there only one color Jake I should buy...or is there only one color bucktail I should buy...or is there only one color Squirko I should buy.... or is there only one color bulldawg that works on Vermillion...nope...they all work... |
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Location: Minnesota | I heard orange was "hot" last year on Mille Lacs but That may have been the guys selling the baits saying that. LOL I did hear of a lot of ffish caught on orange cowgirls and orange BullDawgs last year though. I am with the mind set that color does not matter much either. Certain colors may get noticed faster though in certain water conditions and depths. That I do believe in! Muskie gotssss rodssss and conesss baby! |
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Location: Ontario, California | On an outing last fall we got into the bulldawg eatin fish... We had 5 fish in our boat over 2 days... they were caught on the following colors....
Cisco (2), Walleye (1), Black (1), cremesicle (1)
Our partner in another boat on the same two days had 2 fish (1) was on black and orange tail and the other on red.
Seems like an action bite rather than color.
Just pick a color you will have confidence in and start chuckin. |
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| I pick out colors that will give me the right amount of contrast to the conditions to create enough of a silhoutte. Quick examples: overcast/stained water I will put on the black/orange dawg. Clear water/Blue skies I would start out with a cisco or natural sucker pattern. Doesn't mean they won't inhale an all black in crystal clear water with the sun hanging over your head. Just a starting point for me and I've been slowly adding colors and sizes of dawgs to givem what they want.
I recall a few Musky Hunter shows ago when Jim and Mike were throwing mag. dawgs of different colors and I want to say the conditions would 'typically' lean towards the color Jim had on but the fish were on Mikes black with a white tip on the tail. Just goes to show that you have to experiment to find the pattern of the day. |
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| I forgot to add that the action is the biggest thing to the dawg and color can just be more of a fine tune when needed. The will eat it if presented right and they are hungry. In that show I was talking about Jim did get some fish on his light colored (wasn't it white Mike?) dawg. If I only had funds for 1 or 2 dawgs I like patterns with a little black on the back or on a portion of the lure to create an outline and the rest can be more neutral to fill in for the other conditions. Maybe a natural sucker or the holo bluegill and I'm a fan of the black/orange or black/glow.
Just my 1.5 cents. |
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Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin | A hungry fish will eat just about any color for sure. But if it's in a neutral or negitive additude I believe the color will make a differance.
Sometimes a change in color will get a following fish to be a eater(as said before). Color sometimes does matter but most of the time it's confidence thing for most. I will always try to match the color to the forage when fish are not very active. When they are very active I will switch to a color that will stand out and be noticed by the fish.
Millie Lac's fish do love oranges and reds from my experiance up there. |
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| I would agree that color .... can.... make a difference at times...this fall lake in the year a few days in a row the fish seemed to show preference for dawgs with bright orange tails...other stuff didn't get looked at nearly as much...and i'm not a big believer in color for the most part..but i did notice it..and it wasn't just a confidence thing...
but i do agree...throw what looks good to you on the water...i put a bait in the water and if looks tasty to me..i figure the fish must think the same thing!
can't go wrong with black and orange in clear or dark water...
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| The way I see it is if one day a couple of fish get caught on a orange dawg or cowgirl, those guys tell their friends to throw orange, and they tell their friends to throw orange, and they tell a few people, pretty soon that is all anyone is throwing and all the fish are seeing, eventually some one is going to get bit. What would have happened if they were going on cisco that first day?
I think colors trends are exactly that, trends, becuase that is only color being thrown. Maybe this day they are going on cisco and the next sherbert, or black. The only constent is the bait and the action. It is always a good idea to have a few color choices especially on a bait that is as versatile as a Bull Dawg. |
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| Pete, I have always thought the same thing about lures/colors that start off strong and get alot of 'hype'. The definitly work but get skewed by how fast the info travels now a days and like you said, increased usage. There's almost some built-in confidence if you pick up a hot bait and color versus going into a new lure without much info and a little more reluctant. Color is more confidence than anything. I talked about contrast in the water but I also remember that I am only looking through a couple of feet of water and a dark background, not up at it or to the side. Using an underwater camera this past ice season definitly showed me how different things look in the water versus looking down on it. I just applied what I saw in the camera to how I choose color patterns.
Good topic! |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | well this year on a a lake anything caught fish from natural colors to the brightest colored lures. if they are eating and it makes them mad they will hit it. |
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| Forgot to login,
Anyone find lakes that have a preference for Bulldogs and others that don't? I fish Vermilion a lot, and have never caught a musky using Bulldogs. I am friends with some of the guides and they say the same thing. Anyone fish Vermilion and catch muskies on Bulldogs? Also, do you think they loose their effectiveness in dark/stained water? |
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