It always boggles my mind why some shops cringe if I bring them 6 pink lures fearing that they will collect dust, while other shops would take pink everything and anything.

Inquiring minds want to know whats the top colors of choice in your area.

Areas:

Cape Cod - Cape Side Only

Cape Cod Canal - Mainland Side and surrounding areas

RI - South County and the upper bay

MV - The Island

NY - Montauk

NY - Long Island

NY - Everywhere Else

CT - River fishing included

Include your area with your response so people can figure out what to bring when they go, and I can figure out what to paint. :)

Some people fish north of the cape. I like orange.

north of the cape ya cant beat olive:D

my best color on a BIG Danny was white belly, Yellow sides with a grey scale pattern on top.

North of Boston, South of New Hampshire

My top three are:

1. Chartruse/Silver or White
2. Yellow/White
3. Black/Purple
4. White

A couple of years ago, the black and orange darter was responsible for some quality Stripers at Montauk. Yellow has always been big there as well with pencils, bottles and darters.

RI - At night, solid black or lots of yellow. In the day, yellow/white or blue/white.

CT river - In the night, solid black or solid white. In the day, yellow/white.

Cape - whatever color the eels are that I buy. ;)

White w/ pink stripe
Black/gold/silver belly
Yellow/silver side/ white belly
Chartresuse/gold side/white belly
All white
All black
Blue swirl

South Cape- chrome blue mack color, glittered blue or alewife color, trout on a jighead, split forked tail on a bullet owner jighead. Those worked for bluefish in summer.

New Hampshire and North Shore: Green mack swimmers. Dark olive top/silver to white bottom or all white needles. All black darters.

Outter cape: Olive top/silver to white bottom swimmer or 1.5 or 2 oz needle. All black 3 oz needle. Lime green 2 oz needle. White or bunker swimmers in all sizes. White spooks

Eastern Long Island
yellow/white
white/pink stripe
porgy colors(tan/white)

yellow
yellow/white
yelow red
olive
black
black/white
white

RI- white, parrot, yellow, lime green over cream, blue over white and black

Pink always seems to be the magic color for me.

In RI I've consistent luck with:
Gold over olive
black/silver
yellow/pink metallic on sides
black

olive over silver- cape

Mid Cape area -spring time white w/ pink stripe
Summer chrome
Fall olive over white
Buzzards Bay spring white w/ white feathers
summer chrome
fall yellow ,olive

Rhody night -black, yellow
Day - yellow/white

I'd show you if i could just figure how to get the picture on here:confused:

Don't forget the guys from NJ!
They like colors too!

Bernzy

Cape-
olive over pearl with gold sides
yellow over pearl
(Yozuri) sardine scheme
So Co-
blue and white
wonderbread
floroscent yellah needles

and blurple has worked everwhere:)

Mike I have had good luck with olive back, pearl white belly swimming plugs, and blue over white, yellow over white. These colors have worked for me from Boston harbor to the Cape, and RI.

North Shore, White pink stripe, all white, and red yellow. and olive and gold

cape side and cape cod canal area

spring-,pink,white,blue/herring,mackerel,yellow,gold,silver
summer-black,olive/sandeel
fall-yellow,pogy,black,olive/sandeel,pink,mackerel,gold,silver

Mike--if there's a decent mullet run on LI during late August and September, you can sell all of the blue/white plugs you can make down here ;)

Brad couldn't give blue/white Hawgs away at the Canal. I sold every one he had down here out of my truck.

Originally posted by Bernzy
Don't forget the guys from NJ!
They like colors too!

Bernzy

Jersey guys get em on everything.if U can get em in Jersey u can get em anywhere's. then we travel an vacum all the bass up where ever we go.thats why we are so well liked.:rolleyes:

Bernzy are comin to Beautifull Asbury Park wit Habs.I need some Boy howdies to copy.:smash:

blue/white
blue/silver
olive/white

A periwinkle /pearl white swirl with a touch of mauve around the eye, would be nice I think.

Yeth, I hear mauve works well around P-town :happy: :happy:


Hey, what the hell is mauve, anyway? :confused:

Originally posted by Pt.JudeJoe
A periwinkle /pearl white swirl with a touch of mauve around the eye, would be nice I think.

Periwinkle and mauve?! You and your brother have been staring at my fly-tying materials too much lately... :D

And mauve is a grayish lavender I think, so it probably is effective out on the tip of the Cape.

S. RI, Day: White on white with white everywhere else.

S. RI, Night: Replace "white" with "black", above.

I've tried about every combo possible and always seem to go back to white and black to catch stuff.

Hey Tatoo, am I wrong thinking that white and black are for fish; other colors are for fishermen with credit cards????:confused:

what kind of plugs u laying colors on Mike?

I think from your poll its clear...color dose not catch fish, color catches fisherman!