White, user error no doubt. I don't get why is black and blue so prominent, bass don't see blue  

How do you know bass don’t see blue? ask them!

Tom

26 minutes ago, Bass Rutten said:

I don't get why is black and blue so prominent, bass don't see blue  

It's the ideal combination.  The black catches bass,  the blue catches the angler.

10 hours ago, Bankbeater said:

The only color jig that I have completely zeroed on is a solid brown color.  Brown with another color seems to work.

Contrast is your friend.

Green pumpkin just doesn’t work for me.

My go to colors in order are black/blue, bluegill and white ( during the Shad spawn).

If you’re not getting bit on a black on blue jig for largemouth, I’m not sure what to tell you. I’ve caught more fish this season on that combination than all my other baits combined. I’ve greatly slowed my jig fishing as the weeds are thick and still gaining steam, so it’s become situational for me, but they’re still getting it done. I’ve changed my trailer preference all season and currently, a piece of trashed stick worm is my go to

I’m gonna say shad patterns. Anything white, silver, grey and fish scale sparkly. They just don’t work for me lol. 

19 hours ago, Jig Man said:

For me it is black/blue and pb&j.  I’ve never caught a single one on either of them.  What is your jig color that won’t work?

 

 

Black and blue is my literal go to when I can't catch on any other color. LMAO PB&J doesn't do much for me unless it's a soft plastic worm on a shaky head or ned rig. Black and Chartreuse/green for some reason doesn't work as well as blue either for me.

48 minutes ago, Joedodge said:

I’m gonna say shad patterns. Anything white, silver, grey and fish scale sparkly. They just don’t work for me lol. 

 

 

Again I posit that is entirely in your head as weird as that sounds.

 

And really I think color in general is pretty much in our heads.

 

The bass around here are as difficult to catch as it gets - I mean that - they point and laugh at jigs not because of the color but because they've seen too many jigs or it's not the right day for the jig - not the color.  False equivalency.

 

We have zero confidence in a color and suck when we throw it, we believe in a color and care when we throw it - we attribute our success to the color.  False equivalency.

 

Guys say all the time - me and my buddy were fishing and I start whacking em on a black and blue jig and he can't get bit on his white one!

 

Well what rate of fall.  What trailer.  What profile.  How good of a caster is he?

 

False equivalency.

 

You fish a white jig for the first 2 hours and figure they don't want it and tie on bluegill and catch 6 and the bass didn't send you any memo but they started a bite window that wasn't happening when you showed up.  False equivalency.

 

The point I'm trying to make is it's really hard to know how good a color is on your home legs until somebody who fishes it with confidence fishes it there. 

 

Color pretty much doesn't work first and foremost in the fisherman's head.

 

I've never thrown a jig color that did not catch a fish when they were in the mood for the jig and my casting is on for the day.

 

Human beings are weird like that.

 

 

43 minutes ago, Pat Brown said:

 

 

Again I posit that is entirely in your head as weird as that sounds.

 

And really I think color in general is pretty much in our heads.

 

The bass around here are as difficult to catch as it gets - I mean that - they point and laugh at jigs not because of the color but because they've seen too many jigs or it's not the right day for the jig - not the color.  False equivalency.

 

We have zero confidence in a color and suck when we throw it, we believe in a color and care when we throw it - we attribute our success to the color.  False equivalency.

 

Guys say all the time - me and my buddy were fishing and I start whacking em on a black and blue jig and he can't get bit on his white one!

 

Well what rate of fall.  What trailer.  What profile.  How good of a caster is he?

 

False equivalency.

 

You fish a white jig for the first 2 hours and figure they don't want it and tie on bluegill and catch 6 and the bass didn't send you any memo but they started a bite window that wasn't happening when you showed up.  False equivalency.

 

The point I'm trying to make is it's really hard to know how good a color is on your home legs until somebody who fishes it with confidence fishes it there. 

 

Color pretty much doesn't work first and foremost in the fisherman's head.

 

I've never thrown a jig color that did not catch a fish when they were in the mood for the jig and my casting is on for the day.

 

Human beings are weird like that.

 

 

Oh for sure. You and I have talked about that many times lol. And I fully agree. Heck I can switch from a creature to swimbait trailer. They don’t care. Switch color. They don’t care. Swim it? Hop it? They don’t care just present it well. That’s just the one color I have never caught on that’s all. Not saying it isn’t a great color. If jigsaw have taught me anything at all. It’s that color just doesn’t matter lol. It’s more for our eyes than the fish. 

Well said @Pat Brown.  I agree about 90%.   I think there is solid evidence that color matters a little.  In most cases anglers can't tell the difference because they don't fish two different colors equally for long enough to tell a difference.  They throw one color for 20 minutes without a bite and say the fish won't hit it.  Then they switch to their favorite color and catch a fish so they throw that color all day.  They might throw their favorite color for 40 minutes without a bite but they don't lose faith in it the way they did with the other color.  

12 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

Well said @Pat Brown.  I agree about 90%.   I think there is solid evidence that color matters a little.  In most cases anglers can't tell the difference because they don't fish two different colors equally for long enough to tell a difference.  They throw one color for 20 minutes without a bite and say the fish won't hit it.  Then they switch to their favorite color and catch a fish so they throw that color all day.  They might throw their favorite color for 40 minutes without a bite but they don't lose faith in it the way they did with the other color.  

Well said also 

I can only speak for local conditions.  Around here color often plays an important role in catching fish.  One of my regular fishing buddies and I typically start with different types of baits.  If one of us catches a couple we stop and regroup.  Often we wind up with the same bait in different colors tied on 4 setups.  We each use different colors until we find out what is working best.  Then both use it as long as it produces.

 

At the end of our smallmouth Ned fishing a TRD new money was way out producing every other color.  I had 3 colors tied on and new money was all I could get fish on.  It was the same for my partner.

Fishing period is mostly mental. Having either black or black/blue and a pumpkinish natural color is seriously all you need for jig fishing. I’m talking casting jigs though, as I’m not much into swim jigs. Black, blue, or purple,  GP and orange for trailers. This year, overall, a basic combo of black/blue jig with black trailer and pumpkin green with a gp trailer has accounted for a good 75-80% of my bass and most of my best fish. I caught the biggest smallmouth I’ve ever got on a skirted bass jig during prespawn this spring and my biggest largemouth this season so far. Jigs just work for me and catch bigger bass overall 

 

 

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

…How good of a caster is he?

 

I've never thrown a jig color that did not catch a fish when they were in the mood for the jig and my casting is on for the day.

I’m with you on this one.
 

I went from catching zero bass to catching many bass with jigs and the difference was not the color of the jig or trailer but my comfort level with bait casting gear and the resulting improvement in casting accuracy.

1 hour ago, Tennessee Boy said:

Well said @Pat Brown.  I agree about 90%.   I think there is solid evidence that color matters a little.  In most cases anglers can't tell the difference because they don't fish two different colors equally for long enough to tell a difference.  They throw one color for 20 minutes without a bite and say the fish won't hit it.  Then they switch to their favorite color and catch a fish so they throw that color all day.  They might throw their favorite color for 40 minutes without a bite but they don't lose faith in it the way they did with the other color.  

 

 

That's fine/I think I even agree completely - but that 10% of the time is almost too irrelevant to care about in general and my success rates don't seem to depend on that 10% most of the time.

 

If that 10% is the difference between me catching fish and not catching fish, I'm fishing the wrong bait.  Not the wrong color jig.

3 hours ago, JonB2 said:

Fishing period is mostly mental.

I am reminded of the Yogi Berra quote......"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical". In a weird way that applies to fishing too. 

Black/blue and PB&J just don't work for me around here and I tried. Solid black has out fished everywhere.  Now PB&J was a hot color when I was stationed in Missouri.  Figured it was because the crayfish there were brown with a purple hue. Around here we have Spiney and Virile crayfish which are brown and GP unless molting.

 

Allen 

I haven’t tried that many colors so I don’t actually have any colors that I would say don’t work. I still want to experiment more with colors and see if I’m missing out. 
 

Sorry, this doesn’t answer your question. 
 

P.S. if someone has jigs they don’t want I’d be happy to put them to good use. 🙂