basswrangler83

I'm on a $20 a month budget and I mainly replace lures, hooks and what-not. I rely on birthdays and Christmas to replace rods and reels. I fish usually once a week so I don't go through a ton of lures.

Your initial question was about color, so here's my 2 cents: I only worry about whether or not the bass can see my lure. I love fishing senkos and use mainly 2 colors, black with blue fleck (or something close to that would work fine) for murky water, green pumpkin for clear. Don't drive yourself crazy with color choices. I've been very seccessful with these 2 colors. The brand I use is YUM dingers, and I always Texas rig them weightless due to the amount of weeds and vegetation in my lakes. If they don't want the senko (rarely, but it happens) throw a jig like some of the other guys have said. When it comes to color choice, just worry about visibility, but remember, a bass's eyes are about 8 times as sensitive to light as ours, according to an episode of bill dance outdoors lol.

Over thinking is my specialty

I hear you, mine too. They're just fun to make and fun to fish

Bluebasser, I hope to get to that point too. I'd like to have a 2 or 3 confidence colors

We have 4 native species here, I looked up pictures on Google and saved them to my phone. Thought I might give that a try. Either way it'll be fun

Welcome from Lincoln. Go Big Red! Fish more bass jigs, big bass love 'em.

I have a Hoo Rag. I started wearing a boonie cover when I fish with it on, so I don't have to cover my nose. Like a few others have said, your glasses will fog if you do. That's my only complaint.

Cgolf, I have made myself a bluegill colored swim jig that has caught me fish. Blue, white and chartreuse with a white twin tail twister. I'm more worried about flippin jigs or football jigs. I do agree with you about swim jig colors though. I only need the one because every lake I fish has bluegill in it.

Turtle, exactly my thoughts. That's why I asked the question.

Smalljaw, thanks for the insight.

Jason, I have seen that video you're talking about. That's kinda what sparked this thought process. Swindle is a funny guy to listen to haha

Thanks for the input, I'll keep experimenting with colors. It is a lot of fun to just make new jigs. I have a private pond on work, that receives light pressure, that has fairly clear water where I experiment with new techniques. They do not eat every color believe it or not.

Interesting, thanks

I fish jigs a lot, but just started fishing jigs last year. I also like making my own skirts. I was thinking about just making all of my jigs into a half black, half green pumpkin skirt color, and then just changing the color of the trailer, since it's the most prominent part of the jig, and it sticks up right into the bass's face. Is it really necessary to have so many colors? I think people like different colors more than bass. Same jig, but different trailers: Black, or black and blue for muddy or stained water Green pumpkin or brown for clear/clear-ish I live in Nebraska, so our crawfish are black and green. I have seen blue and orange crawfish in October here too.

I fished braid exclusively the past few years and never really tried mono, but this year I put 17# suffix siege on one of my baitcasters, and 8# suffix elite on one of my spinning reels. I have to say, I like how it casts and the little give it has. The 17# siege doesn't stretch much and works great for spinnerbaits, I've even thrown jigs with it and it works well. I haven't tried throwing frogs on it yet but I will. Just like the way it handles.

I have suffix siege 17# on one of my baitcasters, never had a problem. I use it for spinnerbaits and swim jigs. Have also flipped jigs with it a few times with good results.

I use an Albright knot, 14 wraps and the key is to make sure the tag end goes back through the loop in same way the main line came in. Also make sure you take your time tightening it, and pull in the main lines to snug it. There are some great videos on YouTube as well.

Jigs! I put my own together. Usually 3/8 oz is my standard flipping jig and an excite baits craw trailer, they float. Also a 3/16 oz finesse jig for colder water.