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    Red crank baits in the summer

    Why does nobody use red in the summer?Do they just not work? I know they will eat a red worm. Anyone use red cranks in the south in the summer?

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    they scare the fish in the summer !!!......................................

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    They work here but our water is always dirty.

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    year round I use Rapala Demon...which is a light red craw color

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    Once they get deeper offshore, it's shad and brighter colors for me.

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    I use during winter and spring , never had much luck with them in the summer

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    Year around for me.

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    I believe red is a color that fades in deeper water. If it rattles who is to say try it!

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    all I use on the river is red squarebill

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    I would think if your lake has craws the a pattern would work best when the shed their shells and are soft. Isnt it like around the full or new mood they shed ? I cant remember.

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    I personally don’t think it has anything to do with wether they see it well, water color, or anything like that. I think it has everything to do with forage. Summer months bass are keyed on baitfish. That could be shad, perch, bluegill, etc.. that is why your shad patterns, and chartreuse colors are so good in the summer.

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    If the lake has weeds it seems to work but if no weeds I've had no luck, go figure

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5keepers2 View Post
    I believe red is a color that fades in deeper water. If it rattles who is to say try it!
    It's a fact! Red is the first color in the spectrum to go away in the water at depth.
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    Good spring color on Table Rock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColdSVT View Post
    It's a fact! Red is the first color in the spectrum to go away in the water at depth.
    In clear water, that is true. In dirty water, red actually is the last color to lose its color, right next to orange. Ironically enough, purple is the first color to lose its color in dirty water.

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    Not full red but have some brown and red Mann’s 20 or 25+ that I will throw on a deep hump when they quit hitting sexy or citrus shad xds. Sometimes gets them fired back up sometimes not.

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    I throw red 5/6xd a lot in the summer. Coosa river lakes are Rocky and deep. Works well to crawl down a point with a 5xd.

    Red lipless is pretty much just a late winter/spring bite.