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<blockquote data-quote="JayKay" data-source="post: 141598" data-attributes="member: 324">Fodder for conversation for slow afternoons fishing.&nbsp; Have hashed this over at length with several people &quot;in the know&quot;.&nbsp; Personally, I have decided &quot;it's gotta be visible&quot; is the hallmark.&nbsp; Alternately, it would stand to reason that lures that resemble what the walleye are eating, should do well, but that seems to not always be the case.&nbsp; Shad colored lures weren't (in my experience) very successful while fishing waters populated with shad.&nbsp; The walleyes that I did manage to catch often had stomachs full of gizzard shad, but they still inexplicably hit on blue or bright lures (hot steel, firetiger, etc).In my own limited experience, it seems that contrast is the likely key.&nbsp; Dark and light.&nbsp; Bright colors with dark or black stripes.&nbsp; Dark tops with silver or white bellies.&nbsp; Black might do as well as blue, especially after dark, but either has to be balanced with a light belly.I have not re-watched the above clips, but I do note that the depths shown are far deeper than I'm normally fishing.&nbsp; At least with crankbaits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JayKay, post: 141598, member: 324"] Fodder for conversation for slow afternoons fishing. Have hashed this over at length with several people "in the know". Personally, I have decided "it's gotta be visible" is the hallmark. Alternately, it would stand to reason that lures that resemble what the walleye are eating, should do well, but that seems to not always be the case. Shad colored lures weren't (in my experience) very successful while fishing waters populated with shad. The walleyes that I did manage to catch often had stomachs full of gizzard shad, but they still inexplicably hit on blue or bright lures (hot steel, firetiger, etc). In my own limited experience, it seems that contrast is the likely key. Dark and light. Bright colors with dark or black stripes. Dark tops with silver or white bellies. Black might do as well as blue, especially after dark, but either has to be balanced with a light belly. I have not re-watched the above clips, but I do note that the depths shown are far deeper than I'm normally fishing. At least with crankbaits. [/QUOTE]

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