Trying to figure out what color red eye shad to imitate the forage in my area.

I live in MN

If you have any red eye shad colors that worked well for you please let me know

Thanks

I've fished MN & WI a lot since I've lived in either my entire life. Thrown the Red Eye a ton as well.

Sexy Shad works good almost anywhere, under the right conditions.

Perch has been my personal best, but I fish a lot of lakes where Perch is the main forage, especially for Smallmouth. This is very common across MN / WI. One thing to pay attention to is what they are spitting up on the way to the boat, this can really help clue you in.

Honestly, it's hard to go wrong with anything resembling bluegill or perch around here, in general, for any moving bait. 

I really like to use the Orange Craw color.  I'm in Iowa but fish in MN every year.  I've caught lots of small mouth, large mouth and walleye with it.

Bluegill color works for me on most lakes.

On April 27, 2016 at 0:30 PM, Hawkeye21 said:

I really like to use the Orange Craw color.  I'm in Iowa but fish in MN every year.  I've caught lots of small mouth, large mouth and walleye with it.

I have never been a guy who thinks color is all that important but that Red Eye Shad bait in Orange Craw has been the absolute best for me. 

On 5/1/2016 at 8:35 AM, Scott F said:

I have never been a guy who thinks color is all that important but that Red Eye Shad bait in Orange Craw has been the absolute best for me. 

Color can very important.  Just yesterday I was fishing in a bass tourney with my brother-in-law and we were both using square billed crank baits.  I was using the chartreuse/black back color and he was trying a couple different colors.  He got skunked and I caught 6.