Colors

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Yeah, tins shaped like pogie chunks
Hi Joe

I hear they call him pogie joe over there on the other side of the bridge


For me, i only use 3 colors when i use needles... white, copper, and black.

darters- white, yellow, black, copper/silver/black(scup)

dannies- white/silver/gold/olive (herring) black, white.

i keep hearing good things about orange bellies and balck backs.. im gonna make some darters this winter like that.

[snake slinger]

i fish at nite and like black or eel needles

[luds]

solid purple at night.

chartreuse/ white anytime.

[Arne P]

Needles: blurple ; black over either off-white or gold ; olive over gold

Pencils: white with a hint of pink on the sides ; yellow/red head ; blue over silver

[reelecstasy]

Originally Posted by Nebe

i keep hearing good things about orange bellies and black backs.. im gonna make some darters this winter like that.

I heard something like that

needles-olive/white, blue/white
blurple, black and I likey the cooper
pencil- blue/pink/white, pink/white, green

[Mr. Sandman]

Interesting so many like purple. It turns out that purple light travels the furthest in salt water. (factoid of the day)

In my veiw, color is not that important (I think profile and swimming action/presentation and contrast will be picked up and trigger a strike before the color differences, since at night, bass can not see color (physically impossible), during the day, they can see color but their day vision is so poor that I doubt it matters much. (the sets of rods and cones in their eyes actually change over at dusk and dawn) I read someplace that their night vision is something like 90X better then their day vision ), that said, here are my preference for color picks, (I feel most confident fishing (1))

Needles:
1) Olive/white
2) Black/purple
3) Green

Poppers
1) yellow
2) white
3) Olive

[Finlander]

As for needles black/purple or solid black with red eye at night, eel in brighter conditions. Pencil popper all white or yellow over white has been best for me.

[cow tamer]

Another color combo that I have heard as being in demand is parrot.

[CANAL RAT]

pencils-yellow,white,white belly with blue back
needles-blurple,black

[riverrat2]

I never really understood why people are picky about colors of poppers. The fish can only see the belly 99% of the time.

[Christian]

olive/white
olive/gold/white
olive/pink/white

mimicks everything.

[winchmaster]

Originally Posted by riverrat2

I never really understood why people are picky about colors of poppers. The fish can only see the belly 99% of the time.

Couple of reasons, one is contrast, stripers see in shades of black and white hence a color that is different shows a contrast. Black and purple are deadly not because of the two colors but because the contrast between each other.
As for a popper not showing, the top color 98% of the time. Well its more like 75% to 25%. The top color during the side to side motion you give does turn on its side a percentage of the time So the plug does indeed flash the top color underwater giving a contrast. And finally certain conditions make it harder for you to pick up your plug from the surroundings. A different color that sticks out from the surroundings, helps you keep an eye on your plug. Havinng eye contact with your popper allows you to make adjustments in how you work the popper.

[Steve K]

yellow

[DZ]

Daytime its hard not to go with a "Chantilly Lace Pink" although "Sea Glass Green" just does something for me. Red Dusk fills the bill for me at sunset. When I go out in the evening Tuxedo Black over Friar Plum really tickles my fancy. Thanks for your interest John.

DZ

[spence]

Originally Posted by DZ

Tuxedo Black over Friar Plum really tickles my fancy.

Back in the corn and soybean field of Iowa, we'd call that blurple

-spence

[The Iceman 6]

good one spence...

[Vermonter]

Blurple at night and when I infrequently fish a needle during the day its usually yellow. Yellow/white for poppers.

[Surfpirate]

Needle - Eel & burple at night

Pencil - white

[winchmaster]

White pencil popper day or night
needle I will leave that to you good eastern folks as I think they are all painted invisible out west. oke:

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

...In my veiw, color is not that important (I think profile and swimming action/presentation and contrast will be picked up and trigger a strike before the color differences, since at night, bass can not see color (physically impossible), during the day, they can see color but their day vision is so poor that I doubt it matters much. ...

I agree 110%.....

Although I'm partial to BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.............

[RickBomba]

Day:
Yellow top, white bottom.

Nite:
Blurple, well, then again... Never do well at night.
Usually me and Mikey's out carousing then.
Later,
Rick

[rphud]

needles: black, blurple, olive/white, parrot, pink/white,white, black/gold/white, black/gold/orange (later fall, late night killer)

pencils: redhead/white. redhead/yellow (both far and above the others, which seems to surprise just about everybody), white, yellow/white. pink/white

[Canalman]

I like needles red/white candy cane stripes with orange flames coming from the front set of eyes. The rear eyes will be purple glass eyes and lie just behind the jointed portion of the tail. Black fog with gold glitter around the eyes and a long orange tail tied to the siwash.

Go ahead needleman make 'em up

[redneck24]

needles-
night: blurple, black, dark blue/ white
day: olive/ white, yellow

poppers-
yellow, yellow/ white, blue/ white, purple/ white