Bait type and color for LMB in green water.

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Bait type and color for LMB in green water. #403181 03/09/15 09:37 AM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 77 Birmingham K kingfish OP Lunker
OP kingfish Lunker K Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 77 Birmingham	Just thinking ahead, soon our lake will have a visibility of 18" + or - due to fertilization. What bait types and especially what colors might be good for LMB in the green water? Have you had experience with this? Thanks

Re: Bait type and color for LMB in green water. kingfish #403198 03/09/15 11:08 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,752 Likes: 33 Central Oklahoma J jludwig
jludwig J Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,752 Likes: 33 Central Oklahoma	Bait Guide Check out this link. It should help you out.

Re: Bait type and color for LMB in green water. kingfish #403206 03/09/15 11:34 AM
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,058 Likes: 7 Ontario, Canada, Eh. D DonoBBD
DonoBBD D Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 2,058 Likes: 7 Ontario, Canada, Eh.	Always have had really good luck with a white spinner baits with gold blades in green or dark waters. White spinner bait. Cheers Don. http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 7/8th of an acre, Perch only pond, Ontario, Canada.

Re: Bait type and color for LMB in green water. kingfish #403210 03/09/15 12:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,794 Plano Texas G george1 Lunker
george1 Lunker G Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,794 Plano Texas	Originally Posted By: kingfish Just thinking ahead, soon our lake will have a visibility of 18" + or - due to fertilization. What bait types and especially what colors might be good for LMB in the green water? Have you had experience with this? Thanks "If it ain't cbartreause - it ain't no use"! Very good color for stained/off color water. I would be chunkin' a big rattle trap right now for pre-spawn LMB - but that's just if I wasn't fly fishing. Yep N.E. Texas 2 acre and 1/4 acre ponds Original george #173 (22 June 2002)

Re: Bait type and color for LMB in green water. kingfish #403216 03/09/15 02:14 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,752 Likes: 33 Central Oklahoma J jludwig
jludwig J Joined: May 2011 Posts: 1,752 Likes: 33 Central Oklahoma	Also do a google search for the May 2007 issue of Field and Stream. There is a flowchart based on water clarity, sky brightness, forage, cover, and barometric pressure. It is very helpful and full of explainations.