Plug color importance?

[eelman]

Originally Posted by tlapinski

Solid dark color, solid light color, and a contrast of dark/light. For a while I was too caught up in fancy colors. Now I stick to the basic pattern I just noted. I really think this will cover you on 95% of the scenarios you will run into. Are there times when one color seems to blow away others? Yes, but it is really hard to tell if it is something the user is doing different or if it is actually the color difference. We all have had experiences where we have stood next to guy using the exact same plug but doubles our results. Worry more about presenting plugs properly and at the right time and color will fall a distant 3rd place, IMO. Of course, your results may vary!

Something we agree on toby!...Black or white all you need..Presentation is the most important thing...color is the least...contrast is somewhat important.

The number one thing is presentation.without that the best plug in the world wont catch squat..

[Clammer]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

Something we agree on toby!...Black or white all you need..Presentation is the most important thing...color is the least...contrast is somewhat important.

The number one thing is presentation.without that the best plug in the world wont catch squat..

Like u////know a/t bout %$#@ plugs////J/A

[NIB]

Most if not all of my plugging is saved for the late season.Clors i do good on i don't see that much of are:
dark blue wit silver sides white belly
smokey grey top lite pink sides white belly.
Black w/hot pink bottom. this is my black an purple like a old bomber blurple.krylon made a perfect match for it in the florescent line.
I see alot of black an dark purple's, no contrast.may as well be black..
Chartreuese an white.
Not a popular northern color but i have done well up there with a swimmer I have made in that color.
I like scale patterns at night also like silver over black.silver over blue.
one of my favorite bottles.
I never thru a parrot colored plug till i fished up north.
I am mostly a natural guy.white, black,Drab green,an yellow..
If u said Tony Pick one.It would be white with a yellow top...or white depends on the plug..
As far as presentation an being out fished there are times when 10 ft to the right or left also makes all the difference in the world.

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

Something we agree on toby!...Black or white all you need..Presentation is the most important thing...color is the least...contrast is somewhat important.

The number one thing is presentation.without that the best plug in the world wont catch squat..

Wow, is it a coincidence that #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& just wrote about this very subject in OTW this month? good article by the way.....

[Skitterpop]

If I could only have one plug / one color it would be pearl white with hints of yellow and pink in it.

[Canalman]

Originally Posted by Skitterpop

If I could only have one plug / one color it would be pearl white with hints of yellow and pink in it.

So sort of wonderbreadish

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Canalman

So sort of wonderbreadish

Not really.... all pearlescent white with slight under tones of soft yellow and rose pink throughout....not defined as classical wonderbread.


day or night this color rules

[quick decision]

I have caught more bass on schoolbus yellow than any other color.

[JoeP]

Baitfish don't change color at night, and obviously bass feed at night, so I think, whether fishing in day or night, natural colors are the best - olive shades over white shades, brown shades over white shades, silvers, bunker patterns, herring patterns, eel patterns. And most of these involve some shade of olive/brown over white/cream/silver.

And I think adding some pink hues (daytime) and purple hues (night) add some semblance of natural coloration and may also indicate blood/injured fish to predators, triggering aggression.

Now in saying this, I've had some great success on blurple colored plugs & sluggos - so who knows...

I also think, as was said above, that presentation is more important than color, and color is mostly a personal confidence thing. I've been in enough situations where I am using a totally different color from someone else and we are both catching fish.