Weird worm colors

[Cheetahsneverprosper]

Where I fish in the midwest, I've almost always used natural colors with texas or wacky rigged worms.. the usual greens, browns, or reddish browns.  But digging through my pile of colors I don't use too often, I found some bags of bright pink, chartreuce, pure white, etc, all with one or two worms missing, and then the rest of the bag just sits there unusued.  It occurs to me that this is because I've never caught a single fish on those weird colors.

My question is, when or where would colors like that work?

Of course the obvious answer is 'whenever the fish want it', but I've never once had the fish want those colors.  Is there some combination of water clarity, temperature, or depth that would make goofy colors more useful than other times?

[ww2farmer]

I used to do a good bit of work with bubble gum fluke style baits, senkos,  and trick worms...............I don't know why I ever stopped using them. They never stopped producing. I caught them spring, summer and fall...........clear or dirty water.

[Cgolf]

One of my best river Smallie baits was a chartreuse with silver flake 4.5" ribbon tail worm. I have also used yellow Bass Assasin baits for smallies. This was in dirtier water. I have read that smallies like these off the wall colors, but when I hit clear water lakes I chase largemouth so I really haven't tried these colors for clear water fish. 

[Fishin Ethan]

I don't ever use any worms other than green pumpkin, dark colors, red colored. I have this one friend at any given pond he will tie on a pink worm and catch big bass. Last week he caught a 9lb on pink worm. He uses pink worms mainly in the pre-spawn-spawn but I'm not sure what a bass is thinking when it hits a pink worm

[KP Duty]

The gene larew 8" hook tail worm in the color tomato just dominated for me in the '80s/early '90s.  They still make them, but they are not hand poured anymore,  and the color isn't the same.  Give red worms a shot though...or anything red for that matter in the spring.

[Catt]

I've caught bass on some pretty weird colors!

Won a tournament during the early 70s on a pink & chartreuse spinnerbait, had everyone running around buying em up.

Left my worm box on the floor in the boat over night, it rained getting water in the box, it froze changing all the colors...killed em on those colors!

One of my most deadly night colors is called Starry Night, it has a see through smoke on the back, clear belly, & loaded with silver glitter...a mostly clear worm at night...go figure!

[gulfcaptain]

Sapphire Blue!!!  What are bass thinking when they eat this bright blue worm with silver flake in it?  I don't know but I won't ask either, I'll just keep throwing it since they seem to want it in some waters I fish.

[Brikon]

Alot of people can vouch for a Pink (Bubble Gum) Zoom Trick Worm on Lake Lanier. I have caught a few myself actually. 

[primetime]

Some days a bright soft bait just works...I rarely use them but I have had luck on metholianate colored worms, and I also have had luck on swirls (stick baits) but I rarely use them unless I am striking out...In stained water I will try a bright color if black and blue or junebug is not working..I actually like a blue saphire worm in the bright days or stained water...I guess that is considered bright, but I have used it for so long I consider it normal...I also like a green pumpkin/orange swirl stick worm but I think that is normal...

A bassmaster Classic was won in the 90's start to finish on a tomato colored gator tail 6" worm...I sell soft baits on weekends and online, and I can say that I get tons of requests for bizarre colors and also pink sherbert swirls sell pretty well...So do bright orange colors and solid red....

[Comfortably Numb]

Color doesn't matter much. As long as fish can see it in color of water you are fishing.

Be more concerned about your location and presentation.

[Bluebasser86]

A white trick worm on a wacky rig saved the day for me a couple years ago when I was striking out hard. Ended up salvaging a respectable day out of it. 

Sapphire blue is one of my favorite plastic colors. It works great in stained water, or at night. 

[Airman4754]

They don't make these anymore but luckily I have a stockpile. The black/red/orange/yellow swirl Tiki Shadicks are insane when smallies are up shallow to spawn. 

[BuffaloBass716]

Smallies in the Niagara absolutely crush the margarita mutilator (purple) roboworms for some reason

[Last_Cast]

Never tried the bubble gum colors, might have to try em out.

[buzzed bait]

and if you're finding them on the beds and targeting them, the weird colors make it really easy to see your bait and what's going on with it!

[Kevin22]

Chartreuse is a great midwest color, I have caught a lot of fish on chartreuse plastics! 

The white worm you should be tossing when the fish are on shad. Usually pre-spawn when the shad are spawning, and again late summer and into fall. I know a worm doesn't look like a shad, but it will work. 

Or, when you find an area just loaded with active dink fish you can toss on those colors and use them up. 

[Cheetahsneverprosper]

Thanks for the replies.  Maybe I'll give those odd colors a few more chances this year.

I can definitely see red worms looking like a tasty nightcrawler, but pink and chartreuce?  Who knows what they're thinking when they hit those.

[Kevin22]

Nightcrawlers are actually pink when drowned. Makes sense that pink works, especially in current.