I've had the best luck with either pearl/blue or pearl/green buzz bombs for silvers and chinook or pink for humpy. For pt. wilson darts and stuff I've done well on a variety of colors. White is pretty good and so is pink/blue. I've caught alot of rockfish and chicken size halibut on the darts but only on silver/dark green ones. If you want to pick up a halibut or other bottomfish let it hit the bottom on EVERY drop. As long as it's not too rocky you won't lose very many jigs. Most of the fish swim over the lure and look down at it (to eat it) as soon as it hits the bottom and then when you pull up it smacks them right in the face. A lot will be hooked in the bottom of the jaw but I figure they were attracted to it anyways so it's not really snagging. It's especially effective when your using 6+ ounce jigs with large hooks and big bodies that the smaller halibut and rockfish have troubles swallowing.