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The statement "Using a brightly colored lure is always the best choice for catching bass" is indeed a lie. The effectiveness of lure color can vary greatly depending on several factors, including water clarity, light conditions, and what the bass are currently feeding on.
Based on the video context provided, here are some key points to consider:
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Water Clarity:
- In clear water, natural colors like green pumpkin, watermelon, and brown tend to work best because they mimic the natural prey of bass and are less likely to spook them.
- In murky or stained water, brighter colors like chartreuse, white, and pearl, or darker colors like black and June bug, can be more effective because they are more visible to bass.
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Light Conditions:
- On bright, sunny days, natural and translucent colors are often more effective.
- On overcast days or in low light conditions, darker or brighter colors can stand out better and attract more attention from bass.
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Bass Diet:
- If bass are feeding on crawfish, colors like green pumpkin or red can be effective.
- If they are feeding on shad or other baitfish, white or shad-patterned lures might be the best choice.
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Environmental Variables:
- Factors like wind, time of day, and sky conditions also play a significant role in determining the best lure color. For example, in windy conditions, fast-moving and brightly colored lures might be more effective.
From the videos, it's clear that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to selecting lure color. Instead, it's about understanding the conditions and adapting your choice accordingly. As Randy Blaukat mentioned, bass can quickly become conditioned to seeing the same lures, so sometimes using something different can also be a game-changer.
In conclusion, while brightly colored lures can be effective in certain situations, they are not always the best choice. It's essential to consider the specific fishing conditions and adjust your lure color to maximize your chances of success.
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Everything Anglers Think They Know About Lure Colors Is Mostly Wrong… by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → on your darker colors or your brighter colors depending upon the Water Clarity it's the you know the the the end of the water Clarity because different water clarities have different tension based upon the the uh like the mineral composition of the of the land that the the water's over so in general like I said on your dark days you know your darker colors like your June bug and red bug and blacks are going to work better or your brighter colors like your yellows and whites and pearls and chartreuse and as you gradiate back towards the other direction as your light intensity gets greater it gets a little bit brighter and a little bit sunnier out there and a little bit cleaner that's when you're more translucent more natural colors work better like your watermelons in your pumpkins and your Browns and that type of stuff and there is a there is some truth to that I have seen that but what I have seen just as much as far as the obvious out there is throwing something that the fish have never seen before that has a big factor to play in it because guys basket conditions and things extremely quick and the people just one of the thing I found out about bass fisherman is that most bass fishermen do not give Fast credit for how smart they are they just think oh they're just a little p brain stupid
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Wrong LOCATION? Or Wrong LURE? (One of the BIGGEST Bass Fishing Questions) by BassFishingHQ → eating for instance if the bass are feeding on crawfish then green pumpkin might be the best bed if the bass are feeding on shad then going with white or bait fish colored might be the best bet however water conditions can impact lure color greatly when it comes to lure color we basically have dark colored lures natural colored lures and bright colored lures but instead of thinking of them like this in a straight line i want you to think about them like this kind of like a greater than symbol the further a bass can see in the water the more natural of a color you want the less a bass can see in the water the brighter or darker you can go with two variables that impact how far a bass can see in the water include water color and the amount of light penetration in clear water a bass can see well so natural colors are going to work best however you may have water that is clear but you are fishing during low light conditions this impacts how far a bass can see and so therefore darker and brighter colors will still work although you are fishing clear water i really kind of look at the weather conditions look at what the bass are supposed to be eating and that's how i go about picking a lure now once i catch bass that's when i start critiquing and and really the biggest
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STOP Choosing The WRONG Lure.. by BassFishingHQ → line I want you to think about them like this kind of like a greater than symbol the further a bass can see in the water the more natural of a color you want the less a bass can see in the Water The Brighter or darker you can go with two variables that impact how far a bass can see in the water include water color and the amount of light penetration in Clear Water a bask can see well so natural colors are going to work best however you may have water that is clear but you are fishing during low light conditions this impacts how far a bass can see and so therefore darker and brighter colors will still work although you are fishing clear water now with all that being said I truly believe that the best best color in bass fishing is green pumpkin green pumpkin works almost across the country no matter where I have been but there are a few situations where I actually choose to use other colors besides green pumpkin and I actually made a full video of that that I'm going to link right here so if you guys enjoyed this video I think you will enjoy this one as well please don't forget to comment below any questions you have like And subscribe and I'll see you guys in the next video
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Breaking The Myth That Red Is The Best Springtime Lure Color by Intuitive Angling With Randy Blaukat → that type of stuff so no doubt they feed on crawdads and no doubt crawfish pattern uh hard baits crankbaits sleepless crankbaits whatever that's probably the best time of year to use that color simply because of that but as far as actually catching the bass from my experience red is not the best color that time of year the factors that you need to determine best color are from your environmental variables it's the water clarity it's the sky conditions it's the wind it's the time of day those things are more critical than simply picking up a red rattle trap and going fishing i'm going to show you guys some colors that i prefer here but let me give you an example here that the biggest limit of bass i ever caught in a tournament was the sam rayburn lake it was a pre-spawn tournament i think it was late february or early march and i was fishing this big big grass field you know with quite a few other boats there's quite a few people out there and literally everybody out there was sawing a red rattle trap i mean that's just what the deal was you throw a red rattle trap during the pre-spawn and some guys were doing good some guys were catching a few but i wound up you know catching all my fish in that tournament on shad pattern crankbaits i was rotating between a shad pattern
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90% of BASS FISHING in 15 Minutes by BassFishingHQ → instance if you get to the water and it's sunny and you have clear water but it's very windy that would fall under the loud conditions category and fast moving horizontal lures will work well now again this is just a starting point but bass don't always read the same books that we do so now we know what type of lure to choose and what conditions to fish it under so we now need to know what color do we use an easy fallback is always choosing a color that looks like the bait the bass are eating for instance if the bass are feeding on crawfish then green pumpkin might be the best bed if the bass are feeding on shad then going with white or bait fish colored might be the best bet however water conditions can impact lure color greatly when it comes to lure color we basically have dark colored lures natural colored lures and bright colored lures but instead of thinking of them like this in a straight line i want you to think about them like this kind of like a greater than symbol the further a bass can see in the water the more natural of a color you want the less a bass can see in the water the brighter or darker you can go with two variables that impact how far a bass can see in the water include water color and the amount of light penetration in clear
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