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I'm  just learning the way of the smallie, and I've been doing very well with white spinners, but I know it won't last long. I have an assortment of husky jerks, I've tried all of the colors I have, but the only thing I catch are walleye and pike. Are there any colors that stand out to bass?

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White is always a good color, as is white/chartreuse/ When the water is quite clear, I prefer natural crawfish colors like motor oil, green pumpkin, rootbeer, and also natural baitfish colors like silver flake.

I rarely get out to a lake that is full of smallmouths. Usually they are in a multi species lake, but when I do get the chance.

I like watermelon for soft plastics and crawfish colours for crankbaits.

A white spinnerbait is also a killer colour for me in stained water.

The same colors that work for LM will work for SM. I, for one, think alot of anglers put WAY too much emphasis on color. Go with natural colors (greens, browns, black, white, silver) and you'll be fine.

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I'll let you in on a secret, ssshhh, a strike king golden shiner bleeding spinner bait works great, esp if creek chubs make up a large portion of their diet.  Also get some 4" grubs and a 3/16 jig head, cast upstream and work it back, guarantee you'll catch smallies.  Also there is three articles on this site that have great info on catching smallies.  

I mainly fish for smalls and have lucked out on some colors more then others. On my lake, crawfish, minnows, gobies are the main menu. I had the most luck with a brown (or crawfish colored) texas rigged tube. Or a pearl/green senko/dinger, again texas rigged. I think these 2 weapons will be a good addition to your husky jerks, which slowed production for me as well. I used the spinnerbait all summer in choppy conditions as well (try chartreuse!)

Natural colors. CRAWFISH.

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We use the same colors for hair jigs, tube lures and plastic grubs.

On balance, we seem to do best with Black, Brown and Dark Green (e.g. Lake Erie & Lake Huron).

A notable exception was Dale Hollow Reservoir, where Chartreuse (and yellow) seemed to do better than dark colors.

Things that make you go Hmmmm.

Roger

crawfish colors like brown and red. then for larger smallies use real bright colors like yellow or orange.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

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