I thought I would ask this out of curiosity.

I came across a bunch of J11 jointed Rapalas on ebay. I will be fishing Nina Moose, Agnes and Boulder Bay this weekend. Is there one color y'all would suggest or have had good luck with in the past? I have the following: perch, gold/orange, black orange, silver black, silver blue.

Perch is my favorite and what I've gotten the most bites on.

not specifically for that area, but: anything silver, and straight black.
don't forget your Zulu's ;)

I do well with perch and gold/black everywhere in the BW.

quote OgimaaBines: "I do well with perch and gold/black everywhere in the BW. "

My preference as well.

Clear water....Tannic colored water. Minnows, Ciscos, Perch, Walleye fry, even Bass fry. Probably can catch them on a lure painted like a Budweiser can! Color is not rocket surgery(?).

Speed+depth+presentation=fish on!! hmmm.....no mention of color....

Apologize for the morning smart-aleck remark. The colors mentioned by previous posters are proven and will get you thru 100% of situations. Just pay LOTS of attention to HOW YOU WORK THE LURE! Knot, sharp hooks, fresh line, noise in canoe...oh, if you WANT a pic with a BIG fish(remember C&R), check your drag!

Look at your average little fishy...dark on the back(so if something is looking DOWN on it, it is hard to see against the bottom)...belly lite(so that predator looking UP has a hard time seeing it). But the target cannot evade the predator's LATERAL line, the main detection sense.

That said, predators attacking from the side DO get a good look at the color, in clear, or tannic water. So, if you are working the lure in mid-depths, away from ambush cover, color can make a little difference...but CORRECT movement will be the key to enticing a strike.

Again, sorry for a morning diatribe, but depth+speed+presentation is the key. The gold standard is a silver/black in clear water, gold/black and black/orange in Tannic water. Rapala pays their rent with these guys!!

If you are not catching fish, change location, speed, depth, not color. Have fun!!

Silver, gold, blue, perch, gold/orange are good choices.

Silver, Clown

quote john 800: "I thought I would ask this out of curiosity.

I came across a bunch of J11 jointed Rapalas on ebay. I will be fishing Nina Moose, Agnes and Boulder Bay this weekend. Is there one color y'all would suggest or have had good luck with in the past? I have the following: perch, gold/orange, black orange, silver black, silver blue."

That should cover 99 percent of it :-)

Can't hardly go wrong with basic like silver gold. But blue has been lucky for me about dusk. If you,'re not gonna nightfish....getting ready to head in......making a few 'last casts'....try blue/silver.And H jerks too.

I always bring a selection of both natural colors (silver, perch, gold) and flashy (clown, firetiger). I use both and let them decide...

quote overthehill: "Can't hardly go wrong with basic like silver gold. But blue has been lucky for me about dusk. If you,'re not gonna nightfish....getting ready to head in......making a few 'last casts'....try blue/silver.And H jerks too."

+1 Blue Silver is my number 1 !