Jig-Plastic colors

[Steve(CO)]

Attended the Sportsman's show in Denver this weekend and heard Greg Meyers' talk. He touted flame orange jig heads with purple plastic as the ultimate combo for walleye. Claims nothing else will touch it. What are other's thoughts and experience on this one. He claims he uses nothing else, color-wise! If you are like me, you carry lots of different colors. Frankly, I have never noticed that one is any better than another, but I haven't really tested this out.

[Gumbo]

I've got purple bass worms, but no purple grubs. It's not a color I see much of in grubs. Does he recommend it for clear and stained water?

[Neal/CO]

As I remember purple turns to black fairly quickly as your lure goes deeper. Blue retains it color deeper than any other color except black.

Black is my favorite color! It works both in clear and dirty water. If I was only fishing for walleye's it would be chartruese and black.

My favorite grub is a Vibra Fin leech. I have mentioned this bait several times here on WC, but no one else has ever used them. It is made by Reaction lures in Louisiana and was discontinued. It looks like a real leech in the water and everything that swims around here likes the 3 inch black version. I bought 150 more last summer since it is discontinued.

[Al]

Guys Idont know if there is a diff between plastic and hair,but I read a article in a fishing mag about a year ago. Dont remember which one, I get 4. But the article was about hair jigs and trout, and had research to back it up,and stated white was most visible at the deepest level followed by yellow, and still retaining its color. I think shades of red or orange were next. but they turned black the deeper they went. Fish On, Al

[WAeyes]

I couldn't catch a cold on orange and purple plastic. Black is where it's at!

[Rick-Wy.]

Neal:

Have you seen or used the new Berkely power bait called "Bungee Leech"
(could be wrong on the name). See this year's Cabela's catalog.

Went to Sidney this past weekend. Bad luck, they did not have any in the retail store. Catalog only at this time.

From the picture, it appears to be more ribbon like than some of the other more compressed leach versions I have seen.

Comment?

[Backwater Eddy]

Baby blue and white/black.
Black and white/yellow.
Glow green and white.
Noen Lime green and white.
Pink and white.
Ong/yel and white/black/yellow.
Black and black/silver glitter.

Gold and/or silver Whistlers or Fire Ball jigs in ultra clear water.

Backwater Eddy ~ ~ ~><sUMo> ~ ><>

[Neal/CO]

I Have seen them in the catalog but not on the shelves yet? Looks like a good addition to their line?

[Speedy]

I used the Bungee leech, last year and it is an excellent bait, it has a very active action. They also have a line of Bungee twin tail grubs, bungee worms. They are all good baits.

[Timbob]

HAVE BEEN WALLEYE FISHING FOR CLOSE TO 20 YRS. NOW ON 3 KANSAS LAKES AND THE HOTTEST COLORS I HAVE FOUND SEEM TO BE FLAME RED HEAD WITH CHARTREUSE GLITTER TWISTER TAIL 3" OR 4" OR PINK HEAD SAME TAIL. SEMI CLEAR OR STAINED WATERS.

[Neal/CO]

Dennis, Greg Meyer is the writer I told you about here in Denver, who wrote the article about 10 years ago in In-Fisherman on using Ring-Worms for Walleyes and Stripers at Lake Powell.

[Kevin/CO]

Orange is by far the best jig head color for walleye we have found, as for the body I thoguht colors changed with conditions and bait available. Course I don't jig fish much, seems to me that chartruese and pumpkin, white, black, chartruese, orange and pumpkin, and soemtimes bubblegum and soemtiems clear are all great body colors. Who knows besides the walleyes what the best color is?

[DOC JOHNSON NPAA #15]

First of all, Gregg Meyer is a Denver police detective who occasionaly has been known to be the co-author of an article. Greg only fishes once in a while, so I would question his recommendation in the area of jig heads and plastic colors. Obviously this combination is his confidence bait. As pro-staff director and product manager for Matzuo America in Denver, we have our own line of soft plastics and jigs. Before we bring a bait and color into existance, we do a great deal of research on the matter and only select those colors that catch fish not fisherman. It is true that a unique color will work on one body of water and you couldn't catch a cold on it in all bodies of water. There is no one certain color that is the holy grail of fishing baits. Try a number of different ones and establish your confidence color. When fishing is great, put on a different color and see if it still catches fish. Most people, when having success on a color are afraid to change it to something else to see if it is the color, the style or what ever. The only time they experiment is when they aren't catching fish. Wrong thing to do. If you would like to contact me for further information my E-mail is tom@matzuo.com

[Md Musky]

I have my personal favorites and I have a hard time using anything else. However there have been several times I have had other people in my boat and they simply used whatever colors they happened to have. as long as they fished the same areas as me and used the correct action, they caught walleyes on just about any combination you can name. I have seen some wild colors catch fish. In general, give them something that they can see and that you have confidence in. I have seldom or never changed colors and noticed any sudden turn on. You almost cant go wrong with chartruse or orange for a head and a contrasting color for the tail. I like white tails in low light or in cloudy water. Darker, natural tails in clear water.
These are river fish- I think lake walleyes are more sensitive to different colors.

[Gumbo]

Those Berkely ribbon plastics look like those "walking worms" that you see in the fishing mags, where the ad is supposed to make the truly stupid angler think it's just another article in the magazine. You've seem them, "Banned in tournaments because they work too well", and "They work better than live bait", etc.

Haven't seen them in the stores though, or heard anything about them.

[Steve(CO)]

Maybe we are talking about two different people here. The Greg Meyer who gave the talk now lives Nebraska (may have been a Coloradan in the past), guides, and says he fishes at least 150 days a year. Was being a policeman and "part-time" fisherman a past incarnation?