To help me make marginally more informed decisions when siphoning through the ‘shopping’ process for Megabass Jerkbaits, I compiled this color chart. Took parts from various sources (other people, articles, even called Megabass USA and the person humorously said, “they actually don’t even tell us a lot of them”). State secrets I guess. Frankly, I'm not sure why Megabass doesn’t produce a comprehensive description, but what's life without some confusion. Besides, I probably deserve it for paying $25 for a jerkbait.

Here is both a PNG-image and a link to the Google Drive spreadsheet (much better resolution). I'll occasionally update it up over time.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10RxILuL9UKO0HDC2VhNROQ-c16rUq2fD18PMoI5qE-4/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Dear @Hartwood71 IME,

The information that a basshead needs to help make marginally more informed decisions when sifting through the ‘shopping’ process for Megabass Jerkbaits can not be and will never be found on a color chart or any spreadsheet. That stuff looks cool and seems like it should 'help,' but without time on the water, it's virtually useless, IMO.

First and foremost, know going into this that you WILL buy baits that work well.

and you will buy baits that you will expect to work really well, and they will not.

It's just how this deal goes. And I speak from a vast and costly load of experience.

But I like it.

Perhaps think about the bait the bass eat in the lakes you fish.

Think about what depth that happens in.

Think about the size, shape, and profile of that bait.

If you can't answer these things, it will make selecting any bait harder.

After you've gotten a grasp on that, choosing a color or pattern might be easier.

Lord knows there's plenty to choose from.

So I say select a few that cover the shape, size, running depth, and then finally color or pattern

you could have confidence in.

And then go fishing.

You don't need 50 baits; something less will do fine.

(I couldn't hear myself type that actually.)

Good Luck

A-Jay

Do Not look at the picture below - it's gross . . . .

Totally agree and that's an important message - we gotta read our own live situations. Can't be all pictures and dreams.

Embrace the gross-ness! You have as many perch variants as I do treble hooks. Respect.

Always catered to the water I spend most time on (I.e. For me, I don't load up on stained water baits in my NY access. And I don't spend much time with transparent baits in Fla access).

I finally put that sheet together just to try to help myself (or others) not be bumbed when I get the delivery and find it doesn't suit the goal. Pictures just don't always give a great sense of finish. And oh yeah, it's a result of dorking out during the cold weather.

Could be described as a cry for help.

29 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

A-Jay

Do Not look at the picture below - it's gross

All those expensive baits, and you end up catching the big one a spinnerbait. That's bass fishing. It is better to buy it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

I had done something similar for Japanese bait colours at one time.

Much of the time the colors are just numbers (#45) or names that are meaningless (Kawasemi Impact). And some of the JDM sites I frequented didn't have images...so you HAD to know exactly what number/name was what color.

So I had a cheat sheet.

On 3/10/2026 at 11:40 AM, Hartwood71 said:

To help me make marginally more informed decisions when siphoning through the ‘shopping’ process for Megabass Jerkbaits, I compiled this color chart. Took parts from various sources (other people, articles, even called Megabass USA and the person humorously said, “they actually don’t even tell us a lot of them”). State secrets I guess. Frankly, I'm not sure why Megabass doesn’t produce a comprehensive description, but what's life without some confusion. Besides, I probably deserve it for paying $25 for a jerkbait.

Here is both a PNG-image and a link to the Google Drive spreadsheet (much better resolution). I'll occasionally update it up over time.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10RxILuL9UKO0HDC2VhNROQ-c16rUq2fD18PMoI5qE-4/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Very nice. Ive watched videos where Ben from THT explains the color tags, but not to that extent. Never knew about the racing colors. Dont they have a tag for half mirror laminate colors like clear laker, Ito Wak and other ghost laminate colors?

18 hours ago, GetFishorDieTryin said:

Very nice. Ive watched videos where Ben from THT explains the color tags, but not to that extent. Never knew about the racing colors. Dont they have a tag for half mirror laminate colors like clear laker, Ito Wak and other ghost laminate colors?

Yeah, in my mind the Clear Laker and Ito Wakasagi with their half/partital foil on the bottom could fall into the "HT- Half Tone" or "Stealth" buckets, but I haven't seen them make any distinction. This is where I can see some biz strategist at Megabass reading this and laughing at our efforts to bring logic to their shenanigans.