Plastic Colors

[JamesD]

Some of you who have read my previous posts/threads may be aware, that I'm going through the world of fishing being self-taught and picking up things from guys i talk to locally. Anyway, my buddy swears by a particular color of zoom baits called Scuppernong. http://zoombait.com/...<!--NoParse1--> to which I've had pretty good success with, I have to admit. The color has caught fish when none of my other colors have.

Another guy I've known for the better part of a decade has broken into the tournament end of bass fishing. I had a conversation with him last week, in which he told me to use colors that 'matched the sky'.

Basically, what I'm curious about is an explanation to colors for worms, lizards, flukes, and just about any other plastic. I don't know much about it, or what kind of color spectrum to choose.

Are the colors dependent on the sky, water, or just on the off chance they stand out in the water?

School me, folks.

[TNBassin']

The color I use depends on the clarity of the water I'm fishing. For stained water, I tend to use black or a bama bug color, maybe some dark blue or purples. Dark colors in dark water give a better silhouette, so the bass can see them better. For clearer water, I stick with the more natural colors like pumpkin seed, Okeechobee craw, watermelon seed etc Maybe a worm with a little flash or sparkle in the flake. My girlfriend used to fish with nothing but a zoom cherry seed worm, and swore by them to no end. That is until me and my black neon F2 ribbon tails boated a limit the past 4 times we've gone. Now guess what she has rigged up?? I wanna see where this thread goes, because like you, I'm still learning too.

[fishking247]

I have not found color to make to much of a difference. i generally stick to natural colors (watermelon seed, pumpkinseed, green pumpkin, and black)

[VolFan]

What FK said. What the bass are eating/not eating is in its native colors, so things like watermelon seed, pumpkinseed, green pumpkin, and black are always good choices. I do like okechobee craw alot. Don't overthink it.

[*Hootie]

Don't overthink it.

Most excellent advice!

Hootie

[Mike L]

Most excellent advice!

Hootie

X2,

One of the first things I learned, which was one of the hardest.

Mike

[*Hootie]

X2,

One of the first things I learned, which was one of the hardest.

Mike

Mike, when you get to be our age, ( I see I am a few years older than you) if you haven't learned that, life just gets to durned complicated.

Hootie

[bassh8er]

I've got the most confidence in black and green pumpkin; those are the plastics that i buy exclusively and work in all the water clarities that I encounter.

Stick to a few colors and spend your money on new types of baits rather than colors.

[Jim_M]

Someone said color catches fisherman?

I am beginning to believe a bass will strike any color if I show it to him right.

Green Pumpkin or Black for me and Robo's in Aaron's Magic.

[GoTakeANap]

i saw Scuppernong zoom lizards for the 1st time yesterday. had to buy them.

[Mike L]

Mike, when you get to be our age, ( I see I am a few years older than you) if you haven't learned that, life just gets to durned complicated.

Hootie

You're excately right Hootie.

And at our age the simpler the better...You hear that kid's? :eyebrows:

[Highhawk1948]

Black/Grape and watermelon red are about the only colors I use. At times I will use Black/blue and red/shad

[JamesD]

Okay.... so if color isn't THAT important, why are there so many variations?

I saw some Zoom Motor oil - chartreuse u tail worms & lizards that looked pretty neat.... They're less than $3 for a 9 count, might give them a shot.

Is black really that powerful in the daylight? I thought the idea was to mimic a night-crawler worm? Don't they appear brown/red in the water? ...kinda like scuppnong?

I've always heard that black's the best color to use at night.

Alright, so don't over think it, and color isn't uber important. Interesting.

[bassh8er]

These are just suggestions and it ultimately comes down to personal preference and what you have confidence in. I am comfortable throwing black and gp 99% of the time; I do have other colors but I prefer these two. This keeps things simple for me and allows me to buy different baits rather than different colors.

Example: If I'm not getting bit throwing a gp Brush Hog, I, personally, would switch baits before I changed colors of the same Brush Hog.

Again, thjs is what works for me, and I'm sure there are other people on this site that would absolutely disagree. Again, you can read and listen all you want, but in the end, everyone is a fisherman and the bass still aren't talking.

[TNBassin']

You gotta understand that reds, blues, purples, greens....all end up looking black in deeper water anyway. In clearer, shallower water your color selection matters a bit more since fish can see your bait better. For night fishing, all you need is black. Just my 2 cents.

[whitwolf]

There's great advice on this thread; heed it. Keep it simple, throw what color you have the most confidence with, and most Important to me, have fun!

[*Hootie]

Okay.... so if color isn't THAT important, why are there so many variations?

Because they sell. It's all about the money.

Hootie

[BASSHUNTER1961]

Bright days = light/natural colors

Dark days = darker colors.

[Sherlock 60]

Bright days = light/natural colors

Dark days = darker colors.

This has been my experience.

I prefer variations of watermelon on bright days and go with junebug (purple with emerald flake) or smoke pearl blue on overcast days.

[trupp30]

I have a few staple colors I stick with no matter what type of soft plastic I am throwing.

-green pumpkin

-black/blue flake

-junebug

-watermelonseed

-watermelon/red flake

I find that these have been the best producing colors for the lakes I fish here in the Northeast. However, on a few ponds I have found that Mardi Gras works well. Also, at this time of year I will start to throw a fluke, or senko/yum dinger in baby bass.

[Eddie-NoVA]

Clear water - Green pumpkin (although i've been using green pumpkin magic the last few months)

Stained - Black

and a side of JJ's Majic

[Jay Ell Gee]

I'm with the majority here. Black/blue flake, red shad, watermelon/red, pumpkin seed, and if I'm lucky enough to find them, watermelon baby brush hogs with ORANGE flake. I like those a lot.