spook color

[bucketmouth64]

What 2 colors for a zara spook should be included in ones arsenal? Under what conditions are they best used?

[Guest]

I've always found black to be good under low light conditions.. A white belly can be tough to beat at times - color on top doesn't make much difference, just as long as it has white on the belly.

[Bobb-o]

yeah i think too much effort is put into top water most of the time. It is hard to beat 3 solid colors for any topwater green, black and white (sometimes with a redhead). All these fancy details put into the top half of a lure are only going to be seen by the seagulls and other fishermen.

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[Guest]

Yea, it seems more and more baits are marketed to catch the fisherman and not neccessarily the fish...

[bucketmouth64]

Thanks for the information. Under what conditions or time of season are spooks best used? Does adding a tail enhance more strikes?

[Yaeger Guide]

When I am working for smallies, the rainbow Spook is a must. I do believe that it is officially called the Natural Perch.... If I had to go to two colors, I would take the rainbow for smallies and chrome for largies.

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[Guest]

As a general guideline, use the spook anytime you see fish boiling and busting the surface. Anytime you see that, you should be using topwater baits.

Calm is usually best for a spook, or any topwater for that matter.

The obvious times to use a spook are early morning and late evening - those are generally the times when you get the active fish in shallow and topwater is most effective.

[ranger2bass]

I always look to the sky and match my color to that. Bluebird skies - light blue/chrome, Overcast- light clouds -white. Dark skies off white to brown. Always remember to keep a quick throw tube or grub on a spinning rod to follow up after a missed blow up. When skies get dark- ealy morning or at sunset go to darker colors. At night throw black. Consider the chug bug.

[smallmouthking]

Having been a spookin fanatic for 20 years now and experienting with every single color and this includes painting spooks about every color you can think of also. if you looking for 2 colors and only 2 colors by for the best for me by far have been black ( low light, cloudy conditions ) and chrome for brighter, sunny conditions. obviously others work well, red and white and perch are the other 2 good producers, but day in and day out you can't beat the black and chrome. I have recorded each and every trip so i know exactly what has done what. You can make a good big bass bait even better though. I never ever fish stock spooks, they are really a poor design to be sure. I remove the front hanger and screw in an eyelet screw in the rear hole, apply a split ring and ur hook of choice. NOT THE FACTORY HOOKS, these are junk. take one of the screws you took out of the hanger and screw it in the front hole. Now you can go two ways with the rear hanger, either unscrew it and add a split ring or do the same thing as mentioned above, by adding a eyelet, split and hook, I personally leave the back hanger on beacause i am fishing around rocks. if you put the eyelet way in the back the rocks will bend it over, something to consider. Now if your fishing eddies or simply want the spook to stay in your strike zone longer you may want to put suspend strips on the rear dropping the rear down, this will accomplish that. You can also learn to walk the dog to the left or right with some practice, comes in handy. good luck

[smallmouthking]

Where i fish i catch them 7 months out of 12, and catch them all day long generally speaking. But for most i'm sure and early and late are better. Cloudy conditions though can extend the bite throughtout the entire day.

[DougSpringBay]

Gotta chime in on my favorite bait for smallies, and LM. Day in and day out I like the G-Shad.
I agree that the factory hooks are junk. Cut those off and add EWG Gamakatsu trebles, and with a split ring is a must. You will loose a lot less fish if you add the split ring.

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