What's the best jig color at Clear Lake

[Narcdogk9]

I know black and blue works this time of year on the Delta, but what's best a CL....
Thanks Rod

[Phil]

we did great last time there on a brown/purple Jigs jig..
and a lefty's brown/black puffball jig..

Jigs

[g-man]

Brown/blue

Brown/purple

Blk/ Blue

[David Rogers]

Hey Norcdogk9,
Day time watermelon candy creature baits on shakey head or football head or watermelon red flake yamamoto hula grubs rigged the same way, pumpkin seed is also a good daytime color, remember it has a lot to do with the water color when you are fishing, Clear lake can be brown mud or crystal clear like it has been for the last year, if the water you are fishing is clear go natural forage colors, if it stained go darker, at night its a whole dif ball game, go black/purple, brown/black, brown/orange or the famouse 10 inch berkley black power worm.

Last year I got a 9.9 on black/blue creature bait by reaction innovation and a 8.2 on the watermelon red flake hula grub both on 4/0 shakey heads.

I love Clear Lake but am not happy with what I am seeing on avg trips there this year, I am hopeing it will change in the next 3 weeks when I am up there again but the Ford tourney winners had 52 lb for 2 days, I don't have those skills:(

[ash]

As mentioned, depending on water color you can move from the Brown Purple \ Blk purple to the natural Watermelon blck, 221 etc... just like any other fishery.

Some Dont leave home without ums for me would be

Brown and Black Wadda Jigs with Purple trailers and Saphire blue trailers and Black Pork. Watermelon red flake trailer, smoke purple, and hemphills special.

Typically I can rotate one of these colors into getting a bite going and they may change throughout the day.

[Greg_Cornish]

we did great last time there on a brown/purple Jigs jig..
Jigs

Yes, my buddy had good luck in the fall with that. I've been having great luck with a 1/2 oz red head w/black/red skirt revenge with a rattle and red purple sweet beaver and procure craw.

[biged]

LBS Tackle makes a jig called "Midnight Dream" it is a fishing catching machine at clearlake.

[jiggin4bass]

Blaze orange/lite green pumpkin
Blaze orange/hunter green/red & black flake
brown/purple flake/hunter green black flake
These three colors work in reg skirted jigs or finesse puffball jigs these three colors work well pretty much year around on clear lake and shasta also depending on what style you want to throw and hook size these three colors work well.Ive built alot of these jig colors just for clear lake and shasta both for some of my old customers that have fished tournaments on both lakes.

[Austen]

These cover it for me

[jiggin4bass]

There are also two more jig colors that i currently tie that work very well in oct and nov and dec on clear lake. But im not allowed too give colors out I can tell you they are in arkie head style jigs

[Levy]

There are also two more jig colors that i currently tie that work very well in oct and nov and dec on clear lake. But im not allowed too give colors out I can tell you they are in arkie head style jigs

Well thanks for nothing

[str8upirish]

One of the jigs I like up there is the Brown and Purple 2 by California Reservoir Lures. Then I put a purple twin tail grub on it.
http://www.californiareservoirlures.com/index.html

[fishin4life]

brown/purple, summer craw TNT Baits Wadda Bomb and Wadda Football jig with a single tail grub!!!

[jiggin4bass]

brown/purple flake /green pumpkin candy - w/301 yamamoto 4" or 5" twin tail grub trailers
blaze orange/watermelon bass candy -w/208 yamamoto 4" or 5" twin tail grub trailers
Two more very good colors for clear lake for year around bassin

If you build them you will catch fish

[jiggin4bass]

Almost makes me want to come out of retirement and start manufacturing jigs again
NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

I started bowling again after a 20 year lay off in league 2 nites a week and with all the practicing its taking up all my time its tournament season coming up so im going to fish more in the winter during the week the weekends will be tied up bowling 2 day events.

[Cody Meyer]

Brown and Purple is always a good bet. I prefer a "Phenix" Footballhead jig in some of the colors I designed. Cali Craw and Brown Sugar were both made for Clear Lake! They both always work up there. I will trailer it with a twin tail Yamamoto in 297, 208, or 330.
Hope this Helps...

Cody Meyer

[Andy Giannini]

.02 on jigs.

Black with either red or blue or just black.

Brown, you can add purple and get the whole peanut butter/jelly thing going on.

A guy can fart around with green colors, and go baby bass etc.

And finally white or some pearl looking shad thing.

[tunaman]

Y'all realize that you started replying to a four year old thread, right?

Roger

[jiggin4bass]

Well for the real custom manufacture of handcrafted jigs i try to give as much imput on building the right styles and sizes of jigs for the right situation and season and keeping fisherman updated on the newest custom colors in silicone skirting material. And building the latest custom colors for lakes from northern too central ca. Ive even built jigs for southern ca. lakes also. Does it matter if was a four year old thread NOT REALLY

[Cooch]

Black & Blue works best for me whenever I'm flippen and the water is stained to dirty.
90% of the time though, I use a brown and afix a dark colored trailer that best triggers the most strikes.
As long as it's brown, I don't believe from my experience, that there is any one color combonation that works better than another. Those fish up there will bust any brown combination ya toss at em. More often than not, it's the action of your trailer and fall rate of the jig, that triggers more or less bites.

[Andy Giannini]

No I didn't realize it was an old thread.

Just like talking jigs, can't help myself!

[jiggin4bass]

With yamamoto 4"or 5" double tail hula grubs you cant go wrong there either with the wide range of colors and you adding football head jigs w fiberguards or using weedless yamamoto jigheads this can be a deadly combo from early fall into winter and into early spring.