Favorite Colors

[lonkm]

what are your favorite colors ? I don't seem to catch anything with chartruse. I use blue and silver or blue and white the most or plain white. It doesn't seem to make any differance which species I am going for. I guess that since most of the bait fish are shad and that is what I try to copy. Any ideas that I might try?

[rangerman]

Crankbaits????I do real well on whites and pearls,,The best come on anything white or pearl with a touch of chartreuse. Blue and silver is also pretty hot. Never done worth a darn on black and silver.

[emjay]

something about that purple!

[Sam]

White or pearl colors work best for me, though I'll sometimes use lure dye to add a chartreuse or blue tail.

I got real interested in making crappie jigs a couple of years ago, and I came across an article that said most fish can see all the colors we can plus one more. They can see ultraviolet.

That's important because the red end of the spectrum has a long wave length, so it doesn't carry well through water. Not too many feet down, red appears to be black and it can't be seen at any distance. Ultraviolet is on the opposite end of the spectrum, it has a short wave length and it penetrates water real well.

Have you noticed how sometimes white or pearl lures look real bright on a cloudy day? I have, and the article explained that's because ultraviolet light penetrates clouds better than visible light - and some white or pearl substances change ultraviolet just enough as they reflect it back to put it in the visible spectrum. Then we can see it, and those objects look real bright on a dark day. I think the same thing happens underwater, and fish can see white or pearl better than other colors and from farther away.

Not sayin' they always like it better, just that they can see it better.

[Ann]

All I use is purple and I do pretty good.