bass what to use on cloudy days .

[zzz]

what to use on cloudy days and best color to use on clearwater .

[Nick Kuhn]

I like to use cranks, spinnerbaits, and topwaters on cloudy days. Color doesn't seem to matter much. I think on cloudy days the fish don't bury themselves as deep in the cover so they can see that spinnerbait rolling along the tops of weeds.

[thatoneguy]

topwaters in gold or silver and spinners with multiple blades

[mww24]

I agree with nick. I think colors are for fisherman and the right presentation put into a fishes strike zone catches the fish. I do use different colors. my plastics are mainly green with flake. same with jigs. If I'm fishing spinnerbaits They're usually white or white and chartreuse. I change the blade size and style more than the color. Cranks i like stuff with silver or bluegill pattern. It's all about trying different things. I've heard the whole dark colors for dark water or cloudy day so the bait has better contrast. and light colors for sunny days or clear water. I don't really follow that personally.

[bassmann77]

For spinnerbaits in clear water I like to use white with willow blades in silver or gold. I watched a video with KVD and he explains what basically three colors to use in the different sky conditions and different colored waters. It is simple and has worked well for me the last few years. Plus it is from KVD

Clear water sunny days: silver/gold willow blades-smoke or natural skirts

Clear water cloudy days: silver/gold willow blades-white or chrt skirts

Stained water clear days: silver/gold colorado blades-white or chrt skirts

Stained water cloudy days: white/chrt colorado blades-white or chrt skirts

[Aaron Carrell]

Well, if Saturday taught me anything, its to use topwater when its overcast/cloudy without any sun peaking through. I threw a Zara spook all morning long over shallow weeds and out to the dropoffs and caught 2-3x more fish that the other 2 guys in my boat that were using everything else in the book. It helps that I LOVE fishing a spook though too. Not saying this is the only way to go obviously, but I think cloudy REALLY helps when wanting to use topwater and its calm enough for it.

[EBass]

The tube was hot for me.

[zzz]

thanks. for the help. ill give some of those thing a try.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

I agree with the school of thought that fish are more likely to roam or be more willing to chase a lure further from cover on cloudy days so this opens you up to more baits that could be effective. Obviously fast moving power fishing lures like cranks, topwaters, spinnerbaits and swimjigs will allow you to cover more water and hunt down fish that may be out roaming instead of stationary tucked in cover. Dont get stuck on them or expect them to work anytime its overcast though.

As for color Ive really come to prefer natural colors regardless of water clarity and weather conditions. I do use darker shades in murkier water i.e. more browns, blacks, purples, green pumpkins and maybe a splash of a chartreuse or orange. In clear water I like to match the hatch regardless of cloud cover. I tend to use more bluegill, perch colors, pumpkin seed, as well as browns and blacks.

The way I see it is the fish's forage doesnt change color as conditions change and they can still effectively forage. Sometimes fish not being able to see your lure coming from 10' away is an advantage, especially on pressured fish.