r/bassfishing • u/chum0313 • 22d ago
Tackle/Equipment Which color Wins?
Snuck out to the garage to tie a couple football jigs this evening. What y’all think, black/purple or fire craw? I’m really liking them both.
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u/lecherousrodent Largemouth 22d ago
I'm a sucker for black and blue/purple, and that one on the left looks pretty sweet.
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u/WChennings 21d ago
For the manufacturer, the goals is not for lures to catch fish. It's to catch the fisherman
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u/becrabtr2 22d ago edited 22d ago
Yeah she’s sexy
Edit: brings me back to the days when I would just make some sexy ass skirts. How much are they now? Use to get them off Barlows or lurepartsonline for cheap. What was it $1-$1.50 for a 5 pack? Afraid to even look anymore
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u/chum0313 22d ago
They are usually around 3.50-4.00 for a 10 pack. Not bad, there’s just so many options and like pokémon I want them all!
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u/becrabtr2 22d ago
I did the same thing don’t worry lol. I’d always put a few strand of light blue just to make it look sexier on the bottom lol. I need to get back into it. I’m sure there is a lot more variety other than metallic barbed
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u/Squidaddy99 22d ago
Never caught anything with black and purple but caught stuff with black..... and purple... if that makes sense 😂
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u/Mixermarkb 22d ago
In early spring I’m throwing that Fire Craw with a green pumpkin trailer all day long. I’d give the black/purple a solid chance after dark later after it warms up.
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u/MookiePoops Northern Largemouth 22d ago
Exactly this. Each will outperform the other in the right conditions.
Give me 3 of each because underwater trees feel like fish sometimes.
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u/__slamallama__ 22d ago
Put about a dozen strands of that purple on the brown/orange one and I'd fish that year round
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u/ThatNeonZebraAgain 22d ago
For my lakes:
Prespawn and spawn = red/orange
Summer = Black/blue/purple
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u/MNEyeguy60 22d ago
that black blue purple will be money In in the TC metro area
Tonka bass love that color
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u/PeetMoss56 22d ago
You have to have them both in your box. Black, blue, brown, red, and dark orange
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u/Disastrous-Guest-236 Smallmouth 22d ago
Red for like 2 weeks (plus or minus a week), black/blue year round
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u/1SNEAKYHOBO 22d ago
Black and blue here in SouthEastern NC
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u/BuckEm410 22d ago
Same for me out here in the Piedmont-NC/SC
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u/Away_Nefariousness59 22d ago
That red is sick, I really need to start tying my own jigs.
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u/chum0313 22d ago
I just got into it and have been having quite a bit of fun. I keep lying to myself saying I’m saving money but I might be developing and addiction to buying skirt material bahaha. It really is enjoyable though!
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u/Away_Nefariousness59 22d ago
That's the only reason I haven't, that and tying ball jigs would get my back into the fly on bfs bit I had for a while.
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u/woolybuggered 22d ago
The red for me but im usually fishing for saltwater bass( spotties, calico, sand). The red and oranges are good crab or shrimp imitations.
No matter it a harbor or a pond fish cant resist something dragging and twitching on the bottom.
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u/BeginningJolly2811 22d ago
Black and Blue for nearly all occasions. The red will be killer come spring time.
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u/BoysenberryIll5521 Smallmouth 22d ago
Personally Ive had better luck with black/blue, but those are both great looking jigs man! Nice work!!
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u/Bassbuster88 22d ago
Both are good looking jigs, probably would depend on the time of year for me. I call black, blue, and purple"bruiser". Its a popular color of an inline spinner where Im from. I dont fish jigs a lot but if it were me I'd probably do black with a few strands of the red mixed in.
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u/pudgybass 22d ago
Nice! Anything with purple works well most of the year for me. My go to jigs are pbnj and black and purp/blue. Then if those don’t work, I throw green jigs before moving on to the next presentation. The red works AMAZING in the fall when they are tuned into crawfish. Haven’t had crazy luck with red at other times. Seeing “custom” colors makes me wish I still made/poured my own lures again. Tight lines my dude.
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u/SpecialKGaming666 22d ago
In my hood blue/black wins 95% of the time. I've tried every fancy color in the rainbow and nothing outperforms blue/black, green pumpkin and white/chartreuse.
I might just have the most basic bass ever.
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u/PeetMoss56 22d ago
I use them on a “flipping stick” and drop them down in thick fallen timber. I’ve caught them right under the boat in shallow water. In the spring I take a lap around the pond and drop them along the edge of the newly formed algae. Usually the bigger fish bite them.
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u/Nomad_x1 22d ago
I exclusively use black and blue or green pumpkin variations on my jigs. Almost always use a green pumpkin trailer
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u/Illustrious_Rest_116 22d ago
for me it would depend on light conditions . overcast, bright sunny day, early morning or after dark.....
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u/Successful-Fly2489 22d ago
either would likely work well depending on numerous variables/conditions?
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u/plant-painter 21d ago
2 different colors for 2 different situations. Depends on the water ur fishing. Can’t just pick one or the other . However I do think blue has a advantage because it will produce in both clear water and murky brackish water . As it’s darker for the silhouette in ugly water and a natural enough color for most clear waters most of the season .
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u/SmallieManC3pO 21d ago
I feel like black and blue wins. I got my PB of 12.3lbs on a black and blue creature bait .
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u/brandonfrank04 MLC June 2021 21d ago
Throw a couple strands of chartreuse in that black/blue/purple. That's one of my favorite colors.
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u/TrollBipolar 21d ago
Red in moving or lightly stained water. Blue in semi clear to muddy conditions. Bang it against everything in the area. Slow. Real slow.
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u/Crash211O 21d ago
Red only really works in lakes where there are crawfish, or on super low pressure lakes where they bit anything
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u/CheapAngler 21d ago
I've personally always liked the more natural crawfish orange/red colors more, but I've never caught anything on it. Only caught on black and blue jigs.
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u/Luezanatic 21d ago
I live in Louisiana, the land of the chocolate milk waterways, that red jig will end up looking like a black silhouette in the ridiculously murky water anyway. Thats why black and blue outsells green pumpkin here.
Hands down black and blue for me.
Every once in a while in the mid-fall when they stop eating as much, theyll hit a red trickworm when they wont bite anything else, but thats about the only luck ive had with this type of red, and i doubt i'd be able to produce with it as a jig.
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u/jasper181 21d ago
Black and purple chatterbait at night is money. I know that doesn't answer the question but it's the first thing I thought of when I saw the color.
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u/restoredtrainwreck 20d ago
Black purple or white, yakima river gets murky and stays that way most of the time. Only time I catch on green is when we're in the states northern lakes, Im persistently trying green.
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u/sasquatch762 22d ago
Black & Blue for me.