So let's talk colors....

[fishhound]

For baits and lures..... If you could only choose 3..... Regardless of the bait or lure, state, or season. What would be your 3 must have colors?

[Got Fish??]

Gold , silver  and green

[djkimmel]

White. Black. Green Pumpkin.

[TimH]

Green Pumpkin, Chartreuse, purple

[LAPORTE]

Green Pumpkin, watermellon, black

[Team houston]

White, Brown and Green Pumpkin

[YpsiBass]

White, black, watermelon black fleck.

[dartag]

Green Pumpkin, Green Pumpkin, Green Pumpkin. 

[t-bone]

Green, black and silver

[Manxfishing]

Hum,

Black, GP and watermelon

[djkimmel]

Green Pumpkin, Chartreuse, purple

That's a pretty good list too! I might have to edit my answer...

[djkimmel]

Green Pumpkin, Green Pumpkin, Green Pumpkin. 

I wonder some days if it really is that simple...? But what would all the bait companies do then?!?

[djkimmel]

Green, black and silver

Silver? That's interesting. Do you mean literally silver, or maybe nickel?

[t-bone]

So the question was for baits and lures - for hard lures, hard to go wrong with silver.

[Got Fish??]

Great minds think a like, out of the three colors chosen. Every one has green as one of their 3 choices 

[Skulley]

Green, white, blue. I try to choose colors that are in the natural spectrum of colors that a bass can see and would think that it was edible.  These three colors are in that spectrum.


BD                         

[robhj]

Since bass have 2 vision color pigments, red & green, I've always used colors within that spectrum. I generally prefer green pumpkin, crawfish patterns-orange/brown, & my third choice tends to be baitfish/natural colors like shad, perch, bluegill, which obviously have several colors. I remember reading about an experiment on bass that have never seen lures before and what colors would get the most strikes. The experimenters had 9 different colored regular floating rapalas and the silver/black back one had twice as many hits. All the other raps were painted one color and the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th most stuck colors were dark violet, green, and black. The one that was struck the least was painted all red. The regular blk/silver rap was struck the most and it wasn't even close. I have always used mostly green pumpkin or natural colors, but since fishing is so much about confidence, that's what I'm most comfortable using. I know some guys love firetiger, or swear red hooks are better, etc., but I'm convinced most of the battle is finding active fish & putting a lure in front of them that resembles something they want to eat. I don't think color matters that much.

[Got Fish??]

I've found  that lure color, has a lot to do with catching fish. Water clarity,sky conditions  and matching the  bait in the lake. Can  be the difference , between  a good day and a poor day on any lake.

[Skulley]

It's easy.........dark colors in dirty water, light colors in clear water. And sometimes color doesn't even matter. To a bass, if it looks like food, it must be food, so they eat it.


BD.