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[fisher of bass]

hello,when and where does everyone tie on a firetiger crankbait,
i have a few bandits 200 and bomber fat a's that i want to try,do they work better in bluebird skies,overcast,sunny,rainy,muddy water clear water,would really like to hear everyones opinion, tia

[outdoorsman110]

I use them.. ALL THE TIME.

[flippin and pitchin]

Stained water and smallmouth. Normans DLN in western firetiger has been berry berry good to me.

[A-Rob]

I agree with "flippin and pitching"
I fish them all the time for smallies....I do well with them or a sexy shad type color on smallies
Dark/dirty water/cloudy day type conditions for largies

[Vinny Chase]

I am usually throwing Chart/Blue back instead (confidence thing), but you would throw firetiger in the same situations - dingier water and/or deep water (15-20 ft.)

[Packard]

Pike love the color. I usually only use them in muddy water on my lipless crankbaits and flat raps.

[J Francho]

Pike love the color.

LOL, they are downright stupid for firetiger, especially in perch waters. I don't buy anything in FT anymore, and laugh, calling them pike food.

[flippin and pitchin]

No pike here John. I did get a six pound trout and my buddy got a 9 pound walleye on a FT Normans.

[WookieeJedi]

LOL, they are downright stupid for firetiger, especially in perch waters. I don't buy anything in FT anymore, and laugh, calling them pike food.

You don't need to be in perch water, we don't have any perch down here, and the pike (jackfish to us) will mug them. I use the firetiger color, but mostly in dirty water, or offshore with a ratltrap or deep diver. Never in the spring, in clear water, over shallow grass; you are just asking for it. I may just go against this advice this week, tho, my local lake holds some bigger pike (for us) in one area, and the state record is not huge (5.75lbs).

[Traveler2586]

I agree with "flippin and pitching"
I fish them all the time for smallies....I do well with them or a sexy shad type color on smallies
Dark/dirty water/cloudy day type conditions for largies

X2,,, SM & LM here on the Potomac, it's my go-to color on dull days.

[Crankenstein Crony]

I don't ever use Firetiger... When Im in dirty water I fish colors like chartreuse black back, orange craw, or sometimes a red craw color. Nothing against it really, other than it is like prime rib to pike and I have no confidence in that color at all. I don't even have a single Firetiger bait in my tackle boxes.

[Traveler2586]

I don't ever use Firetiger... When Im in dirty water I fish colors like chartreuse black back, orange craw, or sometimes a red craw color. Nothing against it really, other than it is like prime rib to pike and I have no confidence in that color at all. I don't even have a single Firetiger bait in my tackle boxes.

But these are the same colors found on a Firetiger??

[Crankenstein Crony]

Traveler2586, you are correct, some of those colors are found on Firetiger. In my humble opinion, I think Firetiger needs to be renamed Pike Candy. I don't have an issue with anyone who uses firetiger and uses it with success. But I don't use it, I have no confidence in that color at all. I haven't caught a single bass on firetiger. I also haven't caught a single pike on Chart black back and orange craw. Michigan lakes are full of toothed creatures... I have strong confidence in colors that aren't pike candy.

[Traveler2586]

Traveler2586, you are correct, some of those colors are found on Firetiger. In my humble opinion, I think Firetiger needs to be renamed Pike Candy. I don't have an issue with anyone who uses firetiger and uses it with success. But I don't use it, I have no confidence in that color at all. I haven't caught a single bass on firetiger. I also haven't caught a single pike on Chart black back and orange craw. Michigan lakes are full of toothed creatures... I have strong confidence in colors that aren't pike candy.

LOL, I guess I've been lucky. I don't know that I've ever fished where there are pike. But, we have the Northern Snakehead; I don't know which would be worse, are pike slimy?

[Crankenstein Crony]

I don't think there is a single lake with in an hour of my house that doesn't have pike in them. They are everywhere! Yes, Pike are very slimy, and I think their slime stinks worse than most fish. Gets on the carpet of my boat and seems like it takes a whole fishing season to get rid of the smell.