Plug color importance?

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by Joe

Black/Purple
All Black
All White
All Yellow
Yellow/White
Olive/White or Olive/Light Gold
Herring
Pogie
White w/Pink Stripe
Squid (seasonal)
Mullet (seasonal)

This is more geared to what sells - there are regional patterns that I don't sell that do well some places. I've tried a bunch of others - but these patterns far outsell most stuff. In wood, chartreuse does not do that well but in plastic (Super Strike) it does real well as does parrot.

Regional ,,, Reading these boards and talking to different people it seems alot of loyalty to certain plugs/colors is regional . It makes sense different bait in different areas would make this true . Montauk (3 ounce yellow darter),,, Jersey smaller lefty types ,, I don't know why . Most bait shops up north get there pogies from jersey .?? LI NY large wood (7400 surfster size)parrot ? Cape is a hog-pog Maybe a giant 12" jointed CCB type or a bomber.. Canal large yellow or white pencil popper.. North of the canal small stuff seems to be the ticket . 2 ounce max.. Not saying there isn't overlap and you can't catch a fish on another plug.. Maybe its just local loyalty pre-internett before we knew what every one eles was doing .

[vineyardblues]

A must have is bright ORANGE,,,,,
Simple but catches
VB

[Karl F]

You are correct Tagger.. regional.. Hodge Podge for sure.

If you don't have a black/gold a lot of nights on beaches near me, you might as well go home.. pink too..

Commercial builders, I would think would realize that the K.I.S.S. method would be the way to go, paint wise, and shape wise, would be the way to go in the long run.

Redhead yellow
Redhead white
Blurple
Blue/White
Black
Yellow
Mackeral (or Green/Silver, no pattern)
White
Black/Gold
Chrome/Blue

that list works for me, but could prolly be cut down..
leave the fancy stuff for the one of customs...
K.I.S.S. for the production runs.

[Striperhound]

I do the same mixing colors but there are a few points that can be made.

1st. Crazy color combo's catch fisherman more than they catch fish. Good for selling custom plugs. Although doing color combo's are more fun to paint.

2nd. Every time I pull a plug out of a bag it's white-yellow-black, pogie or herring. 5 simple patterns. I suscribe to the simple notion of K.I.S.S, Keep it simple stupid.

3rd. As your custom plug business grows you will need to keep things simple, more paint and time means more cost.

4th personal preference here but I would rather fish a white plug that catches than a real life replica of a pogie that doesnt.

You guys do have some unique stuff, think innovation and quality while keeping colors simple.