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    Quote Originally Posted by DRFISHDUCK View Post
    I can vertical jig an area and be catching crappie and then the bite slows to nothing, then switch to a different color jig and immediately start reeling them in. I dont know if it was the color choice or just because I changed colors? I almost always tip the jig with a nibble or small worm chunk.

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    Ive experienced this multiple times. Most of my fishing is from shore so it's cast and retrieve for me . I don't know if it's color or jig action that entices bites but like you I'll be wearing them out then it goes dead then I switch up say from a monkey milk baby shad to a white/ chartreuse slabalicious and it's game on again. Guess that's what makes it so fun

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    Why cant the fish just eat the same bait every day?
    Quote Originally Posted by Ketchn View Post
    There is a train of thought by some that 4 or 5 colors or even less will get it done . The trick is different sizes and profiles . Fall rates and other things like horizontal and vertical rise rates are often the key to getting a bite .
    I am in complete agreement especially when it comes to lure particulars and how their used used.
    Yesterday I took along a family relation that never caught fish on lures. At first he thought I was going to give him lures to try that looked like forage. I gave him a quick lesson in what and why fish bite based on what Ketchn wrote and he went on to prove it to himself. This was his first fish hitting in open water, caught on a bright white flat-tail that struck the lure 3x on the same retrieve:


    With another lure similar in action but different in color he caught two of the largest yellow perch of the day:


    I caught most of my fish - including some 11" crappie - on this Crappie Magnet-tail/thicker body hybrid (note the chartreuse tail and motor oil body):


    It mattered what we cast because of my confidence in those lures and colors. As long as I found fish, we could have used one or 10 different soft plastic lures in different colors and caught fish. We were only out 3 hours, but except for needing to learn the uni-knot, he now knows from experience the basics of the small soft plastics on light jig heads and that fish location is everything! No doubt when he fishes waters near Phillie (where he's moving to), casting these lures from his kayak he'll catch fish once he finds fish.

    Some lure types my be more miss-than-hit depending on a combination of many different factors. But when it comes to fish activity, I never assume fish are actively feeding / prone to striking whatever splashes down. In his case he caught fish a few times as the lure was hanging down in the water in a stumpy location in 4' while he sipped water. When I noticed his rod tip twitch I told him to pick up the rod and be prepared for the strike. Sho' enough - fish on! In fact three of his fish were caught with him imparting no action including lifting his jig off bottom to cast it again.

    The other thing is using the lure(s) that caught fish but stopped and casting other confidence lures in the same water and locations to see strike number comparisons. If other lures work better, Ketchn's statement is proof why based on lure action, size, shape and maybe color. Even a slight change in lure action can make all the difference.
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    I learned a trick from a guy I fish with who catches a lot more crappie than me. Instead of carrying several boxes of jigs I've condensed down to one of the small Plano 2 sided boxes with the 10 compartments. One with various jig heads and the others are 2-3 each of different body styles kept with similar colors. (Pink/pink combo colors of baby shad, slabalicious,shad pole, joker all in one compartment) Really cut down on extra crap I don't need to be carrying around and made me just pick a few color combos instead of trying to pick thru 4 different boxes. Seemed to make fishing a little easier and enjoyable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DRFISHDUCK View Post
    I can vertical jig an area and be catching crappie and then the bite slows to nothing, then switch to a different color jig and immediately start reeling them in. I dont know if it was the color choice or just because I changed colors? I almost always tip the jig with a nibble or small worm chunk.

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    I've shot docks before when you would only catch one fish off each dock per color. It was the weirdest lake I've ever seen, obviously highly pressured fish. You could sit on that dock and cast 100 times and you'll only catch a fish on your first cast. Pick up another rod or change colors/bait and you had a fish first cast and then nothing. I repeated it for 3 days on that lake. I would have 6 rods with different colored tubes and just rotate through, 5 casts with each. I would hit 5-6 docks in a row and pick off 25-30 fish and then change all the baits to 6 different colors and repeat. Never had it happen that severe since, but now I always have it in my mind to change colors before leaving fish and it usually works to pick off a couple more.

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    It is rare if I don't use Southern Pro tubes every trip . I use insert jig heads in 1/8 and 1/4 . Same tubes in same colors 99% of the time . Umbrella tubes in purple/chartreuse rigged on 1/8 and 2.5'' Little Hustler in orange/chartreuse rigged on 1/4 . Fish react to profile and presentation more than colors or pretty baits . Most baits are gear more to catching fishermen . I have seen times they will bite bare unpainted lead heads .
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    Stop buying so many of the same jigs at one time. Problem solved. 2 packs should last a month. When you get down to the last half pack, reorder.

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    Fish react to profile and presentation more than colors or pretty baits . Most baits are gear more to catching fishermen . I have seen times they will bite bare unpainted lead heads .
    So true so true...
    (I will not use any ball head jigs that are painted.)

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