[carolinamike]

Does anyone out there in TU land know anything much about redfish and trout fishing? I have someone interested in some baits for these species, but living in western NC, I'm not sure which are good colors. You guys did such a great job helping me out when we asked about favorite colors across the US. We did end up doing, by the way, a field test for North American Fishing Club. We sent out green pumpkin, watermelon, green pumpkin/green shine, pearl white black flake, and arctic blue. The arctic blue is a real light clear blue with a small amount of highlight, some hologram and blue flake, and it made a great looking bait. I'd appreciate any help on this one, I'm stuck in fresh water.

Thanks,

[King Bait Co.]

I am not sure if this well help with me being in a sea of cornfields. I have watched some redfishing on tv and they were using firetiger Rapalas. The used a few soft plastics they were firetiger, shrimp darker orange with light light brown on them. I think their almost like bass colors it seems. Some of the colors seem to almost be clear with a hint of color or clear with a colored dot on the head like red or chartreuse. I hope that helps a little. I am sure somebody that fishes them will say I am wrong. Thats what I seen on tv though. I haven't upgraded to HD yet so I could be off.

[152nd Street Baits]

A friend of mine in Texas fishes for Reds and Trout in Corpus Christi Bay. He uses flukes in blue/white, red/white and Green pumpkin/white
Colors might vary from region to region a little bit. I just googled this site up. It might help.
Texas Tackle Factory - Welcome

[MDC]

A few of my buddies fish reds at Corpus and Matagorda. I called one of them and he says... Flukes and shrimp in chart/white, red/chart, dark watermelon and green pumpkin w/chart, pumpkin/chart and "electric chicken" (chart/bubblegum). The chart can be pearl or transparent with silver or holo flake. Red and white, white and silver (white over clear w/silver flake). Pretty much any color we use for bass fishing he could add a chart tail and catch reds.

[smartbassu]

Here are some colors from Louisiana.

Top: Mostly for Trout/ Pearl and Clear Salt & Pepper

Middle: For Redfish/ Rootbeer, Black back, Gold flake/ Chartreuse tail

Bottom: For Redfish/ Avocado, Red Flake/Chartreuse tail


These worked well for us. The water was slightly stained most of the time.
As usual the darker the water is the darker the plastics I would use.

[VARick]

I fish the Tampa area for reds and trout.
Someone mentioned water clarity.. good point so I'll give colors for each.

Reds -- clear water

[saint308]

Mike: 95% of all of my fishing is done on the LA coast for trout and reds. Here are some of our most popular:

1. LSU (purple (like junebug) with a chartreuse tail
2. Glow or pearl with a chartruese tail
3. Smoke
4. Pink Champagne
5. Blue moon

The last two are more of a shrimp color. Please let me know if you have any questions. Saint.

[VARick]

Oops

Reds in clear water -- clear/gold glitter -- paddle tails or sticks
Trout -- clear/gold glitter -- shrimp or sticks

Stained water
Reds -- dark green/silver or gold gliter
Trout -- black over dark red

Originally Posted by VARick

I fish the Tampa area for reds and trout.
Someone mentioned water clarity.. good point so I'll give colors for each.

Reds -- clear water

[carolinamike]

Thanks guys. We really do appreciate it very much! I'm working on putting together a color chart for redfish and trout now and considering that I'm 200 miles away from the ocean and never targeted either one of these species, although I did catch 3 or 4 trout off the pier one time at the beach, so I was really in the dark. Sounds like everything's going to need bright flashy colors or either a chartreuse tail. But there is one other thing I am wondering about. Is the plastic that I use for my bass baits sufficient for saltwater? I was thinking that it would be considering you are not fishing the open ocean. Again, we thank you so much, this website never lets us down. It's guys like you that make TU such a great organization.

[saint308]

Mike: I am in the process of testing my bass swimbaits for trout and reds. Unfortunately, because of the coming baby I am not able to get to the coast as much as I used to. I have sent some swims to a bud who is going to test them for me. I will let you know as soon as I here something. Saint.