Blue ?

[Polar Bear]

Spent 5 days last July on a large border lake and much to our surprise the best color for the walleyes was blue. I'm talking blue shad raps trolled at dusk, and blue jig heads tipped with a leech jigged on the reefs, and a blue spinner on a Lindy rig off the sunken points and islands. The red and orange colors were ignored completely, gold and chartruse were a little better but not nearly as popular as blue. I'd never even heard of this before until one of the locals tipped us off. Needless to say I now own a bunch of blue stuff after my recent trip to cabelas. Try it when nothing else seems to work. Polar Bear

[fiskyknut]

I've had much success on the old style silver plated, blue Shad raps on LOTW....One of my favorites for sure. Wish they still made them.

fiskyknut

[Aquaman01]

I've been thinking hard about blue since Kab. I read at some University web site that Esox & Perch see the same spectrum we do, in the same order of intensity - yellow the brightest, blue the dullest. Then I hear about and see blue getting action from walleyes. Is this because walleye see so well and are conditioned to hunt what they have an edge on? Or is it because most other fish don't see it at all and walleye pick it up as grey (natural) in clearer water? I dunno. Either way, I'm a blueliever.

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[fiskyknut]

Blueliever, I like that!

[Jim W]

My biggest Vermilion walleye came on a blue and yellow Fred Arbo-cast crank!

I know "guts" swears by the red white and blue jigs for kab!

"I'm a blueliever, I couldn't leave her if I tried"!

Jim W

[Dano2]

I have found that the #11 rap with blue works well too, when pulling cranks in the evening on a certain lake.

[mistermom]

I know some folks who swear by purple too. Not your typical walleye color pick. It could be the fish have been chartreused to death? Walleye GFA and I were just talking this yesterday.

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[fiskyknut]

Purple Demon deep Lil' Ripper....There's another!

[jwilli7122]

it's my understanding that blue is one of the most visible colors in fairly clear water with low levels of light - especially deep water.

[Dave B]

My best color jig when the Miss runs clear in the late fall to early spring is blue/pink/white.

[Guest]

This year since the water is so clear blue has been my color of choice on most lakes. If its not blue then it is a white/glow color.

If the water is clear then normaly blue will out produce any other color. My fav color for cranks in clear water is blue/silver. In clear water 80% of my fish come off of blue or a white/glow color.

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[Hawks]

If it ain't blue, they ain't bitin'!!

[united jigsticker]

Purple gets a thumbs up on them Crappies.

Also, I fish a BLUE skirted spinnerbait if I am inclined to cast for Pike. Gets em' everytime.

Anyone know where a guy could find some good blue feather jigs?

thanks

Good fishing

[Guest]

Hi Guys, I'm talking a short fishing trip to Big McKenzie Lake North of Siren Wi. This thursday - sunday. I am taking your advice on the Blue color thing and just dropped a Hunskie on some new Blue cranks and jigs at fleet farm. I'm hoping for some Eyes to put on the plate. I am more of a bass and cat guy so this Walleye thing is kinda new to me. I have read some books and done my research and am ready to take them on. Wish me luck! I am always open to suggestions and hints. Any one fish this lake have any hints I would love to hear them. I figure that If I cant catch eyes I can always get some bass or Northerns. Later All!

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[Gerd]

I have read that blue and purple maintain their color better in water than other colors, especially at deeper depths. Other colors (yellow, orange) tend to lose intensity as the water gets deeper or visibiliy decreases. Don't quote me on this, but that is what I have read.

[This message has been edited by Gerd (edited 07-04-2003).]

[guts]

Blue, Blue and more Blue.
I've fished on Kab for over 30 years, on and off. Ive caught more varities of fish with jigs or spinners or lures that have blue.

When I fish with lindy type rigs I will nearly always have a blue spinner, 00 size or slightly bigger, various shades of blue with jigs or blades can somtimes make a difference.

The old standyby blue rapalas that they discontinued and brought back
work very well the newer silver blue work, but not as well.

Another weapon on Kab as Jim mentioned is a three color jig, blue and white with a red nose. Every guide on Kab will have some in their box. If you are going to fish Kabetogama better get some of the aforementioned at the Gateway corner store, you won't find red, white and blue at Cabelas. guts, < ))))))><

[can it be luck?]

As I stated in an earlier post under WALLEYES!!!, blue can be an eceptional color. Prior to my June trip I would have never thought of blue. It just does'nt seem natural,but I would use chartruese,orange,yellow and these are? Metal colors either smooth or hammered will usually catch fish, but fish will definitly have preferances on certain days and conditions. Experiment to find what the fish want on differant days and dont get stuck useing old standbys. What worked today may not work tomorrow. My spinner blade box contains hundreds of blades but only 2 were blue,you can bet that's changed already! My buddy who "snuck on" a blue blade when I told him not to still RAZZs me about it,and he should. We enjoyed some walleye from the trip the other day and I thanked him again for "opening my eyes" to blue. Definitly a go to color now. I to am a "blueliever". Mark Hoffmann/can it be luck?

[Guest]

A friend of mine swore by the color blue and talked me into trying it on Lake Edwards. I have carried blue baits ever since. This was in the late 70's. Now it's blue in morning and evening with a greenish color rest of the day. I still carry a lot of other colors to use when green and blue don't work.

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