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PAINTED BLADES
It’ s not a specific color, but painted blades on spinnerbaits are regionally popular. In Arkansas, for instance, many pros throw spinnerbaits with white or red blades.
“ War Eagle makes one, and River2sea makes a really good one called lemonade twist,” says Tour pro Evan Barnes.“ It has a red blade on it. A lot of guys throw it in Oklahoma too, but it’ s really good on the [ Arkansas ] river. It’ s a little bit dingy most of the time, and I think the blade just stands out over anything else.”
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10. TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY Plum / Junebug
“ I don’ t have a scientific answer for why, but plum just seems to be a good color on Kentucky Lake, Pickwick and Guntersville.” – Terry Bolton, Paducah, Ky.
11. MISSISSIPPI Black / Blue, White / Shad
“ The water was normally a little dirtier there, and when I lived there I was a big fan of black and blue for jigs and plastics. For hard baits, I used shad-type colors; I threw white spinnerbaits and white crankbaits.” – Justin Atkins, Florence, Ala.
12. COOSA RIVER, ALA. White
“ I grew up fishing the Coosa River. Everybody there throws a white swim jig.” – Taylor Ashley, Warrior, Ala.
13. MILLE LACS LAKE, MINN. Orange / Red, Perch
“ On Mille Lacs, the crawfish are really orange. If you’ re not targeting crawfish eaters, then it tends to be purples and greens – like perch. Smallmouths, they like anything perch.” – Josh Douglas, Isle, Minn.
14. NEW ENGLAND Watermelon, Green Pumpkin
“ We have a lot of clear-water lakes, so we use a lot of natural colors.” – Daryl Biron, Windsor, Conn.
15. THE CAROLINAS Tennessee Shad
“ It would be an all-around must-have, especially where it’ s clear all the time. It works for Keitech baits and other swimbaits. It’ s a staple around here.” – Todd Auten, Lake Wylie, S. C.
16. LAKE HARTWELL, S. C. Prism Shad
“ I lived on Hartwell for the past two years because of work, and on Hartwell it’ s a prism shad Roboworm. It’ s got a little real light pink and a real light blue, and it ' s ' clearish ' with black sparkles.” – Taylor Ashley, Warrior, Ala.
17. GEORGIA Hot Mustard
“ It’ s a real popular crankbait color, especially in spring.” – Clayton Batts, Macon, Ga.
18. FLORIDA Black / Blue, Junebug, Copperfield, Gold / Black
“ Do you need anything but black and blue? Copperfield is popular, too, for swimbaits. Gold black back is good on Traps where we have golden shiners.” – Glenn Browne, Ocala, Fla.
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