Chartreuse

[mark poulson]

I fish a tidal system that has off colored water most of the time, and is muddy currently.

I recently began adding a few strands of chartreuse silicone skirt material to the bottom of both my spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, and jigs, and it has made a huge difference in getting bit in off colored water.

I cut a standard silicone skirt tab into four pieces, and that's plenty.

It lets the bass see the lure better, but it's not overpowering, so I can use it on any color combination.

I was out yesterday with a new friend, on his boat.  We fished his spots, including some water that was stained, and threw the same baits, but I outfished him from the back of the boat.

He is a stick, and I am not, so I know the skirt color made a difference.

I'm not trying to brag, just to share something that really works well for me, and is easy to add to any skirted bait.

I recently bought some punch skirt hubs from Lurepartsonline, and tied up some skirts using a tab of my primary color and a tab of a chartreuse/black skirt, tied on in alternating half tabs.

My thinking is that punching is almost completely a reaction bite, and the chart. part of the skirt will catch their eyes and give them a better target as it flashes by them on the way down through the mats.

[Walking Dead]

Nice info Mark.  I always said any color of skirt will do as long as it is Chartreuse and white for spinner baits and CBs. 

 

Chartreuse is always good that is for sure. 

[mark poulson]

I've found that different base colors, like black/blue, work at different times of the year, but that little bit of chartreuse on the bottom works with all base colors, and draws attention to the bait.

[nedyarb]

What color is chartreuse? Ive seen orange, green yellow purple..!

[mark poulson]

Chartreuse is a green/yellow mix.  How much green you add to the yellow, or vice versa, determines how green or yellow your chartreuse is.

Here's the skirt color I use:

 

http://lurepartsonline.com/Online-Store/Silicone-Material/Barbed-Wire-Silicone-Material.html

 

It's #630 on your program, but #1 in your heart.  That's a tip of the cap to Don Cornelius of Soul Train.  Ah, the 70's, when men were men, and sheep ran scared!  Hahaha

[nedyarb]

Lol...thanks Mark

[archery1]

Some one here mentioned on here that m-f manufactoring has a chart. powder that looks very close to yamamotos chart. Might be worth trying ?

[Darkman]

I have become a huge fan of chartreuse last couple of years or so, it started for me on a Rico popper

And just kept going, I had some lures painted for me last year as I don't have my airbrush set up going

And on every one of them I added that color to it, as you said,it don't take much

Peace, love and soul

[Bois d'Arc]

Interesting facts to support Mark's observations:

 

*As a general rule, the eyes of fish species that live in relatively clear water tend to distinguish a wider spectrum of colors than those that live in dirty or tannin stained waters.  Fish that are adapted to the latter conditions don't get exposure to blue and violet wavelengths and tend to be adapted to the spectral ranges of red-orange and yellow-green (chartreuse).

 

*Largemouth bass, perch, bluegill, crappie and walleye are most sensitive to light wavelengths in the 590 - 650nm  range (red-orange) and are also sensitive to the 510 - 570nm range (yellow-green).

 

Keen observation on Mark's part.  

 

I was the probably only white kid in Mesquite Texas who watched Soul Train back in the 70's.....Sooooooul Train, with your host Don Cornelius!!   Afro's and disco

Edited April 1, 2016 by BoisArc

[mark poulson]

Interesting facts to support Mark's observations:

 

*As a general rule, the eyes of fish species that live in relatively clear water tend to distinguish a wider spectrum of colors than those that live in dirty or tannin stained waters.  Fish that are adapted to the latter conditions don't get exposure to blue and violet wavelengths and tend to be adapted to the spectral ranges of red-orange and yellow-green (chartreuse).

 

*Largemouth bass, perch, bluegill, crappie and walleye are most sensitive to light wavelengths in the 590 - 650nm  range (red-orange) and are also sensitive to the 510 - 570nm range (yellow-green).

 

Keen observation on Mark's part.  

 

I was the probably only white kid in Mesquite Texas who watched Soul Train back in the 70's.....Sooooooul Train, with your host Don Cornelius!!   Afro's and disco

 

Where did you find that info about what colors fish see in different colored water?

[ING]

Try to Google next article:" Fish Eyesight: Does Color Matter? " by David Ross

[mark poulson]

Try to Google next article:" Fish Eyesight: Does Color Matter? " by David Ross

 

Thanks.

[Bois d'Arc]

It's from an article by Greg Vinall.  "Why Fish Don't See Your Lures", is the name of the article.  Very interesting stuff lots of good useful information to consider when painting a lure pattern.