I went out and bought a couple Strike King Red Eye Shad Lipless Crankbaits about a month ago, and haven't used them much at all. Crankbaits have never been one of my confidence baits seeing as how I use soft plastics 95% of the time. I broke out one today and decided to crank it around a little and hooked a #er after a few casts and hooked into another #er shortly after. I pretty much know all the techniques of fishing one but I need help with the color choice.

 

The pond/lake I'm fishing has very little cover on the banks, is 12-16' deep in some spots, and has med/heavy grass on the bottom along with some sandy spots. The water color is between stained and murky, but not muddy by any means. I usually use green pumpkin colors in this pond, and it's never failed me. I know that on sunny days with a little wind I should use a chrome/blue, chrome/red, and even a chrome/black. But what about the cloudy days with wind, or even cloudy and no wind at all? Help!?

 

Considering all this info, what do you guys think about color choice? Thanks!

Shad colors are always a good place to start. Something non reflective when it's cloudy is usually a good choice. In stained water I also like gold and red craw colored rattle baits also. 

for some reason,white works for me in all conditions,pond,lake or river,the sk red eye shad in white has been killer this year.

On days like that its White and red worm( red on the end) with Silver spinner specialy on the cloudy days...works for me , hope the same for you

First, I don't think that color matters all that much on these baits.  I think that with the noise and the action of these baits, fish will feel then long before they see them.  I normally fish these baits fairly quickly, pulled over the top of shallow to medium depth (7-8 feet or so) vegetation.  OK now, given the notion that I don't think that color matters very much, and given the fact that I've got lots of different colors of these baits, how come I almost always have something shiny tied on?  Beats me.  Anyway, that's what I think about trap style baits.

My best producer is a 3/16 oz. Super Spot in fire tiger. Bass, pike, crappie, etc. can't seem to leave it alone. Chrome/black is next.

My buddy always seems to have luck throwing these not me at all

Iv caught some pretty good fish on the RES. my top producers have been sexy shad, and chartreuse sexy shad. Cant ever go wrong with chrome with blue/black neither.