Not what color line, or what color bait, just real color. Walking into the lake thru the woods, I notice how drab things still seem. Around the lake, you can see things beginning to wake from winter. If you are fortunate to catch a few, that's when you realize you were wrong. There's plenty of color out there this time of year. And we are just out of March.
That crappie was laying in wait under the log in the first picture.