VW wrote: "Glen or Kirk, Or anybody else out there. When would you use a white spinnerbait over a (spelling) chartrious spinnerbait? when would you switch. which would you start with?"
Nobody answered in several months, so I'll volunteer my opinion. Start with something that's appropriate to the water clarity you are facing, i.e., something fairly muted for clear, vs. something really loud or black for muddy water. Another general rule is: "Start with white. If that don't work, try black".
In actual practise, 'round these parts, the water is usually clear enough to make white a good choice. I tend to like "Bleeding Shiner", white with red on the belly. Pssst! It's sorta like Rainbow Trout, too! Yes, Kevin Van Dam uses a chartreuse/double willow 3/4oz+ spinner on the Great Lakes for smallies. It might work here, but this isn't the Great Lakes. The fish in some bodies of water do have strange color preferences. Like Big Lake.
If you like to fish on a clear night with a full moon in June>August (who wouldn't?), it's about the only time (9pm>1am) I throw a spinnerbait. Throw the white one, so
you can see it. The fish can find it, never worry about that. I also use the willow/willow or willow/colorado blades, 'cause they go through the weeds (that I can't see) better. Yes, this goes against the old notion that you should use a black spinnerbait at night with a huge Colorado blade for lots of vibration. Our water's clear, the moon is full, the lake is very still, and if the sky is clear, the fish are in much the same situation as during the day...looking at the silhouette of something going over their head, and those blades are flashing. I don't think you want a lot of noise or vibration. Use the "Jimmy Houston retreive"...chunk and wind. This works well on a certain clear lake in E. Kent. Shhhh!
C&R, Steve