Top Producing Colors

johnnie crain outdoors · Sat Nov 23, 2002 8:15 am

Greeting all pro staff;
I wish to pose a question that is simple, yet I would like to know if the same colors and combinations work well everywhere and through these pages is a great place to find out. Question?? Which three bait colors work best in your area. I will post my selctions a little later. Thanks guys, Johnnie Crain Iowa Pro Staff.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Sat Nov 23, 2002 4:21 pm

Blue fleck worm and Camo colored worms seems to be a hot ticket here for me. I also use watermelon or green pumkin.

Crankbaits: chart/blue back and shad.

spinnerbaits: the good ole chart/white

jigs: black blue and brown orange. Green pumkin close behind

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Sat Nov 23, 2002 6:05 pm

Here in PA we are blessed with a variety of different types of water. From small man made lakes, large reserviors and rivers. Color choice is obviously dictated by water color and forage but here is a simple list of my confidence colors for clear to slightly stained water.

Plastics; Watermelon, green pumpkin, dark melon.
Cranks; Shad patterns and chart/blue
Spinnerbaits and buzzbaits; shad patterns, chart/white
Jigs; black/blue, dark melon/brown, green pumpkin ( matching trailers )
Topwater baits; shad patterns
Hard Jerks; shad patterns
Soft Jerks; White and any combination of dark over white

One thing I do a lot is customize my plastics with a die/scent marker. Chartruese being used the most. This also is dictated by water and weather condition, and more importantly on some waters fishing pressure.

d.mcgarry · Post by **d.mcgarry** » Sat Nov 23, 2002 6:52 pm

Color combos are different for each lure I fish.

Jig & Pig Black/Blue, black/chart,watermelon seed

Deep Divers Bone/Orange, Chartrues/Orange, Gold/orange

Rat-L-Traps color #56 Chart Shiner, Chrome/blue, crawfish red

Pointer's jerk baits Aurora Blue, nad Tablerock shad

Plastic worms Melon pepper, black,blue fleck

Spinnerbaits Chart/white, Chart/purple, brown/orange or black

Tubes pumpkin blue pepper, watermelon seed, Puke (bone with orange and black specks)
I have some special clorsI use in special places that just produce there. Good Bassin Dan Bass

dansfishntales · Post by **dansfishntales** » Sat Nov 23, 2002 10:25 pm

Johnnie,
You already know my colors, so I won't go into all of that deal. Instead, I'm going to relay a system by a very successful tournament angler, who orginally came from Arkansas.

He used three basic lures - plastic worm, single spin, and crankbait. His colors were as follows:
Plastic Worms - black, black grape and red
Single Spin - white, and chartreuse
Crankbait - white, and fire tiger

Everything was very simple, and he didn't carry much tackle. As I said, his system was very successful, no matter where he fished in the country.

By the way, Happy 35th Anniversary to you and Mary.
Dan

Scott Johnson · Post by **Scott Johnson** » Sun Nov 24, 2002 4:42 am

worms- blue fleck,watermelon,red shad

crankbaits - shad color,chartruce,crayfish

jigs - black blue,watermelon,brown

spinnerbaits- white,white and chartruce
these seem to work the best for me in Pa.
good question should get alot of the same answers and good feedback

MMT · Post by **MMT** » Sun Nov 24, 2002 9:39 am

Ah, some great choices.....mine are:

Jigs: Black/Blue/Purple or black/brown
Topwater: Pearl with a purple back
Worms: Slider Blackgrape, redshad, green weenie
Tubes: Black/red flk, watermelon/Red flk, Grn pumpkin
Spinnerbaits: Chart/white, firetiger
Hair Jig: Olive
Crankbaits: Firetiger, Chrome/Black, Chart/Purple
I fish a ton of handpoured stuff that has some wicked color combos that you just won't find anywhere else.

britchie · Post by **britchie** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 2:52 am

It's neat to see that the same colors are a mainstay in every box.
My choices are:

Jigs: Black/Blue & Brown/Pumpkin
Tubes: Black/Blue, Baby Bass & Smoke
Cranks: Chart/Blue & Smoke or Shad Pattern
Spinners: White/Chart & Silver Scale
Plastics: Blue Fleck, Smoke, Green Pumpkin
and Red Shad.
Although the water and area will dictate my choices more indepth, these colors are what I throw mostly on my home waters.

johnnie crain outdoors · Mon Nov 25, 2002 6:30 am

Thanks guys, I was certain that many of my same choices would appear in your selections, but did see some that surprized me. A lot of you mentioned purple and purple combinations, also orange. My selections would include: Jigs= black/blue-brown/orange. Worms- purple-black grape-& copper (have had excellant results with copper, I call them copperheads.) Spinnerbaits: Chartreuse/white skirt, gold blades. Pearl skirt, silver blades. Black/yellow skirt, copper-brass blades. *Black skirt, Orange single blade.
* I have won several tournaments or been saved from total embarrassment by this combination of black-orange, first time I tried it, there were some reeds near the bank I was fishing and I saw a lot of red-wing black birds hovering over the water, I wanted to imitate them, and the fish responded. Won Muscatine Bassmaster of the Year with this combination, nothing else.
Crankbaits- bone, fire tiger (No.1), perch and spook (off-white-gray lines) and pure gray.
In-line spinners, white bucktail-silver blade-red reflector, gold blade. Thanks again guys, your information is priceless. Johnnie Crain Iowa Pro Staff.