[Tawn]

We only run two colors. White and green (I refuse to use the term "chartreuse" - sounds too French for me). It doesn't matter if it's overcast or bright and sunny, those are the only colors we run.

On the big boat, Shawn's thing is to run all white on one side, and all green on the other. I'd prefer to mix it up but it's his boat so we do it his way and we catch fish.

I usually set one side deeper than the other and see what works best and then adust. This is where charter boats have a tremendous advantage; cell phones. The Capt is on the phone with other Captains, the Mate is on the phone talking with other Mates trading info. The conversation usually goes something like this: "how heavy a bait and how many bars off the boards did he come off of?"

I don't pay much attention to the bait head color, I do however pay very close attention to how heavy the chute is and how many bars off the board it is.

If I have two or three fish come off a light bait, four or five bars off the boards. I will pull a side in and reset it to match that bait - light/shallow.

I would caution anyone though on resetting the entire rig based on a single fish. How many times have you caught one on a 8oz bait, 12 bars back (deep) only to have the next fish come off a 2oz bait 4 bars back (shallow)?

Can't go wrong covering the water column. I am confident that is infinitely more important than the color of the baits nose.