GlennMc928 Loc: Tualatin OR

For me it would be yellow in day for fresh water in both mud and clear water and green for saltwater.

Cubsfan Loc: Destin Florida

Tonite , gold with red specks was the ticket

Ibclyde Loc: Cloverleaf Lakes Wisconsin

Anyone ever use the “Color C Lector”
It’s supposed to tell you the optimum color of lure to use based on all the crap known to the fishing gods
I’ll sell you mine!

ripogenu Loc: norfolk, MA

well...looks like most of us agree, color is important, time of year, time of day, type of water, what you're fishing for, shallow, deep, day, night. salt or fresh. Like Spirit says listen and learn................y'know

Fish1 Loc: Lehighton PA

June bug and black

GlennMc928 Loc: Tualatin OR

Color Locator I never heard of a fish with that name.

Mister twister Loc: Foxworth,Ms.

How did just 1 lure,that was the question which 1 lure would we choose? Was there a single post with just 1 lure mentioned? Pay attention boys and girls. That should stir the pot.

Monday Loc: Olympia WA

Yup, bought me one of those Color C-lectors many years ago. A great little gadget for fiddling with when you’re not interested in fishing. Still got it buried in a cardboard box under old spools of line, lures that never worked and broken rod tips that I’m gonna fix someday.

Papa Bear JD Loc: Interlochen, Michigan

Yes Sexy Shad is a lure color.

jemstone90

The color of live minnows seems to work best for me, then Chartreuse although I use it more than anything else, pearl white would be next

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Crappiebob Loc: NE Illinois. McHenry County

I totally agree with Bapabear
Many but not maybe all days; color and type can be key. If I am in my boat fishing and my partner is hammering the crappie and I’m not doing nothing, u can bet I’m gonna ask him what he’s using. And I’m switching to that ASAP. At least til they stop hitting on that and then try other colors. Which does often happen

John D Loc: Duncanville Alabama

Hi Cubsfan,
The large mouth bass at a 6 acre pond that I fish are really picky. They prefer the small blue & black Strike King buzz bait for top water & the motor oil with chartreuse tail worms or lizards.The strike ratio is 10:1 against other colors of the same baits. Just for yucks I’ll occasionally try other colors but no joy.

TexDanm Loc: East Texas

I generally downsize my lures in ponds even when the bass are bigger. I have caught some very big bass on tiny little lures that were intended for big bluegill in the ponds.

A lot of years ago I went to a seminar that was about crappie fishing that Jimmy Houston was doing and something that he said stuck with me. "the first thing that you want out of a lure is for the fish to see it and locate it. He recommended grubs that had several colors on them to increase the chances of it being spotted. He further commented that lures that closely resemble minnows have the problem of being harder for the fish to spot. A minnow is colored the way it is so that they will be harder to see and so survive better. I have applied that to all fish and it seems to be true except with the fish are extremely shy. Feeding bass will attack anything that it sees otherwise you would never get a bite on a buzzbait or a spinnerbait. Neither is like anything that a bass would normally see and eat.

I like bright colors and shiny lures if the fish are active and only go to the more subtle when they don't seem to be very active. If you drag a realistic lure over a bass's nose they will usually eat it even if not hungry.

Jimmyking Loc: Desoto , Missouri

It really doesn't matter. Just follow the basic guidelines. There are much more important things than color !

USNavyRetiredVet Loc: Milton. MA (Boston suburb)

White with a touch of Chartreuse