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What color grub should I use for fishing in Lake Arthur, Western Pennsylvania? Also, please advise on the best grub colors to use during different times of the day.
Great question! When selecting a grub color for fishing in Western Pennsylvania's Lake Arthur, it's essential to consider the local forage and water clarity, as well as the time of day you're fishing. Based on the video context and general bass fishing principles, here's a detailed breakdown:
Forage and Water Clarity:
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Forage Base: Lake Arthur is known to have a variety of forage, including shad, bluegill, and crawfish.
- Shad and Minnows: If the primary forage is shad or other baitfish, go for colors like white, pearl, or silver. These colors mimic the natural appearance of these baitfish.
- Bluegill and Perch: If bluegill or perch are more prevalent, consider using green pumpkin, chartreuse, or bluegill patterns. These colors will better imitate the local forage.
- Crawfish: For crawfish, especially in areas with vegetation, red or brownish hues can be very effective.
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Water Clarity:
- Clear Water: In clear water, natural and translucent colors work best. Colors like green pumpkin, watermelon, and clear with flakes (salt and pepper) are excellent choices.
- Stained or Murky Water: In stained or murky water, you want colors that stand out more. Chartreuse, black, and darker hues with some flash (like gold or silver flakes) can be more visible to bass.
Time of Day:
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Morning and Evening (Low Light Conditions):
- During low light conditions, darker colors tend to work better as they create a more defined silhouette. Black, junebug, and dark blue are good choices.
- Additionally, colors with some flash, like silver or gold, can catch the light and attract attention.
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Midday (Bright Light Conditions):
- When the sun is high, natural colors that blend well with the surroundings are more effective. Green pumpkin, watermelon, and other natural hues are ideal.
- If the water is clear, translucent colors with subtle flakes can be very effective.
Specific Recommendations for Lake Arthur:
- Morning/Evening: Try using a black or junebug grub. These colors will stand out well in low light.
- Midday: Go for green pumpkin or watermelon. These colors are natural and will blend well with the forage in the lake.
- Stained Water: If you encounter stained water, chartreuse or a darker color with some flash (like black with blue flake) can be very effective.
Remember, it's always a good idea to observe the local forage and water conditions before making your final color selection. Happy fishing, and tight lines! If you have any more questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask.
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BEST WAY TO SELECT A COLOR WHEN FISHING! by Mike Iaconelli Fishing → great time to look around and explore and see what the bass are eating if you're walking at the bank if you're at the boat ramp look around look at the color of the bluegill turn some rocks over kick over some rocks see if you see crawfish look at the color of the shad and the minnows if you see a dead one laying grab it and look at it all so before you even get to the fishery use the Google machine and research what kind of forage base that particular body of water has that should be the number one reason you pick forage you know for me I can basically break it down into three color categories to match forage you know the first one is bait fish you know a natural shad herring minnow style bait fish and a lot of those baitfish if you look at them they're white they're pearl their silvery some are a little translucent and we have that in hard lures we have it in soft lures look at that pearl colored soft stick bait we have it of course in jerk baits we have it in spinner baits right your shad minnow soft braid forage kind of imitators that's your first natural hatch match the second one are the bluegill and the perch species and then there's a lot of variation all throughout the country and throughout the world and those colors
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How To Choose Lure Colors To Catch More Fish! | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → to the type of forage you have. If you've got shad
in your lake, then that chrome with black back is perfect. If you have perch, then you want
that green-yellow, chartreuse kind of color. Again, that metallic flash, that's what you want
to get in trout and that sort of stuff. Just make sure you know what your main forage base is.
Match that color to metallic finish and that's what you throw when it's bright and sunny out.
Now, for crankbaits and jerkbaits, really what you want to pay attention to is that water clarity
is going to make a big difference as well as the forage. So in the spring, you hear a lot of guys
are throwing red, red, red, red, and that's for a good reason. Red, first of all, that color works
best in the shallowest part of the spectrum of the water column. That's because red shows up
first and then it also disappears first as the water clarity and the light penetration starts
to diminish. Right? So the fish are up shallow in the spring. And so what shows up best but red?
And so red works really, really well. It's a good color to use in that pre-spawn, spawn period time
of year. Red doesn't work as much throughout the rest of the year. I find in the fall it picks
back up again. Why? Because the fish are back up shallow again. So red suddenly becomes the
new color to use, right? Everything's old,
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Which Lure Colors Should You Fish With This Spring? by TacticalBassin → ghosts the reason for that it's the most natural presentation in the water most of the time the exception is going to be if you've got some stain to the water now something else that you need to understand about stained water or murky water or muddy water whatever you want to call it it's different in every Lake and what I mean by that is out here in the West we have some reservoirs that are crystal-clear most of the time in those reservoirs if visibility drops down to we'll say three to five feet of visibility they start turning away from ghosts they will need it anymore you start looking at a chrome or a white bass or a clown chartreuse style bait but in the next reservoir where the water is normally three four five feet of visibility they'll love that same ghost pattern and they won't stop eating it until you get down to a foot or a foot and a half of visibility and in other places where water is truly stained where your best visibility all year is a foot and a half two feet that'll eat a ghost color right down to six inches to a foot of visibility so really what that boils down to is that the fish are adapting to their surroundings they're used to whatever visibility they have so when they start to who's that visibility that's when you start transitioning between colors so if
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Which Lure Colors Should You Fish With This Spring? by TacticalBassin → you're going Lake to Lake at one Lake you have six feet of visibility and they will eat it the next like you have six feet of visibility and they won't eat it don't get hung up on that don't worry about it you need to treat each Lake fresh and new but again rule of thumb I'm going to start with ghosts most of the time that's my most productive color it's the most natural in the water it's the most neutral so the fish are the most likely to pick that up now if the water starts to get some stain to it or some color to it that's when we'll start going to something like a chartreuse shad that chartreuse shad is going to just stand out more boldly in the water now on a sunny day if that water is stained that chrome finish that flashy color like American shad that color is going to stand out and do really well because if the sun is shining through that murky water it'll be picking up that flash now on that note let's transition over to some baits that have blades on them anything with a blade they'll work rain or shine does not matter but you typically now again I'm only speaking for myself right I can't speak for everybody I can just tell you my experiences on the water my experience on the water is that the brighter it gets and the clearer the
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How To Choose Lure Colors To Catch More Fish! | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → want those natural colors. Green pumpkin, again,
but any kind of translucent color, the browns, the green hues, that sort of thing. The clear with
salt and pepper or clear with gold pepper. That kind of stuff works really well in clear water
lakes. I've also found that any shade of purple works well, anywhere from your Junebug up to your
electric blue, those kind of shades of blue/purple work really well. I don't know why, but I had
a group of fishermen that I grew up with who was one of the best on the West Coast. And that
was his trick. He said, "Fish any color you want as long as it's a shade of purple." And I said,
"Okay." But he was right, it works really well, because in the West Coast they have a lot of clear
water so it worked really well. So that's a quick little tip if you're fishing clear water.
All right, let's talk about hard baits. Now, typically, you know, we're talking
about crankbaits, topwaters, jerkbaits, that kinda thing. For those, in addition
to water clarity, you're also looking at brightness of the sun and the type of forage base
you have. That's gonna determine what color to choose. Let's talk about topwaters first, like,
walking bait such as Zara Spooks, and poppers, and Sammy's. I can go on and on with the list.
Those colors, typically, what you want to do is, if you've got stained water, if you've got
a white belly to them, or a bone color bait,
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Randy Sullivan on selecting pre-spawn colors by Bassmaster → hey guys this is Randy Sullivan Bassmaster Elite Pro I wanted to talk to y'all today a little bit about some pre spawn tactics especially color selection now you've always heard of red eye red why do I need to do this why do I need to do that with this red well something to pay attention to is what is in your lakes do you have grass do you have rock what is the primary forage in your lake well this key with this red it's all about what kind of vegetation is in that lake the greener the vegetation the more likely you are to have red crawfish red crawfish are that way because of the debt reduce that they eat oftentimes from that grass this especially happens in the winter time and in the fall when everything is cooling down well I hope that helps you all out and remember to pay attention to the vegetation in your Lakes when choosing your colors
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