Bait Color

[mbhutton]

I have been noticing that there are lots of different colors in plastic shad, tubes and grubs. Being new to crappie fishing, is there a secret or trick as to what colors work best. Clear water = more natural..darker dinghy water = brighter colors.

Thanks for the help

["G"]

Stained, muddy, or dark water use dark colors.......clear water use bright or lighter colors. Its just backwards from what you would think.

[bugman]

Very well Said G.

[shipahoy41]

Stained, muddy, or dark water use dark colors.......clear water use bright or lighter colors. Its just backwards from what you would think.

You also can never go wrong with the color "Chartreuseand"

Chartreuse and Black
Chartreuse and Aqua
Chartreuse and Pink
Chartreuse and White
Chartreuse and Flo Orange
Chartreuse and purple
Chartreuse and Red

["G"]

Your right Ship......a color combo without chartruse is just not right.

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[shipahoy41]

Your right Ship......a color combo without chartruse is just not right.

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Got to have it or a taste of red on every lure. It just works for me and I have CONFIDENCE in it. That is the most important of all colors....CONFIDENCE in what you are using David.

["G"]

Thats why I use red sickle hooks on everything

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[shipahoy41]

Great minds think alike. I think red imitates the red of a fish' gill as it flares to comsume a bait. It also helps represent blood which is a sign of an injured prey. Like I said...It is what you have confidence in. If it is good enough for Al Linder and Bill Dance to teach, then there must be something to it. My biggest crappie came on Chartreuse and a red sickle hook G. These trash fish Bass also hit the same setup.

[Locator79]

Grab a few dark, a few light, and you'll have everything you need. I take my 4 year daughter with me to Bass Pro, and she always picks out my baits. I usually come home with a few varitations of pink, they all catch fish.

[crappielimits]

You also can never go wrong with the color "Chartreuseand"

x2 start with chartreuse.