When to use Blue?

[JimmyC]

I was organizing my ice fishing tackle last night by color, size and type. I never realized I had so many blue colored jigs. I don't know if I bought them because blue is my favorite color or what. I don't think I have ever tied one on so I was just wondering under what type of conditions (Species, Time of Season/day, water clarity) You have had success getting fish to bite on blue jigs. Some of my jigs GLOW and some do not. Thanks for any input

[PierBridge]

Blue glow Jigs are my second favorite Lure for Red Lake.

[panski master]

The color blue if it is a glow color will glow for the longest out of any glow color.

Keith Kowalczyk

[CrappieJohn]

I have been having excellent luck of late using the glo red, glo purple, and then the glo blue. Blue is not a favorite of the panfish/crappie leagues but they will hit it well at times. I always end up finding the hitting good on blue if the other colors have slacked off and I began searching thru the box.

The bite lately has given up fish on the blue at the brightest part of the morning, so I would assume that this color creates the greatest degree of contrast with the water down deep, and that is where the mid to late morning action has been on the lake I have been working.

As mentioned, I like the glo red, but when I get into a pod of fish I will rig up a blue and toss it for a couple casts at random in with the red. This seems to trip up some good fish. After a couple casts with the blue I switch back to the other rod with the red or purple.

Purple, incidently, is one heck of a glo color. It is hard to get charged, but it is a real solid producer at times. A trick I have used is to take a styro cup and line it with aluminum foil so that you see the shiny side on the cups inside surface. As I fish I have a few of these jigs hanging with the head inside the cup and the cup in direct sunlight. The foil reflects the sunlight all around the head and you get a good consistant charge. After fishing a purple head for ten minutes or so I'll switch heads for one that is hot and hang the used one back on the lip of the cup. I do this with about all of my glo jigs if I am having my luck on them on bright days. If you have no sun, you can cover the top of the cup with a flashlight to charge them, but be prepared to leave that light on the purple for at least ten minutes at a crack.

[PierBridge]

Thanks Tom...