Suitable lure color for dark/dirty water fishing?

[BazzoFisherman]

I'm keen to land my first bream on a hard body lure so I'm gathering as much information as I can.
I'm just wondering what would be the best colors to choose when fishing in dark/dirty waters for black bream. I've been told that dark colors work in dark water and bright colors work in clear water, It's quite confusing because other people say the complete opposite thing.

Help appreciated, thanks!

[ginga ninja]

in darker waters go with a brighter or darker lure. the dark lures have a nice silhouette that the fish can see quite well. brighter lures pretty much make it easier for the fish to spot. with clear water you're best to stick with more natural colours ie. clear colours or transperant.
hope this helped

[youngfisherman]

Hey mate

Browns, reds, greens all work well in the dirtier water. Red/Black colours such as OarGee Lil Rippers in the colour BD or Jackall Chubbies in the craw colour are a personal favourite and have caught me some nice fish. Gulp plastics such as nuclear chicken, limetiger and banana prawn also work very well!




Todd

[4weightfanatic]

When fishing flies in dirty or dark tannin coloured water yellow and gold are a standout - Peter Morse (Aus. Fly fishing identity) highly recommends yellow particularly in Northern billabongs. Red is the first colour to "drop out" of the spectrum under water - from memory in clear water it becomes brown below 10 ft which would then mean silohette and vibration of the lure would probably be more important than colour. PAT

[Breamobsession]

I'm presuming you are south due to wanting to get onto Black Bream. Keep in mind that Black Bream are different to Yellows and will usually (not always just usually) not take a hard body as aggressively as Yellows. I find different colours work at different times in different places and i don't think that there are any real hard and fast rules as it is more about how you work the lure in most cases. Although Darker colours do seem to me more effective in dirty water on Blackies, although there are places i fish where the Bream love bright pink.

Just make sure you have a whole range of colours to choose from and try to work out what the Bream want on the day. If your fishing for Blackies winter is a tough time to be targeting them on Hard Bods, can still be done but it is often very tough. Your best to wait until the warmer months when they take lures more aggressively. Vibes/blades and placcies are a great option during the cooler months that are more likely to give give consistent success.

Just my take, everyone tends to have differing ideas depending on what part of the country they are fishing and wether they are targeting Yellows or Blacks.

[Ca11um]

Mate colours are probably the least important thing even though somedays they will only take one colour and that one colour only!!
Pick a colour that you think will work and stick to it.
The action, shape and size are more important but you must have confidence in your lures. You have got to keep persisting.
Some really good lures though are the Cranka Shads, Pontoon 21 Crackjack 38, Damiki MU SP, Damiki Saemi, Atomic Hardz(38mm Crank, 40mm Shad), Ecogear range(SX40, MX48), Berkley 3B range and also the Zipbaits range.

[BazzoFisherman]

Thanks everyone, all the info helped.