Thread: What Color for What Type/Color Water?

After buying every bait/color under the sun when I first started, I now use only two colors and it's 99% of the time a hair jig-orange/chartreuse and black/chartreuse. The black if it's really muddy and orange/chartreuse the rest of the time. I'm in SW La so no such thing as clear water anywhere. I suppose if I'd ever fish clear water, I'd go with something white or more natural.

Thanks!! I haven’t found a hair jig that works for me yet. I tie flies for fly fishing, so I have the equipment. I will try those colors!

This is what has worked in the past but everyone one of us has our on go-to color.
Muddy to stained: BG Cajun Cricket
Stained to off color: Red (sparkle) chartreuse
Dark greenish to semi clear: BG Double silver rainbow
Clearer than that: Monkey milk, Blue Ice and Blue (sparkle) pearl
Also have every other color if none of the above work haha

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Thank you!!

I am trying to avoid buying and trying every color. It may be inevitable. I just went to TP Outdoors in Monroe and they had lots of jigs that I haven’t seen yet. Also some very large crappie jig bodies. Someone thinks there are big crappie around Monroe! So I added to my collection.