dark or light lures

[Pat Pierce]

When casting floating Rapalas at night for walleye in clear water under what lighting conditions are darker and lighter colored Rapalas best used?

[Lund AnglerMJ]

Walleye see differently than us,you know that.I'd make it a #13 or #18 and use a natural color,say black-silver,or a blue one has worked for me.

[WAeyes]

I am a big fanatic of natural colors that have a good contrast...night or day.

Silver sides with the black back is an excellent one for all conditions except for maybe the most dirty water.

[Cangl]

Probably the biggest challenge of the night is answering that question
but walleye with their ability to "absorb" any light with larger eyes then many fish. Go with brighter colors especially with any sort of artificial lighting of any sort. The skyline of some cities even miles away can enhance flourescents. In total darkness and on dark days black to black and silver.

[Walleye Express]

Pat.
Walleye are using all their senses to locate forage at night. The older a walleye is, the better his lateral line senses. And I'm thinking the top of the lures (no matter the color) doesn't get seen by them much. I believe they mainly look up and paralell and depend mostly on the vague silhouette the forage projects agains't what little light there is from above. Most of my best cranks are the ones with white or Orange bellys, no matter what the top color is. And the bigger the better on most nights. In a 3/4 to full moon, or places with lots of artificial light, the chromes get the nod. Fire Tiger does Kick butt on a regualr basis when it's really dark out. Capt: Dan. www.walleye-express.com