Favorite Spring Crappie Colors

[CrappieMagnet]

What are your favorite colors for spring crappies?

I tend to stick somewhat to the pink/white color variations up here in Minnesota.The darker the water,the brighter the colors I use.Red,chartreus,yellow and lime green work too for me, from time to time.But I usually always throw 2 and 3 color patterns.

Clear water lakes,I use darker colors.Black,blues,purples and some red colors.I also try and find creature baits that resemble insect hatches.Nymph looking baits,like Berkley Power Nymphs are a favorite of mine.I usually don't tip my jigs or plastics in the spring.No need to.They are usually quite aggressive feeders when they are active in the shallows.

What are your favorite colors?

[magnum500]

I use several different colors. Chartruese, different reds, greens, and blues. My favorites though are yellow, glimmer blue and pearl white.

[Billy2]

Stained water..Chart, yellow, red, pink.
Clear water...... black, white ,pink, lime green, bubble gum/chart.
Cloudy days...browns, green, black.
This is only a few of many that is good some days.

[J White]

Me, I've about given up trying to make any sense out of it
I do know that through long and tedious trial and error, I've arrived at
certain colors for certain lakes and seasons, have seen some hold up for
years. And then have seen some go for 3 or 4 years, and then change
like the flip of a switch, then hold on the new color for trip after trip.
I've been told it was due to changing water clarity in the lakes, but who
knows? Have any of you had this happen - Catching suspended fish
and they will hit a crankbait and a trolled jig equally well, but one is pink,
and the other black - reverse colors, and NOTHING! Switch back, and go
right back to catching. Weird. But, thats what keeps it interesting :D

[BarryG]

Yesterday I started out with a crawdad color, later I tried a blue & clear, after that I used a purple & pearl...they liked the purple!!!! I had run out of minnows and I think I caught as many fish without the minnows on the purple as with minnows on anything else! :D I do use chart & black alot, also red & chart, but Sunday they were hitting on pink & white or red & white!

[wannalearn]

Any combination w/ chart :D

[crappieking14]

my go to colors are white and yellow/white.

[wrwest]

I'm still working on it. It all dependes on the fish, weather and water conditions. My go to would be white/ red / white.

[crappiencali]

Out here in California I would say my favorite are all white when the water is clear and a black head with a all chartueuse tail if the water is stained. Back in Missouri I like black and charteuse, brown and charteuse with the tails dipped in red.

[dockfishin]

I stick with chartruese and any combination of other colors. But tend to always have chartruese on the jig somewhere.