Buying Some Wiggle Warts ( Colors )

[eyedabassman]

I am kinda new down here { I moved here last May } and I want to buy some Wiggle Warts.So what colors do I buy for Table Rock? You guys are the experts, and I may buy some that look good to me but not maybe good on the Rock???????

[Smithvillesteve]

I am not the expert Table Rock lake guy myself like a lot of guys on here. But I would start with crawdad colors. They are effective in the late winter/early spring. Last year I was down there watching some pro's fish their tournament and almost all of them were throwing them. The key is getting them in there and bouncing them off rocks. Mike McClelland, a local pro from that area, has put out a crankbait called RockCrawler55. A lot of guys on here have purchased them. They are expensive. About 10 bucks. I bought two of them and they look good. Good luck.

[MOhawghunter417]

86 Phantom Green , V63 Natural green craw, or v47 brown craw are the bet IMHO.

[Champ188]

First thing I would do is buy a couple of any color and send them to Tim Hughes (you can PM him on here at the nickname Hughesy) or Rob McGilvrey at Fall Creek Custom Lures and have them paint them the original old V37 color (brown crawdad). Rapala messed up the paint jobs on these several years ago to where the brown sides are chalky looking. Hughes or McGilvrey can paint them right and you'll catch a world of fish on them. The best Wart fisherman I know throws this color 80% of the time.

Hughes recently created some custom colors for Bass Pro Shops and one that really intrigues me is the phantom brown orange craw (V165).

MOhawghunter (above) gave some really good suggestions, although I believe he meant V37 (not V47) brown craw, which is the color I suggested that you get repainted,

A couple of other suggestions --- don't be afraid to throw the V210 watermelon seed on a dark cloudy day, even in clear water. Sometimes those brown fish will just chomp it, and so will the K's and LM. Beyond that, if you get up the Kings or James rivers and they are dingy to even muddy, the V45 brown scale craw can be killer.

Hope this helps and welcome to the area.

[dtrs5kprs]

Gotta have some red craw, or the old Flo Red Squiggle.

I would load up on the Tim Hughes designed colors myself, both the new phantoms and the former BPS exclusives. At $3.97 at the spring sale they are priced right. Can't hardly buy a stupid jig for $4 these days.

[rps]

What they said ^^^^.