Alternative Spinnerbait Colors ?

[ChrisD46]

The majority of spinnerbaits come either in White or Chartreuse / White colors for day usage or Black / Black variation colors for night bass fishing . Cole Slaw and now Red / Red Orange are colors making their way into spinnerbait line ups ... *Has anyone had success with a Green Pumpkin / Green Pumpkin Bluegill variation with a tandem blade (gold / silver or other color combination) to imitate small panfish for bass instead of shad ? A lot of folks would simply switch to a Green Pumpkin variation swim jig or chatter bait to imitate panfish / bluegill but I believe a spinnerbait might have a future in Green Pumpkin variation - instead of all the white / chartreuse shad colors normally found in spinnerbait colors . Your thoughts and experiences with panfish color (Green Pumpkin variation) spinnerbaits ?

[scaleface]

I use white and chartreuse in the spring . When the spinnerbait bite slows down I usually toss duller   baitfish and bluegill patterns . I have no particular pattern , just something less bright.

[MN Fisher]

White/Chartreuse have worked season long for me...bass in my profile pic was caught on a 3/8oz White/Chartreuse spinner with Berkley Pit Boss trailer in Skeet's Chartreuse Shad color on 31 July 2019.

 

I haven't had near that luck with 'natural' colors - bluegill, green pumpkin, etc.

[Jar11591]

I use a lot of colors that imitate perch, bluegills and pumpkinseeds. Mixes of blues, green, oranges and blacks. The color Green Tomato from Strike King is my favorite, but Siebert Outdoors makes a lot of colors that are great for imitating baitfish of all kinds. I’ll replace my Strike King spinnerbait skirts with Siebert skirts a lot. 

[softwateronly]

Spinnerbaits are not as effective for me as they are for others, but nichols has a bluegill color that works for me, jt's best color ever.  I do best slow rolling on the outer edges of weedlines.

 

scott 
 

[gimruis]

I use a lot of white or black. Black has been particularly effective on cloudy or rainy days the past couple seasons.

 

I see a lot of white/chartreuse out there and I think the fish have seen that color too much.

[Finessegenics]

I use white, chartreuse, different combinations of both, and a silver-ish color (Aurora from War Eagle). I have tried bluegill type colors with nowhere near the same amount of success. I think changing the blade types is better at imitating panfish. Willow blades imitate small and slender baitfish while colorado blades can imitate thicker bodied forage such as panfish. 

[a1712]

Have had great success with War Eagle Pond Scum Perch and Watermelon Seed. Brian. 

[Team9nine]

Back in the 90s when I threw spinnerbaits a lot, Stanley made 3 great non-traditional colors that I used to catch a bunch of fish on. One was Red Perch, one was Baby Bass, and the third I just called Bluegill, though I don’t believe that was its official name. Kind of pale blue green chartreuse combo that was my favorite of the three. I’ve never really seen anyone make something close to that since, but I’d have to believe it would still be a solid option these days in bluegill forage lakes.

[Darth-Baiter]

I only have two colors.  whiteish and black/blue.  I just adjust colors with my trailers.  which I have a metric ton of..and various colors.  I dont need spinnerbaits everywhere.  I find them a pain to store.

 

same thought pattern with my chatterB's.  only green pumpkin and black blue.

[Catt]

White

White/chartreuse 

White/chartreuse/blue 

White with red strands on the belly

[king fisher]

If a black and blue jig is working, and a black and blue chatterbait is a go to color, then what is wrong with a black and blue spinnerbait?  My answer nothing.  If you have a favorite color hard bait, or soft plastic, most likely that will be a good spinnerbait color too.  A few of my favorite spinnerbait colors are black, black chartreuse, black blue, blue chartreuse, purple, purple black, and one that was popular when I was young, that is still a favorite of mine, Purple chartreuse.

[roadwarrior]

Any color will do as long as it's white.

 

 

 

                                                              

[WRB]

Blue- chartreuse skirt with gold willow & silver Colorado blades for bass targeting bluegill.

Otherwise the common pearl white skirt, shad hologram Indiana blade with chartreuse trailer.

Tom

 

[Bankbeater]

Either white or white / chartreuse is what I use 99% of the time. The other 1% is when I use black. 

[padon]

i use alot of white like others have said but i do like a bluegill pattern from pepper custom baits. i use it around the bluegill spawn and in lakes that dont have shad. siebert has a bluegill color that looks very similar. maybe give one a shot

[JediAmoeba]

I have a whole 3700 deep box with an assortment of colors, sizes and materials of spinnerbait skirts. If I usually use white spinnerbait heads and if I need another color a sharpie does the trick

[bowhunter63]

War Eagles Sexy mouse 

[Columbia Craw]

[FishTank]

It depends. If everyone is throwing a white or chartreuse base spinnerbait,  I go with this guy. I don't know what it is about pink but it catches them. 

 

[Munkin]

4 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

 

Revenge always made the best bluegill color. 

 

Allen 

[A-Jay]

This one got my PB Brown Bass for me.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

[Drew03cmc]

Honestly, I've caught more bass on white, just plain white. Smallies in spring on rivers, white. Largemouth in lakes whenever, white. 

 

The OP mentioned Cole slaw. That color is older than I am and still works. I've got spinnerbaits in many different colors including, white, white/chartreuse, bluegill, black/blue, black/red and chartreuse. I only throw the first two...might have a bunch of spinnerbaits for sale now that I think of it.

[Bankc]

White/Chartreuse for lightly stained water.  Black/blue for heavily stained water.  Maybe if I ever got to fish clear water, I'd try something different.  

 

I'm much more concerned with blade shape/size and jighead weight, as they'll determine the speed and depth I can fish them in.