Wildfire Tiger question for everyone

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:22 pm

Ever since I was a kid, I always liked the way widlfire tiger looked. Being from the west coast, I have only tried it out here in California. But this color is not a fad, It has been around for a long, long time. But I have never had so much as a bite anytime I used a lure in this color.

So, do any of you use this color and have any of you found it to be a "go to" color for certain waters or situations on Nor Cal waters? I'm just interested to find out of anyone else has had the same lack of sucess with the color or if I should give it another try.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:30 pm

Hold on, I have to google that name

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:34 pm

Coulnt find it because there was to monay options. Do you have the lure maker name?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:35 pm

I got the same thing, I remember the name from many year ago lance but google gave me nothing but some fishing report from texas. Dam google, I thought it had the answers to everything except for my heartburn, time for a pill..

Kevin

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:37 pm

how about fire tiger?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:39 pm

I know a fire tiger and my box has a few of them puppies, but they dont work! HA....

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:40 pm

Luckycraft makes a NC Mat. Tiger would that be the same color?

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:42 pm

yes, they also used to make a fire tiger as well, there CB's and LV's were popular in fire tiger!

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:17 pm

Yes, it is sometimes called firetiger and hot tiger, etc.

here are some links and color numbers

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog. ... get=browse

color 08

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog. ... get=browse

color 72

http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog. ... get=browse

color 11

Hollywood · Post by **Hollywood** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:19 pm

Id have to say that Fire Tiger is the more common name and yes they do catch fish especially in dingy water!

DAKINE198 · Post by **DAKINE198** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:23 pm

chart blue back worked for me at clear lake

Jason Wood · Post by **Jason Wood** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:44 am

If yer fishin' the Delta, get it in a Speed Trap and throw it at high tide up to the rocks and down through the trough into the weedline... Not alot of big fish on it but good numbers of 2-3 lbers...

JT-Madera · Post by **JT-Madera** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:13 am

My experience with the Firetiger crankbaits;

I have found that in the early spring or late winter, whatever you want to call it. The firetiger color is one of the first crankbait colors that both largemouth and smallmouths hit...Usually when the water first starts to warm out of the low fifties..and when there is both clear and murky water mixing together...I don't have a answer as to why, just my twenty plus years experience..The other day as I was getting my crankbait box ready for the coming season, the first color I put in the box was a Mann's 10 plus firetiger...Crank it real slow and pause it as it enters or leaves a cloudy area...Funny how you choose now to ask the question...I wouldn't leave home without it...

JT

Lockhart 10 · Post by **Lockhart 10** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:19 pm

Fire Tiger is my #1 color here.
I fish in stained/dingy water and a firetiger speed trap is my best catching and go to bass catcher. It catches em slow/bumping and fast retrieve, just depending on how the fish want it that day!

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:10 pm

Thank you everyone for the great responses. Like I said, I always liked the way it looked, but could never get a bite on it. I'll be giving it a good workout over the next couple months on the delta. I don't recall trying it in colder muddy water, but you all have definatly inspired me to give it another shot and see if I can develop a pattern for when to use it. Those were the type of answers I was hoping for.