Lets have some fun picking our favorite color for specific lures. The ones you would tie on to fish somewhere new.
Crankbaits?
Spinnerbait blade/skirt?
Jig skirt?
Jig Trailer?
Topwater lure?
Plastic worm?

Crankbait - tough one, since for me water color and forage make my decision for me. but if i had to choose one...bluegill pattern

Spinnerbait - again since one choice - Chartreuse and Blue Silver double willow

Jig Skirt - Brown

Jig Trailer - Orange

Topwater - Black

Plastic Worm - Aarons Magic

I'm with Robo on this one, I really need a bit more info to dial it in. But Let's go with I'm invited to go with a friend to a lake unknown to both of us, what would I have tied on when I got there:
Crankbait - Firetiger
Jig Skirt - Pumpkin
Jig Trailer Pumpkin with Orange tips
Topwater - Baby Bass
Plastic Worm - Black Grape
Spinnerbait - Black and White with Single Silver Colorado

I'd love to do this for nights, dark water, clear water. We could do our "Fives"

Crankbaits?- Golden Shiner
Spinnerbait blade/skirt?- Gold blades chartreuse/white skirt
Jig skirt?- black/blue
Jig Trailer?- pumpkin craw
Topwater lure?- yellow
Plastic worm?- electric grape

Crankbaits; Gizzard Shad (clear water), Chart-blueback (stained)
Spinnerbaits: chart-white silver blades(clear)gold blades(stained)
Jig skits; Greenpumpkin with red flakes (clear) Junebug(stained)
Jig Trailer; Greenpumkin red flakes or watermelon red
(thing about jigs,get to boat ramp and turn over rocks find crawfish and match color, works like a charm)

Topwater; Black(night/early morning), bone (day)
Plastic Worm; bluefleck (powerworm), watermelon red, junebug (anytime)

crankbaits-dont fish 'em ( rarely )
spinnerbaits- dont fish with 'em ( EVER )
Jig skirts- purple
Jig trailer- BIG WORM PURPLE OR BLACK
Topwater- Rainbow Trout ( always on the big sizes )
shad ( reg size )
Worm- aarons magic
Swimbait- RAINBOW TROUT

Great selections on all counts. Mine are always-
CRank= firetiger
spinner-gold blades-chartreuse/white
Jig-black/blue
trailer-black/blue
topwater-bone
plastics-black neon.


Worried about swimbait101? Why no spinners of cranks?
We have some great information and articles on both at Bassin USA.

He is the Swimbait kid

maybe alittle

Conley, good tip about the crawfish. They do change color during the year. Ours right now are a vivid green with orange claws.

ok here are mine 4 lake fishing-

crankbaits- blue gizzard shad clear/2/stained and sexy shad or chart sexy shad and thats most of the year,late fall and winter, red craw or a crawfish imatation
spinnerbaits- blue glimmer or white clear/ whit and chart stained
jigs- green pumkin or black and blue in all types of water
topwater-depends on the body of water fishing,but mostly shad imatations
worms- all green pumpkin colors and watermelon colors
frogs- leopord

Ok mine are easy
Crankbaits? Shad
Spinnerbait blade/skirt? Bronnze willow/white
Jig skirt?Black w/blue
Jig Trailer? Berkley PowerBait Chigger Craw/ Black w/Blue flake
Topwater lure? Black Jitterbug
Plastic worm? Berkley PowerBait 7" Black w/Blue Flake

Good selections. I just heard of a color for spinnerbait skirts I didn't know about-Cole Slaw- green, orange and white mix. I haven't tried one yet-haven't found one yet. Johnnie

I fish mostly plastics and my favorite colors are watermelon with black flake, oxblood red flake and cinnamon with purple flake,

I have also done real good at times with cinnamon neon core, tequila sunrise, daquiri holographic and mad melon.

Geobass, those are some fancy sounding colors. It's amazing what a bass will eat! JC

That's a good one Johnnie..... meanwhile I'm tryin' to figure what's fancier about water melon and oxblood as compared to cole slaw an chigger craw. LOL

Someone with a lot of time to kill I guess. LOL

Interesting you mentioned what bass will eat!! From what I can see in any body of water where bass are top of the food chain.... anything that moves in the water that will fit in their mouth is fair game.

I was wondering... do any of you guys know if largemouth bass will eat vegetation if they get real hungry. Like a little salad to go along with the rainbow trout fillet?

That's a good question. I have no idea? Anyone?

they are not omnivores at all. people only find vegetation in the stomachs because he sucked it in while eating something else

You're probably right. They are for sure meat eaters.

i really want to catch a bass on a duck lure.
that would be so funny

Duck lure??

imagine a big mans 1-minus but with a duck head, eyes, and feathers

Hey, My BIL caught fish on one of those carved Bird lures!

haha i would be laughing all day if i caught one

I can see a bass eating a bird or duck-why not?

how about a chipmuck or squirrel lure hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

look on youtube
bass eating chipmuck
HAHAHAHAHAH!!

Is that a bass eating a chipmunk or a chipmunk eating a bass?
(bass eating chipmunk)

it is a Largemouth bass eating a chipmuck
its funny

I know, just pulling your chain. :-)

oh
its a cool vid huh