Hey, I just wanted to get an idea on some good colors for buzzbaits.  (I know the water clarity matters too, but I'm just trying to get a basic idea) What color buzzbait would you use in:

1. Sunny Conditions?

2. Dusk?

3. Night?

4. Overcast?

white

dark

dark

dark

Fill in the shade of color you want.

what I use is 90% of the time white, at night, probably black (tho I don't really fish at night) and on occasion, chartruese. I don't really use any other color than those two

3/8 oz Cavitron, Black on Black

8-)

Get a Walmart Chartreuse and Red Bleeder Bait Hook...cheap, and far out catches Cavitron......for ME. Can get 2 for the price of 1. You can argue, but personally have not caught half as many on a Cavitron. Just a confidence bait here for me. They have em' at all Walmarts, and fishem' right out of the pack. Don't Cavitron Hate...just an opinion.

The Buzz bait is the Big picture, and the upper Left buzz bait.

The bass in my Avitar was caught about 25 yards off the Ticonderoga Ramp on a fogged in morning...on a Walmart Chartreuse Bleeder....smacked it...and the rest is.....Picture History!!!!

1/4 OZ  

black! I didn't even know they made em in other colors

jim

Black or white are my favorite, but I also use chartreuse sometimes.

The majority of the time I fish a buzzbait during the day, I'm throwing white. On extremely overcast days, I'll have a black one on (at least at some point I will). At night, 90% of the time, I'm throwing black. I have had a small handfull of outings at night where the bass would not even think about hitting a black buzzbait but as soon as I switched up to white, well game on! Those 2 colors make up the majority of my buzzbait time. On rare occassions, I'll throw a chartruese buzzbait. I'll opt for that color during the day under stained to muddy water situations.

Get a Walmart Chartreuse and Red Bleeder Bait Hook...cheap, and far out catches Cavitron......for ME. Can get 2 for the price of 1. You can argue, but personally have not caught half as many on a Cavitron. Just a confidence bait here for me. They have em' at all Walmarts, and fishem' right out of the pack. Don't Cavitron Hate...just an opinion.

The Buzz bait is the Big picture, and the upper Left buzz bait.

The bass in my Avitar was caught about 25 yards off the Ticonderoga Ramp on a fogged in morning...on a Walmart Chartreuse Bleeder....smacked it...and the rest is.....Picture History!!!!

1/4 OZ

I use those same buzzbaits... Love em.. Wish they had em in a lil bigger size cause the ones i got that they had were kinda small.. Fish liked em tho.

I use white and/or chartuese. 8-)

I'll join the crowd to say black most of the time.White sometimes,especially when the fish are bustin shad,and occasionally chart/white in dirty water. Haven't found a good reason yet to get too elaborate on skirt colors.

Black on black most of the time, but sometimes I will go with white skirt gold blade when it is sunny.

I'm going off the reservation here but, in farm ponds and/or with smaller buzzbaits, a bluegill or gold colored skirt works ridiculously well.  It's held true on lakes in TN, CO, and on th Potomac and some small ponds in VA.  But really, if you just get black and white, you're going to have fun.  DON'T OVERTHINK IT!

BLACK! BLACK! AND BLACK!!!!

BLACK, BLACK, BLACK, BLACK, BLACK, BLACK

The more squeak in the blades the better.

Just one very stupid question... Why black?

Just one very stupid question... Why black?

Simple answer " They work"

Actually the Black Profile is easier for the fish to see outlined against the sky. Assuming the the buzz baits are usually fished in low light conditions.

Good luck

for me buzzbaits are simple, white with blue or white and chartruese.

Just in case nobody has mentioned it - BLACK! ;D

Strange no one mentioned blade color or configuration which is my #1 choice over skirt color

Black for lowlight, white if its bright and skirtless for clear water.

I have to agree with Catt. I'm more concerned with blade color and noise than the skirt color.

I use a black blade in low light or overcast conditions, a gold blade in bright conditions, and an anodized green blade when fishing in water with a greenish tint.

early morning - white

daytime - white

overcast - black

night- black

not sure - black

Ive never been choosy about skirt color, regardless of conditions.... I must say my most proficient for buzz and spinners is chart/red and white.  I have many black skirts but rarely used them, the others always work quite fine.

My most productive color choices are:

1. Lunker Lure 1/4 oz. Black

2. Lunker Lure 1/4 oz. White

3. Lunker Lure 1/4 oz. Chartreuse

(In that order)