any hints to what color plastic?

  • rapalafisherman
    St. mary's point/Bemidji, MN
    Posts: 65
    March 19, 2011 at 4:09 pm #1332970

    going down to pool 4 today, was gonna try pitching some plastics, any ideas or hints on what colors have been producing. Pitched some chartruse pepper ringworms yesterday, but no luck.

    mbenson
    Minocqua, Wisconsin
    Posts: 3842
    March 19, 2011 at 4:32 pm #948714

    How clear was the water yesterday??? By no means am I an expert down there, but if the water is already dirty from runoff your choice yesterday was not a bad one… If its still fairly clear then the pro blue might not be a bad choice. Best to put in at Everts and consult with the boys as to colors to be throwing.

    Mark

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    March 19, 2011 at 9:55 pm #948752

    Good reply Mark.
    As the runoff muddies the river you need to go to brighter colors…chart/pepper, chart/orange core, chart/green core, Goldcracker/Chart tail during the day…

    Clear water colors are the natural shad colors, and Cotton Candy, Pro Blue, Oystershell, Purple Cracker…etc

    All round favorites are Purple/Chart tail, Purple, Firecracker, Fire N Ice, Purplesilver/pearl tail

    Brian Lyons
    Posts: 894
    March 20, 2011 at 12:41 am #948786

    Stop at Everts and talk to one of the local fellows. They will know what is really going on.

    rapalafisherman
    St. mary's point/Bemidji, MN
    Posts: 65
    March 20, 2011 at 10:50 pm #949033

    pitched basicly every color ring worm i have (which is damn near ever color). didnt have luck but my dad pulled a few in on purple with chartruse tail. Somebody near us was pitching too, looked like deans boat, that person pulled in a few also, but other than that didnt see anybody on em.

    mudlizard
    st. marys pt. MN
    Posts: 117
    March 20, 2011 at 11:44 pm #949056

    was a great day on the water, can’t wait to pitch plastic next time, did you pay attn: ha ha,can’t wait till the st. louis opens, ringee’s and moxies should be a blast.maybe next time you will get the toad you been look’en for. everyone watch for floating logs,wood,ice ect. on p4 be safe.

    docfrigo
    Wisconsin
    Posts: 1564
    March 21, 2011 at 12:47 am #949074

    How much water were you covering? Might have not been the ringworm color(hard to go wrong with that color—-it’s GREAT!!!!!!!and proven with time.), more than likely the daytime bite just required something else. Like the wise old Dean has said many times “if you ate a 2 helping turkey dinner, a drumstick is not going to look too good, but a small nibble of something sweet might just temp you”–in other words, the fish, with clearer water and full moon, might be feeding heavy at night-thus, a splitshot, hook and minnow might be the best daytime rig ever created. Add to that the recent influx of melt water and the bite drops. It’s a good time to pull 3 way rigs-the small amount of active fish will be on the seams and covering ground gets your bait in front of more active fish. In other words, you were not throwing the wrong ringie color, just might have been not in the right place at the right time.

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