When and what color jigs...

[Flatbottom Bass Assassin]

Just trying to get an idea of what color jigs to use in various water conditions...What do some of you prefer and why? Thanks...

[rustedhook]

Just trying to get an idea of what color jigs to use in various water conditions...What do some of you prefer and why? Thanks...

I like solid black, black & chartruse and black & blue for dirty water. PBJ, green pumpkin and Cumberland craw for clearer water. But blk/blu will catch em in any water.

rustedhook

[ronzo]

I agree with rustedhook. Keep It simple. In dirty my go to is black and chart. or black on black. I tend not to toss a lot of black and blue because ever fisherman on the lake tosses black and blue. In clear water you want it to be as natural as possible, my favorite is a green pumpkin with a little orange or gold and Yum Chunks in crawdad.

[bassman_ky]

I dont think you can go wrong with green pumpklin in any color water. It is natural enough in clear water and has dark enough profile in dirty water. If you cant tell green pumpkin is my confidece color.

[dsonthelake84]

I like black and blue football head with a reaction innovation smallie beaver in hillbilly deluxe color.

[Shimano4Life]

Dirty - Black and Blue

Clear - Green Pumpkin

Some other colors work better on different lakes, and I carry those colors. Otherwise, keep it simple. These two colors will catch fish all year long.

[12VoltMan]

Any color is good as long as you have confidence in it and will fish it long enough. But I agree with those who've written above, black in dirty water and green pumpkin or cumberland craw in clearer water.

[wishniwasfishn]

I like black with a little yellow in dirty water, stained water I like green pumpkin, and clear water I like green pumpkin with a little orange in it.

[gillman]

guys how do ya fishs these things, i just started bassing lakes two years ago and have try these jigs with no luck. I know its me, of choose, and most of my fishing has been lizzards,worms and some top water until last fall then done some good with cranks. Do you fishs these like worms, hows the hit feel, how much weight at how deep. I think i get the ideal on the color, dark dirty and lighter color in clear water.

[ronzo]

The good thing about a jig is they can be fished any place. Pitching and flipping shallow cover, fished deep along ledges and creek channels pretty much any place any time of the year. I love to pitch to shallow cover. Use the lightest jid you can get away with, especially in cold water. My go to is a 1/4 oz. year round, unless I am fishing pretty deep or the wind is blowing so bad I can't keep it on the bottom. I use the size and design of my trailer to help control the fall rate, larger plastic trailers with more appendages tend to make them fall a little slower where smaller more slim line chunks tend to fall a little faster. I always use florocarbon on my jig rod, I like 17lb. xps. Florocarbon is so sensitive when you drag your jig across an old tire you can read the tire size just by feel. When you fish them just think about a crawdad sitting on the bottom and make your jig moove like you imagine it would. The best thing you can do is just devote time to fishing them, you will catch fish and once you catch a few you start to figure things out.

[18'stratos]

You have a PM

[gillman]

thanks for the infor. old buddy, maybe i'll just leave my worms at home and force myself to fish them