Factors influencing color choice
The color preferences of predators are largely determined by illumination. To choose the right rubber color, you need to analyze the degree of illumination in the water and constantly experiment with the color of the equipment to increase the number of bites.
Each body of water has its own color palette of working baits. However, there are general principles that help determine the most successful equipment. Do not forget that the color preferences of predators change throughout the day almost hourly.
Water illumination depends on the following factors:
- Times of Day;
- water turbidity;
- depth of the fishing spot;
- weather.
Times of Day
As a rule, predators do not like the bright rays of the sun, so they choose shady places. And only very serious reasons (oxygen level in the water, temperature, availability of food) can force them to stay in the sun. When the water is clear, predators dive deeper. This behavior of the fish determines the color of the silicone.
The full moon, with a sufficient level of water transparency, is a source of light at night. In such a situation, with the right choice of silicone color, active pecking of the predator is possible.
Throughout the day, light levels increase from sunrise until lunchtime and decrease after lunch until sunset. Based on this, the optimal color of rubber should be determined: the darker it is outside, the lighter the bait should be and vice versa.
Water turbidity
In some reservoirs, the turbidity of the water is not always the same throughout the day. An increase in turbidity reduces the color spectrum visible to predators to a minimum. Only a few bright lures remain visible. With excellent transparency even at depth, dark silicone is preferable.
In clear weather and clear water, the color preferences of fish change depending on the position of the sun. At the beginning, rubber of yellow-green and white-pearl colors proved to be excellent.
For muddy water, you can successfully use light-colored equipment, due to the fact that they reflect sunlight, remaining highly visible to predatory fish.
Depth of the fishing spot
The choice of the color of the rubber used depending on the depth of the fishing spot is similar to the situation with increasing turbidity and the onset of twilight. The deeper the sun's rays penetrate into the water column, the more they are absorbed. Therefore, in low light in cloudy water, silicone of flashy colors, as well as light shades, is preferable.
Weather
Often, with a constant level of water transparency, a crazy feeding of a predator suddenly begins, which then also quickly ends. It's all about changing weather conditions, such as clouds, which cause changes in light levels. In this situation, you should try lighter baits. Often it is enough to use a bait with a different back color.
Catchable colors of silicone baits
All working silicone baits are very roughly divided into several groups.
Light baits
This group includes white, pearl and yellow baits. Due to their maximum similarity to the natural inhabitants of reservoirs, light-colored baits are the most popular among spinning anglers.
The predator is caught using bait of natural colors both in the morning and in the late afternoon, as well as in cloudy weather throughout the whole day. For this reason, a spinning player should have at least half of the total number of them in his arsenal.
Lures the color of machine oil
This is one of the most fashionable colors among jig and micro jig lovers. Sometimes glitter is added to the silicone to highlight the bait. Such baits are very effective when catching pike perch and pike perch, as well as a variety of peaceful fish. As a rule, silicone the color of motor oil is used from the moment the water clears until the end of the season.
Dark lures
Lures of dark colors can show excellent results in sunny weather, they are especially clearly visible against the background of a light sandy bottom. They often shoot out in cloudy water. Dark baits are best suited for simulating bottom plankton.
Red baits
During the summer heat or spawning period, many predators willingly grab red silicone baits. In addition, such baits are unrivaled when fishing for ide and chub. To imitate a worm or bloodworm, the best option would be red silicone.
Acid baits
Silicone of acid colors is used mainly in deep reservoirs, as well as in poor lighting. In addition, in the absence of a bite, it is precisely such equipment that can give a positive result.
Translucent lures
Transparent or translucent baits resemble a fry with its translucent body. The predator reacts to them both in bright sun and in cloudy weather. Completely transparent silicone is rare; mostly translucent baits interspersed with sparkles are used.
Ultraviolet baits
UV decoys are perfectly visible in sunlight. The most popular are ultraviolet brown baits, which appear purple in the light. In the overwhelming majority, during the day and when the bite is unstable, ultraviolet baits are the most catchy.
Lures with combined colors
Painting the bait with two or more colors is used to make the silicone more similar to the natural food of predators. Lures painted in two colors are considered more universal. The combined color is especially relevant when simulating fish. This technique is not often used for making shrimp and crustaceans. This group also includes baits with contrasting colors, which arouse increased interest among some predators.
Lures with sparkles
The presence of glitter on the silicone makes the bait more noticeable. The sparkles, like narrow mirrors, reflect the sun's rays, giving off an attractive glare. It is advisable to use such silicone in cloudy weather or in poor lighting.
Phosphorescent baits
Any spinning angler’s arsenal should include phosphorescent baits that can accumulate light. Such baits work at depth in low light, as well as at dusk. A regular flashlight is suitable for charging phosphorescent baits.
Colors of silicone lures
Date: January 23, 2021 | 601
The color of the silicone bait is one of the factors when choosing a specific rubber. One can argue for a long time about the importance of silicone color. Some people attach great importance to the choice of color, while others look almost dismissively at this parameter. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in the middle. Much in this matter depends on the fishing conditions, the breed, and the degree of activity of the fish. Well, since it is impossible to claim objectivity on such a controversial topic, in this article I will express my subjective opinion on various colors and features in their use.
The color of the edible and the color of ordinary silicone baits, which were at the height of fashion some 7-10 years ago, are in practice completely different palettes. Both the shape of rubber and their colors are evolving strongly and rapidly, multiplying and growing. For those interested in the topic of jigs and soft baits, these changes are very interesting.
It would seem that the color spectrum has been known for a very long time. But, at first, the manufacturers did not have enough desire or imagination. The usual set of colors for soft baits at that time was quite scarce. The favorites were: white, pearlescent, yellow, several shades of green, brown. Red and black also appeared, but somewhat less. Some colors had glitter, some without.
Here, for example, are the colors that were in use when I was just mastering jigs; I catch pike and perch with vibrating tails and twisters.
Then, two-color and three-color options appeared. For example, these.
Well, then it was time to eat. Yes, and the second wave of various ordinary silicone has arrived. And then it splashed from a rainbow fountain.
I see neither the point nor the possibility of describing each color. There are unique colors and shades from some manufacturers. Many colors are repeated. I will devote the rest of the article to analyzing a number of my favorite colors and the most popular ones, describing the conditions in which they work best for me.
Machine oil color . This is one of the most popular flowers among jigs, micro jigs and edibles. Brown, with a reddish or greenish tint. Sometimes sparkles are added to the material, shading the bait with one or another tint.
All forms of silicone baits are absolutely good in this color. Vibrating tails, twisters and medium-sized slugs in the color of machine oil are very good at catching pike perch. Various fishtails in this color are, for many anglers, including me, one of the best colors for perch.
Various peaceful fish also react very positively to baits in this color.
I especially like micro-twisters, small vibrating tails, micro worms and slugs in this color. Machine oil has a greenish tint, which is almost the natural color for crayfish. So, for this form of edible, “motor oil” is very appropriate.
Basically I use this color from the moment the water becomes sufficiently clear until the end of the season.
Shades of brown . Machine oil borders very closely with a wider palette of shades of brown.
These are also very catchy and popular colors. I use them somewhat less frequently than “machine oil,” but they have also proven themselves to be extremely good. It’s not bad when the material is translucent, with the addition of multi-colored sparkles.
In particular, the edibles in the Ebimiso Sp color palette from Reins work well for me.
LOX color . The famous color LOX from Reins is one of the shades of purple. Despite all the strangeness and seeming unnaturalness of this color, it works brilliantly in a pond. Many copies have been broken regarding the best colors of silicone lures. But, in my opinion, and the opinion of many, some of the best are: “Loch” and “Machine oil”. I don’t even see the point in trying to put one of them at the top. Sometimes one works better, sometimes the other.
Also, Raines has another variation of this color “Pink Lox”, with a pinkish appearance. Didn't notice much difference.
Don't think that only Reins has such a killer color. Many companies use very similar colors in their palettes. There are analogues for Lucky John, Bait Breath, Crazy Fish, and many others. In general, I often go by color by eye rather than by code. There are many manufacturers. Each has its own codes and color names. Keeping all this in mind is more difficult than simply navigating by visual perception.
Speaking of the best colors of edibles. Either “machine oil”, “Lox”, ash-black, or “olive” - all are dark, all are similar in color to benthic organisms, crustaceans, spiders, leeches, crayfish, etc. And the hue, tint, greenish, purple - only emphasizes the similarity with the living prototype. This, as I see it, is the secret of the catchiness of these colors.
White color . White color, light, both on its own and in combinations, is a color close to natural, to natural. In vibrotails, slugs, fish - this is an imitation of light, silvery colored fry. In the case of twisters, worms - imitation of whitish earthworms, larvae, maggots.
So this color is also very popular. I caught a lot of pike in lakes and bays using a light jig with small and medium vibrating tails in this color.
Also, white silicone baits are clearly visible in muddy water. So, this color should be used in the spring, on rivers. In muddy water, not only pike and perch respond well to white bait, but also chub, asp, and ide.
Pearlescent color . Mother of pearl is also very similar to white in nature and application. But, there were cases when catching the same pike, when mother of pearl greatly exceeded the usual milky white in the number of bites. Apparently the glare from this color, especially when applied to active baits, vibrotails and twisters, as well as fish, is very appropriate.
Translucent, light . Various highly transparent colors are especially good in clear, clean water. Many benthic organisms, especially in the early stages of development, have not yet acquired a chitinous shell, and look translucent, with translucent organs. So, the success of silicone in such colors is quite understandable.
There are colors of this type with a greater or lesser degree of transparency, with or without colored sparkles in the structure.
Ash color . In my personal rating, the translucent black color with glitter is one of the favorites, on a level with “machine oil” and “sucker”. In fact, these three colors make up my personal TOP 3 when choosing the color of an edible.
This color is well represented in the Blue Gill color from Keitech and Kosadaka DS, and many manufacturers also have analogues.
Black color . Pure black, for some reason, is noticeably inferior to the previous color option. But small twisters and large thick leech worms in this color are very good.
I would say that black lures especially make sense when it comes to contrast. A dark spot against the background of algae, against the background of a light sandy bottom, against the background of the sky - this provokes fish very well. So, I recommend placing absolutely black baits, first of all, in light, clear water.
Next, let's go through the main colors of the rainbow.
Red color . Despite all the similarity in color with bloodworms, worms, fish fins, despite all the stereotypes that a predator loves red because it is the color of blood, I have a frankly unimportant relationship with red silicone baits.
This food works well at shallow depths, up to 1-1.5 m, in clear water. Apparently, at greater depths, red is seen as dark gray, and there is no longer any color resemblance to the prey. So, I can recommend this color for shallow fishing.
There are red phosphorescent baits that accumulate light. They can be successfully used for deep-sea jigging. However, at depth nothing remains of their redness - only a glow...
Pink color . Pink lures are very popular for coastal fishing in the sea (rock fishing), as well as for trout fishing in clear lakes and streams.
Sometimes this color of bait works very well for pike perch and pike perch. Despite all the glamor, these colors worked much better for me than red.
Pink is an excellent provocateur color, a representative of bright colors. Accordingly, in addition to clear water, this coloring can be successfully used in muddy water and on a passive predator that needs to be stirred up and shocked. In particular, such a bright unnatural color can help with this.
Orange. Carrot . The carrot sometimes, very infrequently, but it works and shoots. I'm not a big fan of this colorway. But, as second-tier baits, I have carrot-colored silicones and from time to time they help out.
Yellow. Lemon . In the era when pike perch and pike were caught using classic jigs and vibrating tails, yellow was one of the most lethal and catchy colors. And even now, if you fish with an ordinary jig using the old classics, then it remains so.
However, this color does not appear so often in modern edible silicone baits. And, it seems to me, yellow, for some reason, turns out to be one of the colors that has most lost its position and popularity. I don’t know, maybe it’s not so for someone. But this is exactly the picture I get. If I fish with active baits, vibrating tails, sometimes with twisters, then the yellow color is in use. When it comes to other forms of edibles, its place is very insignificant. A strange phenomenon.
Salad color . About the same story as with yellow. This color works very actively in vibrotails and twisters for active pike and pike perch, especially in not very clear water.
In the format of worms, slugs, crayfish, somehow these colors didn’t work for me.
Dull green . Green with a haze of white and yellow. This was the color of the first vibrotails on which I started catching pike, mastering jig fishing. And now, when it comes to catching catfish, I also take baits of this color with me and use them.
Edibles in these colors, in my opinion, are somewhat more interesting than just yellow or bright green. But, again, this is just my subjective opinion.
Green color . Shades of green are a very good and popular color. Of course, in heavily overgrown places, near algae, this color is lost. But, on a relatively clean bottom, on rocks, on sand, on clay, among snags, it is quite possible. In some cases, dark green colors are in no way inferior to other dark classics.
I would especially note the olive tint of the baits. And also, green colors, additionally saturated with sparkles.
Shades of blue . To be honest, I still haven’t warmed up to the blue colors of silicone... But when jigging pike perch at extremely great depths, it makes sense to try such colors.
Purple color . Well, in fact, purple and its shades are the closest “relatives” of the already mentioned color “LOX”. So it works well!
Combined coloring pages . Many silicone baits have multi-colored colors designed to emphasize realism, to almost photographically recreate the living food object that this or that bait imitates. Of course, these colors are most appropriate when imitating a fish. Less commonly, for shrimp and crustaceans.
Contrasting color combinations . Also, very often there are combined colors based on two or three colors. For example, this is a contrasting coloring of the back and abdomen of a silicone fish, vibrotail, slug.
A red spot, or other contrasting spot in the head or tail of the bait is a good technique. And here the point is not so much in the redness of the spot, but in its contrast. It turns out that the attack point for the fish is highlighted in color. It is for this purpose that many fish imitations have living three-dimensional eyes.
Presence of sparkles . It cannot be said unequivocally that the presence of glitter increases catchability. But the presence of sparkles of one color or another in the material, of course, enriches the palette.
Phosphorescent colors . There are baits in which the material has light accumulating properties. As a rule, these are white, yellow, green or red baits. At great depths, in the dark, they glow.
And now, a little physics. Different parts of the light spectrum, different colors, behave differently in water with increasing depth. This is due to the refraction of a ray of light on the surface of the water. And the thicker the layer of water, the greater the depth at the observation point, the fewer visible colors remain.
The red one disappears first. So, red baits lose all meaning deeper than 1.5-2m. And in muddy, dark water, even higher, about 1 m. Further, at the level of 3 meters, orange disappears. At 4-5m - yellow. Green works up to 6-7m. Blue and purple also work at depths that are almost limiting for jigs, up to 10m and a little more.
So, in addition to the recommendations for choosing silicone colors discussed in the material, you can correlate your choice with the depths at which you plan to fish.
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Pike lure color
The spotted robber responds especially readily to light-colored silicone, as well as to baits of provocative colors, such as carrot, bright green and yellow-red.
But the choice of a specific color should be made based on the prevailing fishing conditions. So, in clear sunny weather, baits of light natural colors are preferable. When it is cloudy outside, the predator does not ignore the golden baits.
Lures of dark and black colors should be used in the spring, before the water has yet become clear. Also, black baits often save the day during periods of complete lack of biting. It is quite justified to catch pike using silicone motor oil.
At depth, baits of an acidic, provocative color are often fired; in addition, such bright baits are also effective in water with increased turbidity.
The best colors for pike fishing
It is impossible
to choose specific colors that can definitely be called preferable for pike fishing .
Fish preferences vary from body of water to body of water. As a rule, every experienced angler who regularly goes pike fishing has his own preferred color options . At the same time, the opinions of spinning anglers about their favorite pike colors greatly .
But general recommendations on choosing bait colors for this fish can still be given. When assembling a collection for pike fishing, you should pay special attention to the following colors :
- naturalistic colors - silver, bronze and perch colors;
- provoking, acidic colors - green, yellow, orange;
- Red color;
- black color.
When compiling a collection of lures for pike , it is worth buying two types of models - naturalistic and provocative colors. They can be alternated while fishing to determine which option the fish prefers on that particular day. Silver and bronze baits imitate various types of fish , and perch colors should be used primarily in those reservoirs where this fish is the main food item for pike .
Provocative colors do not resemble potential prey of a predator. But they greatly irritate the pike, provoking it to bite , and often turn out to be the most catchy .
Many spinning anglers note that the presence of red elements on a spoon or wobbler has a positive effect on pike biting .
There may be a plastic tail or a tee edge. Wobblers and spinners are also used, the back of which is painted
red .
Black baits are not often , and they cannot be found in every store. Many people don’t even know that they exist and turn out to be catchy when hunting for pike. However, spinning anglers periodically find themselves in situations respond best to this color.
In some cases, black baits save anglers from complete loss of bite . Therefore, if possible, it is worth adding several of these models to the collection and using them for fishing when standard colors work poorly or do not produce results at all.
When fishing for pike, it is first of all important to find the fish, select a bait suitable for the fishing conditions and correctly present it to the predator. But color also matters, and you should have a good arsenal of models of different colors , and on a pond, if there are no bites experiment to choose the most catchy option. This approach will reduce the likelihood of being left with a bad catch or no catch at all to a minimum.
Color of baits for pike perch
For pike perch, the most catchy color of rigs is considered to be the color of motor oil. There are many variations of this color and these baits work differently in different situations. In some places, pike perch bite on the pure color of motor oil, and in others on a combination of this color with gold. In depth, you can try blue silicone with glitter.
Silicone in dark shades is effective during daylight hours, especially in the morning. After lunch, it is recommended to use light-colored tires. For fishing in the dark, luminous silicone is preferred.
In cloudy water, as well as on hot days, bright provoking rigs are the most catchy. At the end of summer and with the onset of cold weather, silicone in natural shades works better. The colors of baits need to be varied, but it should be noted that pike perch prefer those models that resemble the natural inhabitants of the reservoir, for example, such as bleak or gudgeon. Pike perch is also attracted to silicone with a scarlet spot on the belly, imitating a wounded fish.
Color of lures for perch
Many experienced fishermen believe that dark baits are most readily grabbed by perch. In addition, silicone in natural colors is effective. Such rubber in the color of the food provides better results on the surface, as well as in clear weather in clear water.
Active predators react, as a rule, to bright or acidic equipment. The perch sees such colors at a decent distance, and detects them faster than familiar objects. Acid colors provoke a predator to attack.
In winter, perch prefers silicone in blue and purple colors, in late autumn and early spring - translucent and with sparkles.
- Silicone baits for perch
- Molding silicone baits
- Choosing a vibrating tail for pike perch
- Edible rubber
The best colors of spinners for pike fishing
I have a question about choosing spinning lures. Tell me, what color of spinner does pike prefer in the fall and warm season? Is it true that the color of the bait is not very important?
It is generally accepted that among anglers there is still no consensus on the importance of bait color for catching pike. Some of them defend the theory of skillful presentation of the spinner without taking into account design excesses. Opponents argue that the shades of a twister, wobbler or spoon play a key role for a successful bite. If you look at the problem from a neutral angle, you can see the main thing: both of them rely on the peculiarities of the biology of the predator, which, when hunting, first of all trusts its vision, and then its smell, hearing and lateral senses. That is why, by correctly choosing the best colors for pike fishing for a specific river, pond, lake and meteorological conditions, you can count on a richer and larger catch.
The basic criteria for choosing a color for a pike are:
- dull color for sunny days;
- bright colors for cloudy weather;
- gloomy shades for dark water;
- catchy coloring, including acidic, for a muddy body of water.
In morning and evening twilight, cloudy weather, and rain, every reflection of the sun is important, which will give the bait a resemblance to fish scales. Glossy, bright lures that reflect light well are suitable. And, conversely, on fine days in clear water and in shallow water, it is better to avoid using baits that frighten the predator with their unnatural sparkle. When fishing at great depths, this problem goes away on its own due to insufficient water transparency, but the nuance of the bottom shade becomes important, since the likelihood of a pike attacking from the upper direction increases. If the reservoir has a sandy base, you need a contrasting bait of a dark color. Accordingly, for a clay, rocky or silty bottom, a light-colored spoon is selected.
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In order to quickly adapt to fishing conditions and not be left without a trophy, you need to have a set of baits of different colors:
- natural - silver, brass, bronze, imitating carp species;
- acidic (neon) - light green, orange, yellow, fuchsia;
- perch shades - green-black, golden-brown, emerald-wheat stripes;
- dark – brown, red, black, olive.
It is important to always have a bait that imitates perch - this species is a food competitor of pike and is being exterminated en masse by it. Variegated acidic colors are clearly visible in any water and irritate the predator, provoking a rapid attack. In autumn, the best colors for pike fishing are silver, red, gold tones and their combinations.
