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HOW TO CHOOSE THE “BEST” COLOR FOR CRAPPIE JIGS

Top-10 List
Garland’s Best-Selling Baby
Shad Colors:

1. Monkey Milk
2. Glacier
3. Blue Ice
4. Blue Thunder
5. Electric Chicken
6. Cajun Cricket
7. Bluegrass
8. Chartreuse/Red Glitter
9. Lights Out
10. Pearl White

Bobby Garland Crappie Baits
manufactures the very popular
2” Baby Shad. “We offer the
Baby Shad in 65 colors including
Mo’Glo colors,” explains
George Toalson, Garland’s lure
designer. “Our top two selling
colors are Monkey Milk and
Glacier. These colors came
about based on observation
of shad schools while scuba
diving. In these baits, I was able Dan Dannenmueller special colors for specific
to capture the flash that shad conditions. Here’s proof that small details
matter.

put off, which in turn attracts maximize your catch you must be tuned
the attention of feeding fish. into the best color for the conditions.
Anglers tell us that these two My process of color selection is based
colors will catch crappies in a around water clarity. Simply by looking
wide variety of waters.” at the water and lowering a lure down,
I determine if the lake is muddy, dingy,
algae stained or clear.
in crappie fishing is super important “If the water is in the clear range,
to me,” stresses Lefebre, who has I go with more natural colors or clear
been chasing crappies for almost four bodies with sparkle – anything that
decades. “Sure, you can catch some closely resembles minnows and shad.
crappies on almost any color, but to If the water is muddy or stained, I

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