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The question that always get me is what kind of color to use. Here is a Guideline that i have found, and it seems to work. Just follow these guidlines and you might found your self catching more and bigger Crappie
Clear Water: In clear and lightly stained waters, the most important thing to remember is to match the natural food items. When fishing with a minnow type lure, such as a tube bait or a shad shaped lure, try to use natural looking colors such as silver, smoke, gray, etc. When jigging near or on the bottom, try using browns or dark greens.
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Dark/ Stained Water: In stained or muddy waters, the keys to attracting strikes are vibration and brightness. Because dark water filters out much of the sunlight, often the best fishing is during mid-day or bright sunlight times. The fish can see better with more light penetrating. Vibrations also thoroughly help crappie to find forage in dark water, so a lure that produces these is usually a plus. Spinners, grubs, and jigs that are kept moving are usually good choices. Choose bright colors! Try using chartreusse, hot pink, white, yellow, hot green, etc. Sparkles are also good.
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Cloudy Days: Cloudy, overcast days limit the amount of sunlight that reaches the fish. Try using colors that are slightly darker than you would normally use. Browns, greens, and even black are good colors to try on cloudy days. One of my personal favorites is a 2" black curly-tail grub with a yellow or chartreusse tail. The fish seen to pick up the combination of light and dark very well. I also use a small gold spinner with this grub.
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Bright Sunlight: Sunny days are usually fairly simple days to choose a lure color. Try the brightest color you have first. Chartreusse, white, yellow, and hot pinks and greens are favorites of mine. Try small silver or gold spinners to produce extra flash as well.
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Night Fishing: Crappie fishing at night is said to be quite productive, though I have never tried. Because of the lack of light at night, try jet black lures, or combinations of black and other colors.
Try following these basic guidelines the next time you are choosing a lure and color and I think you will be pleased. However, remember this is just a guideline. If these techniques do not produce fish, try something totally different.
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