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Let's start with frogs. What colors? I think darker colors for low light conditions are ideal, correct? At Walmart and the frogs appear to have lighter color bellies. There are pad crashers, and pad crasher juniors.
Great question! When it comes to choosing frog lure colors for bass fishing in low light conditions, darker colors are indeed ideal. Based on the video context and my own experience, here's a detailed breakdown:
Frog Lure Colors in Low Light Conditions:
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Darker Colors:
- Black: This color works exceptionally well in low light conditions, such as early morning, late evening, or overcast days. The dark silhouette of a black frog creates a strong contrast against the lighter sky, making it easier for bass to spot and strike.
- Dark Belly: If you find frogs with a dark belly, these can be particularly effective as they provide a clear outline for bass looking up from below.
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Lighter Colors:
- White: While darker colors are generally preferred in low light, some anglers also have success with white frogs. The white belly can mimic baitfish and can be effective if bass are feeding on shad or other light-colored prey.
- Natural Patterns: Frogs with a natural color pattern (like a leopard frog) can also work, especially if they have a dark or contrasting belly.
Choosing Between Pad Crashers and Pad Crasher Juniors:
- Pad Crashers: These are typically larger and can create more commotion on the water surface, which can be beneficial in murky or heavily vegetated waters where you need to draw attention.
- Pad Crasher Juniors: These are smaller and might be more suitable for clearer waters or when bass are more finicky and less aggressive.
Recommendations:
- For Low Light Conditions: Start with a black frog or one with a dark belly. This will give you the best silhouette against the sky.
- For Variety: It's always good to have a mix. Consider having both a black and a white frog in your tackle box. This way, you can switch based on the bass's behavior and the specific conditions you're facing.
Additional Tips:
- Experiment: While general guidelines are helpful, bass behavior can vary. Don't hesitate to switch colors if you're not getting bites.
- Observe the Environment: Pay attention to the water clarity and the presence of baitfish. Adjust your lure color accordingly.
If you have any more questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask! Happy fishing!
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How To Choose Lure Colors To Catch More Fish! | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → or a white bait, that works really, really well.
Now, I kind of went overboard when I first started buying baits and I got like...I like the frog
pattern. So I got brown frog, and I got green frog, and natural frog and all these other, but
what they all have in common is a white belly. And that's really all the bass care about because
they're looking up and that's all they see. So pick white or white belly for that stained water
condition and that's going to serve you really well. Now, if you've got really clear water, you
want to go something a little more translucent. They make lots of baits like this and lots of
different colors, but it's got some transparency to it. And that works really well for wary bass.
It does a good job of concealing the actual bait, but making that commotion where the bass
are attracted to it. And it elicits a lot of strikes, a lot better than those solid colors.
Now, in sunny days and that stained water to muddy water that's when you want to use metallic
colors, colors that reflect that sunlight, things like chrome, and chrome and black, and
you know, any like a clown color, but it's got a metallic finish to it. That adds a little flash
to it that shows up really well in those stained conditions and attracts a lot of bites. And in
particular, that's when you want to pay attention
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Summer Frog Fishing Tips | Bass Fishing by Bass Fishing Tips & Techniques by BassResource → And so obviously the clearer the water, the
more of a clear iridescent color you wanna use that, that looks a lot like a minnow or
something in the water that's fishing in and around the shallow area. The darker the water, I tend to go to my darker
colors, my browns, my grays, you know, and then I start blending in the black. But those are, like, for situations where
the water's dingy, you know, you can see down maybe a foot, you know, sometimes less than
that, sometimes two feet in that range. And then between that and then, like, the
conditions overhead, if we have overcast or you have a thunderstorm coming in, or you
have wind, you have any of those elements that defract a light, that those fish make
'em more aggressive and black is, anything with black in it or a dark object, they really
seem to key in on that and really eat it good, not necessarily just blowing up on it or pushing
it. I mean, they go to kill it and they go to
eat it, and that's exactly what you want when you're frog fishing with that. So, fishing the different types of cover,
you know, it has to do with water clarity and water temperature. But, you know, the cadence that you wanna
use when you're fishing in and around that, you wanna mix it up. And a lot of times you can key on, if you
see bait fish in the area and how they're
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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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Does Frog Color Matter? Underwater View by Wired2Fish → so we all know there's a lot of frogs out on the market and there's a lot of different colors out there today we're gonna look at a few colors from underneath the water from a basses perspective looking up so right here you can see we're along the shoreline there's a little scattered weeds along here in wood right now we have very even lighting in the sky it's slightly overcast the Sun is streamed and we're gonna look at a variety of different colors particularly these four I'm gonna start with a black one my personal go-to is a black solid color I feel like the fish can hone in on it they see it really well it's just one that I personally have had the best luck with now you go to the other opposite end of the spectrum is your weight I know some of you that's your favorite color frog is a white in certain conditions and we also wanted to try a translucent colored frog just to see how that contrast and then last but not least is just why not your typical frog you know kind of your leopard frog pattern this would be more of like your natural colored frog so the lighting we have today right now is a little bit overcast that's it's very even lighting it's just something to keep in mind if you have a bright Bluebird day or a totally dark overcast
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Frog Fishing for Beginners | Rod, Reel, Line, Lures, & TIPS! by DEBO'S Fishing → but you flip it over and it's just well white building or a black belly those are the two other colors that I would grab so I would say if you're looking to grab just a couple frogs one that has a white belly one that has a dark belly and something that looks like a bluegill I mean the dark belly for me is great in low light conditions when that fish is looking up and there's cloud cover and such that dark body you know that dark belly makes a great silhouette Sun starts to come up I've noticed I have a little bit better luck when I go to a white a little bit more natural maybe it's looking like a bait fish you know maybe they can just key in on that white a little bit better I know guys that flip it around some guys will use white when it's dark and they'll use a black to make that outline when the sun's up try whatever works for you i just noticed in low light black seems to really work well for me so in the mornings i'll just start off with a black frog my switch over to white honestly the bluegill color imitation does really well anytime you know it's got that kind of bright colors on it it's got some kind of different colorations on the bottom this pop and perch kind of breaks
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Best Frog For Bass Fishing? (Frogs And Colors Explained) by BassFishingHQ → probably doesn't matter again it's just a darker bait i like to use the black look at this this is a king daddy frog that's a big old frog again though black frog in dark situations okay now the other frog that you have is a white frog you have black and you have white so when do i use a white frog i really use a white frog anytime i think that bass are really feeding heavily on bait fish like shad right if you have if you for instance like the tennessee river lakes lake guntersville um chickamauga kentucky lake those fish heat feed a lot on threadfin and gizzard shads and for that reason i think that a lot of fish just look for that white bait a white bait like this i mean this is a straight white but again it doesn't all that really matters is the bottom here's another white bait but the look is that look at the difference in the top again the bottom is all that really matters and these are both pretty much white so a white frog anytime those fish are feeding heavily on shad is what i really like to do so you have your blacks you have your whites and then the one other color that i keep is a natural color like this this is a popping frog that is actually called natural frog or natural something and what this best mimics is a bluegill
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