| This is a topic that comes up many times
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| | color. Jigs, Creature baits, and other
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| when discussing bass lures, and the
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| | bottom type lures can be hard for bass to
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| proper colors to use. Biologists know
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| | see under dark skies. When this happens
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| that bass can see colors, and they
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| | we use the same browns and blacks that we
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| probably can see red and green better
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| | use in the muddier water, even if the
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| than a human. Bass also have better
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| | water is clear, but it has become cloudy
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| visual acuity, which helps them during
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| | or very dark.Chartreuse is another
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| daylight and the darker periods of the
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| | excellent color when its cloudy. We found
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| day near dusk. Although there has been
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| | that Chartreuse is more effective on
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| much written about how bass use their
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| | small lures such as grubs and small
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| lateral line and sense of smell when
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| | crankbaits. We just use it as a secondary
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| feeding, their eyes are still their most
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| | color on the larger baits in these
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| vital sensory organ.LURE COLOR AND WATER
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| | conditions. Just the right amount of a
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| CLARITYThe clarity of the water is a key
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| | bright color such as orange or chartreuse
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| factor in determining what color lure to
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| | can attract bass, just as too much of a
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| use. In slear water, that is les than
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| | bright color can sometimes turn them off!
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| five feet deep, bass can see colors
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| | The best thing to do as a rule is to add
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| extremely well. In thses conditions lures
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| | bright colors to the baits a little at a
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| that mimic the baitfish available, such
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| | time until you determine what the bass
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| as spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and
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| | want. Once, in Virginia, the bass
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| crankbaits, should be used in silver and
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| | absolutely wouldn't hit any lig you had
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| gold finishes. The silver and gold
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| | unless it had a small fleck of Chartreuse
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| flashing more closely resembles a
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| | on the trailer. Too much and they ignored
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| baitfish in this type of water, and as
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| | it.ADD FLASH WITH FLAKESThere are many
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| they wobble, and flash, they attract bass
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| | soft plastics that come with different
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| from long distances.When you are using
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| | flakes built it. A Yamamoto "IKA" tube in
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| lures such as ligs, tubes, worms, or
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| | smoke , is a good example. This worked
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| anything that is designed to resemble a
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| | extremely well for us this year in all
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| crawfish or an eel, then the best colors
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| | the rivers and lakes where there were a
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| would be a subtle breen or brown in the
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| | lot of shad, and the"Sweet Beaver" worked
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| clear waters. In stained water, which is
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| | well also, but seemed much better than
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| what we have the most of here in the
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| | the Kreature on several occassions when
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| Northeast, that is water with a
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| | there were not as many shad but more
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| visibility of around one to three feet),
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| | crawfish in the areas we sampled.Flake
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| different colors may come inti play.
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| | colors usually work best when it is sunny
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| Brighter colors such as firetiger,
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| | in clear to stained water. On cloudy
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| charteuse, citrus shad are better
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| | days, or in muddy water, try using
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| producers here. In muddy water, (that is
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| | different plastics with black flakes, or
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| water that has a visibilty of one foot or
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| | pepper, mixed in for contrast. There are
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| less), dark colors produce the best. Bass
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| | many other color combinations that work
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| will hit on crawfish patterned
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| | well in various waters all over the
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| crankbaits, brown jigs with orange
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| | country, but if you learn these simple
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| trailers, black and blue plastics,
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| | basic techniques for color matching you
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| etc.SKY CONDITIONS AND COLORMany people
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| | can't go wrong.Steve vonBrandt
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| don't pay enough attention to the sky
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| | Sponsored by: GYCB (Yamamoto),Okuma,
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| conditions during the day.The changing
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| | Delaware Tackle, TTI-Blakemore, and
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| conditions of the sky dictate what color
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| | Ambush Lures. is the owner of S&K Guide
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| you should be using.When fishing minnow
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| | Service in Wilmington, Delaware, Anglers
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| type lures, keep in mind that shiney
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| | Radio in Delaware and New Jersey,
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| colors like silver and gold loose their
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| | Reeltimeanglers, Bass Lure Review, and
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| effectiveness under heavy cloud cover. In
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| | Delaware Tackle in Delaware. He also is
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| clear water, silver or gold can be
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| | a tournament angler and freelance outdoor
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| rendered nearly invisible when the sun
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| | writer. He has over 40 years of fishing
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| goes behind the clouds, because they
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| | experience in the Northeast, 5 years exp.
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| reflect the grayness around them instead
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| | in California. He has fished freshwater
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| of the sunlight. When this happens we
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| | and saltwater since 1962, and has devoted
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| always switch to a bone or a pearl-white
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| | to freshwater only since 1989.
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