One thing that people don't think about enough is color shift underwater. Salt Strong has some really good podcasts talking about lure colors. The experiments they talk about were done with bass. White has the least color shift. Red changes quickly. You definitely don't want a bait with a lot of color shift in clear water because they look different at different distances and natural bait doesn't do that. So fish can get turned off by approaching a bait and seeing the colors change. In dirty water they can't see it as far and color shift isn't as big of a problem. The Salt Strong Slam Shady color is supposed to be the most visible in the most conditions. They have a few different sift plastics that catch bass but are made for saltwater. Their Slam Shady 2.0 has caught around 80 species or more.
i just can’t with flake anymore i just get so confused when trying to factor in flake i just go by overall color it looks like as a whole flake makes it impossible for me to make a decision like the black with red flake when in the water sometimes just looks more red to me so i use it as if it’s red
I know that you are trying keep your information pretty basic. There are so many colors and variations that it can be very overwhelming. But, I’d like t add one more color for water clarity of less than 1’(very stained) on a sunny day… Red Shad. Here is Oklahoma, those are often our water conditions. This color has caught a bunch of bass and does work. Keep it in mind.,
