I typically fish crystal clear water. Sometimes when we've not had any rain for a week or more you can see the bottom in 20' of water. So what color jigs would you guys throw?

Iv always heard to throw natural colors in clear water. Browns/greens etc.

I dont fish clear water, so someone will probably chime in and help you better. I personally fish with a black/blue jig pretty much exclusively. I feel you cant go wrong with that option.

Iv always heard to throw natural colors in clear water. Browns/greens etc.

I dont fish clear water, so someone will probably chime in and help you better. I personally fish with a black/blue jig pretty much exclusively. I feel you cant go wrong with that option.

Yes I use a lot of mainly watermelon reds and pumpkin or green pumpkin. Just seeing if anyone had that special go to in water this clear

I also was unsure how black/blue would do in clear water. I always throw it in dirty water but never clear....

Green pumpkin

These work.

 

A-Jay

 

 

A-Jay I need to get out of my comfort zone of craw/chunk trailers and try different options like the pics you have posted. What size jigs are you putting the bigger trailers on?

A-Jay I need to get out of my comfort zone of craw/chunk trailers and try different options like the pics you have posted. What size jigs are you putting the bigger trailers on?

 

1/2 ounce.

 

 I know what you mean - a craw is a darn good trailer but so are many other baits.

 

<<<<<<<  That avatar fish (over 10lbs) ate the same 1/2 ounce jig with a 7 inch senko trailer.

 

A-Jay

That avatar fish (over 10lbs) ate the same 1/2 ounce jig with a 7 inch senko trailer.

A-Jay

Now thats crazy stuff lol. I would have zero confidence putting a 7" senko on the back of my jig. Stuck in my ways lol

Now thats crazy stuff lol. I would have zero confidence putting a 7" senko on the back of my jig. Stuck in my ways lol

 

I Know - it's definitely unconventional - but what did you think the fish time you saw someone cast a 5 bait Alabama Rig ?

 

I'm not sayin' - I'm just sayin'

 

A-Jay

I use a white jig in a crystal clear lake near me and it works good when its flipped into holes in matted grass....

I use Black/green flake most of the time.

I Know - it's definitely unconventional - but what did you think the fish time you saw someone cast a 5 bait Alabama Rig ?

I'm not sayin' - I'm just sayin'

A-Jay

Very good point my man!!

Try to match the jig with the color of the bottom of the lake.  That's what the real craws living there are going to do.

Black-n-Blue

For clear water ----> black, for muddy water ----> black, for murky water -----> black, from dawn to dusk and viceversa -----> black.

I will also say Greens and browns.And throw in a bit of orange!

I throw brown and purple most of the time on clear water.

watermelon, watermelon red, orange/brown, and blue/black.

PB&J

I tend to throw more natural colors like Bama craw, summer craw, sweet craw, pbj to name a few. 

I used to have some salt&pepper jig skirts and some translucent shad colors, I can't find those anymore, so as far as clear, clear I bypass jigs and use Salt&pepper worms rigged diffrent ways

I try to fish a craw pattern that's a mixture of dark green and brown with a few strands of bright orange. Netbait paca chunk in green pumpkin dipped in methyalate jjs magic to make bright claws