As I normally wouldn't spend this much on any given bait, I'm Shirley not going to buy many in different colors. So, if you were going to buy a BBZ 40, what do you think is the most well rounded color? Does that even matter?

I got brown with ninja a close second. Those are very natural colors that depict many creatures that fall into water.

But Siemantel swears by morning dawn and Ive seen many fish caught on it.

I have 2 of the 50's, one light, one dark.  I stuck to the basics and plan on doing the same thing with the other two sizes.  Keep it simple

I'd go with basic black.  With rat baits, and topwater in general, I buy more into the theory that when bass see the bait from underneath they just see a silhouette/outline against the outdoor light.  Black I think would offer the greatest contrast between the silhouette and the light.

Chrome or black or morning dawn or brown or shad.  O.K. I can't choose, but I don't think you can go wrong.

Hippie Rat AKA morning dawn.

I'd go with basic black.  With rat baits, and topwater in general, I buy more into the theory that when bass see the bait from underneath they just see a silhouette/outline against the outdoor light.  Black I think would offer the greatest contrast between the silhouette and the light.

This has always been my thought as well. I think the colors catch more fisherman. I do like that Morning Dawn though.

Rainbow trout ! I choose as the most "rounded" color, there's no rainbow trout where I fish but just because I like pretty colored baits and firmly believe that the "match the hatch" theory is full of ***** .

Rainbow trout ! I choose as the most "rounded" color, there's no rainbow trout where I fish but just because I like pretty colored baits and firmly believe that the "match the hatch" theory is full of ***** .

seems pretty simple that matching the bait colour to whatever they normally eat would produce more bites. sure you can catch them on something that isn't a colour they are normally used to but i feel like that would be more of a reaction bite than anything. 

BBZ 40 rat in grey ghost has been for me.

Tom

Brown, grey, black.

Brown scored me 3 bass and nearly a 30 inch muskythis morning

I did talk to ( tease ) Bill about the Ninja purple rat with chartreuse tail he made the vedio with. Bill said he never knew about that color until he received in his first production rats to field test and was curious how bass would react to it and It worked! Must be a nuclear sewer rat in Japan that motivated that color.

When I see Bill fishing our local lakes he usually is casting a solid white trout swimmer.

The rat now comes in chrome just to prove how important matching the hatch, should go good in east LA, low rider rat.

Tom