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[basslover12345]

For clear water...

[countryfried]

depemds... what bait you using ?

[basslover12345]

depemds... what bait you using ?

Grubs, finesse worms

[Ima Bass Ninja]

I don't see any that i would vote on for clear water. I would go with a green pumpkin or watermelon or pumpkin seed for color. the jig head would be green or brown and as far as size that really depends more on depth than anything for me. Shallow = 1/4-3/8 and Deep = 1/2-1oz

[smalljaw67]

Match the size jighead to the mood of the fish, I always start big and then downsize most of the time if they don't want to bigger bait. You also need to match it to the depth you're fishing as well as the size of the bait you are using. For example, if you are using a 3" grub and you are swimming it in 4' to 6' of water and the fish are lethargic then I would probably go with a 1/8oz jighead, if the fish were on the aggressive side I would go with a 1/4oz at those depths to get the bait down faters and keep it down better as I would be working the bait faster. Clear water jighead colors are going to be black, keep that part simple as a black jighead is pretty universal in that it will work with any color platic you use with it. As far as a clear water grub or worm color, that is easy, black, green pumpkin, junebug, brown, watermelon and watermelon/red flake. These are also colors that you can use in stained water and in dirty water use black. By keeping it simple it limits you options and makes you focus more on your presentation and location which are much more important than lure color. Remember, you can have the perfect color bait for the conditions and it won't mean nothing if you aren't fishing where the fish are. The same thing can be said of your presentation, you could be in a good spot with the right color bait but if you're moving the bait too fast or too slow then the presentation is off and the rest doesn't matter, you need all three, lure + location + presentation = Success!!!

[Mumpy]

Clear water for me is Watermelon Red Flake or a Green Pumpkin which you haven't listed anything close to those colors. As for the Jig head color, I'm a believer that it doesn't matter, you could easily cast an unpainted Jig head and get bit just the same as if you cast the best looking Jig head ever painted by man. As far as the size goes (weight) that depends on how deep your fishing.MonteSS and IBN pretty much nailed it.

[Bluebasser86]

None of my favorite clear water colors are on there. Smoke purple flake, smoke no flake for grubs. Watermelon candy, watermelon red, watermelon magic, watermelon purple, GP/red, GP, GP magic, watermelon jelly, all favorites in clear water.

[tholmes]

I don't see any that i would vote on for clear water. I would go with a green pumpkin or watermelon or pumpkin seed for color. the jig head would be green or brown and as far as size that really depends more on depth than anything for me. Shallow = 1/4-3/8 and Deep = 1/2-1oz

Yep!

I'd throw in smoke/glitter for grubs also.

Tom

[Bankbeater]

I have been having real good luck lately on 1/8 jigs in the lake I fish. They have stopped hitting anything larger.

[basslover12345]

How will 1/8 do in like 30-45 feet of water? How fast would it fall?

[Bluebasser86]

How will 1/8 do in like 30-45 feet of water? How fast would it fall?

Its fall rate will depend on what bait you put on it. A 4" senko is going to fall faster than a baby brush hog on that rig. No matter what you put on it you're going to be waiting a long time for it to get to the bottom and probably won't be able to feel a thing unless a fish or snag is on it.