dvdrd423 Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 What is your 6 favorite soft plastic baits and your 6 favorite colors from spring to fall. THANKS Quote
Super User Sam Posted February 4, 2011 Super User Posted February 4, 2011 Dvdrd, the answer is infinity. Everyone has their favorite colors so if you ask 100 people you will receive 100 different responses. Watermelon and Green Pumpkin are you base colors. One for clean water and one for stained water. Black is very good for dirty water. Plastic worm manufacturers have made up names for each color, some of which have no relationship to the color, such as Junebug, Ehrler's Edge and Motor Oil. Plus the fact that we have favorite colors for specific bodies of water and specific techniques. The guys can give you lists of their favorite colors but it is up to you to figure out which colors work best under which conditions and on which bodies of water. Good question, although the answer is infinite. Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted February 4, 2011 Super User Posted February 4, 2011 Usually all I carry is 4-6 colors of any one bait, my personal top 4 would be: Black w/blue flake June Bug Green Pumpkin Watermelon w/red flake I pretty much carry those colors in just about every bait I carry, I add a few more to other select baits, but It's not nessecary. I could get by just fine, and usually do with these 6 baits: Beaver Paca Craw Senko Trick Worm Fluke Finesse Worm Quote
jdw174 Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 I quit trying to carry a lot of styles/colors. One color that I always look for in whatever I buy is Watermelon Candy. Other than that, it's black/blue, Green Pumpkin, Watermelon/Red Flake and a few in Junebug. Haven't found a need for anything else. Quote
Super User J Francho Posted February 4, 2011 Super User Posted February 4, 2011 Dvdrd, the answer is infinity.Everyone has their favorite colors so if you ask 100 people you will receive 100 different responses. I disagree. If you ask 100 anglers for color recommendations, you will see a trend....your answer reflects that trend, in fact. I'll limit my advice to bottom plastics, not Senkos, flukes, paddletails, etc. Some kind of black, some kind of green, and some kind of brown is really all you need. From there, reds and purples are deadly on certain lakes. Quote
tyrius. Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 colors: Green Brown Black White Blue Red I use some variation of green or brown probably 95% of the time. I dont' get too caught up in the particular variation. Green with black/red/blue/purple/whatever flakes is still green to me. The times where they'll only hit a particular color of flake is not all that often. Soft plastics (not counting trailers) Power Worm Trick Stick Rage Craw/Lobster (Paca craws too) Beaver style (good thing I stocked up before Brent stopped selling them) Trick Worm Paddletail Grub for creek smallies Quote
BassCats Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 10 inch worms in some sort of purple. Fluke in shad or white fluke in watermelon red when fishing on bottom trick worm in watermelon seed senko in watermelon purple swirl Quote
Super User bassfisherjk Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 Sorry I don't have 6 different baits,but these are my colors. Zoom trick tail worms,watermelon/chart. tail,Big Texan and watermelon magic and one more Black. Zoom baby Brush Hog,watermelon magic,pumpkin,green pumpkin magic,and green pumpkin. Big Texan is a spring color,the rest I use all year. Quote
7mm-08 Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Well I haven't really used many soft plastics the last few years :-[ but I used to have a lot of luck with Zoom lizards in the 4" and 6" variety. My go to color was chartreuse/pumpkin or just chartreuse. My fishing buddy catches a ton of fish using beavers (mostly brown) and split-tail worms (black w/chart. tail). Quote
DeanFishesNY Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Favorite colors Green Pumpkin Black June bug Watermelon Favorite Plastics Baby brush hog Spear worm Beaver Power worm tube Chigger craw Quote
Super User Sam Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 J Francho, we are on our way to 100 different responses!!! ;D ;D ;D Quote
BassShephard Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Dvdrd, the answer is infinity.Everyone has their favorite colors so if you ask 100 people you will receive 100 different responses. I disagree. If you ask 100 anglers for color recommendations, you will see a trend....your answer reflects that trend, in fact. I'll limit my advice to bottom plastics, not Senkos, flukes, paddletails, etc. Some kind of black, some kind of green, and some kind of brown is really all you need. From there, reds and purples are deadly on certain lakes. I agree, Green and brown are the only colors I need, well maybe pink (or whatever color a earthworm is ). Quote
Super User Sam Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 BassShephard, So you and I like pink. Is that bubble gum pink or pink? And what flavor pink from which manufacturer? See where I am going with this? And what about Electric Blue? What in the world is Electric Blue? Is it like my special run of Caroblue??? And I agree with the three basic colors as mentioned above but there are so many variances that we could send dvdrd into a mental hospital. ;D ;D ;D Quote
Super User Jig Man Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 I make all of my own plastics so I have an infinite amount of colors and color combinations. However, I mostly use green pumpkin, pumpkin seed, smoke/red flakes and black. All the rest is eye candy except for bubble gum during the prespawn. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted February 5, 2011 Super User Posted February 5, 2011 Universal color: Green Pumpkin Other "basic" colors: Black w/ Blue Flakes Watermelon w/ Black Flakes Green Pumpkin w/ Red Flakes Baits: Rage Tail Baby Craw Rage Hawg Senko Kut Tail Fat Ika Mizmo Grande Tube MegaBug Thumper Anaconda Eeliminator LFT Live Magic Shad Slug-Go Roboworm Larew Salty Ringworm Jig Trailers: Rage Tail Baby Craw, Craw & Lobster Flappin' Hog Doublewide Sweet Beaver Is that six? Quote
Reel_Kaotic Posted February 5, 2011 Posted February 5, 2011 Plastics: Brush Hogs, Beavers, Zoom Flukes, Senkos, Zoom Trickworms, SK Finesse Worms, Ribbits, Roboworms, Chigger Craws, Colors: Blk/Bl, Gr Pumpkin, Watermelon Gr, Blk, Bubble Gum, Junebug, Browns Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted February 5, 2011 Global Moderator Posted February 5, 2011 I'd just be repeating what most everyone else has said. Mike Quote
David Rangel Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 I like Watermelon in any flake, pepper, gold, magic, red, purple, candy. I like the black in red and blue flakes, I use the bugs, Red, june and Bama, as well the red and tequila shads. Plastics, lizards from 4" to 8", zoom and YUM, Ribbon tails 7.5" Culprit, Zoom Big dead ringer, Zoom Trick Worm, Zoom MagII and Ol' Monster, well the baby Brush Hog too. and Senkos. Quote
BassShephard Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Some days.. color doesn't matter, I've caught them on bright hunter orange baits, blades of grass and bare hooks ;D I have more varied color with cranks then plastics but they still have the basic colors mixed in. Quote
Fat-G Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Baitcasting: Rage Craw Rage Space Monkey Rage Smokin' Rooster Rage Thumper Rage Hawg Spinning: Rage Baby Craw Fat Ika Trick Worm Flick Shake Senko Topwater: Rage Shad Rage Toad Quote
flippin and pitchin Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Tube Hula Grub Brushhog Finesse worm Beaver type bait Senko type bait Greens Browns Black/Blue Junebug From time to time I will throw a white or pearl if bait fish are present. Quote
Loomis24 Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Lizard -any size Rodent Manns worms- any size Tubes Chigger Craw Rage Tail Craw Junebug Watermelon Red Okeechobee Green Pumpkin Black/red Falcon Lake Craw- Quote
Primus Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 For most of plastics I use these colors... Junebug Smoke Purple Green Pumpkin, regular & various flake combos Watermelon, regular & various flake combos Favorite 6 plastics (not easy) Zoom Speed Craw Yamamoto Senko (not just weightless) Strike King Rodent (used to use R.I. Sweet Beaver) Zoom Baby Brush Hog Zoom Trick Worm Zoom Super Fluke- this is one where I prefer different colors with Baby Bass & White Ice being my 2 favorites Quote
KWM Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 99% of the time I use watermelon and pumkin 1% black Quote
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