Colors

[jmcarriere]

This may sound like a dumb question but because of all the strange names can you give me 3 colors for each base color of brown green pumpkin and watermelon for soft baits

[Catt]

Not sure I follow?

 

[jmcarriere]

1 minute ago, Catt said:

Not sure I follow?

 

What dont you follow. You have black green pumpkin, watermelon and brown i know what colors have black in it but when you get to colors that have green pumpkin watermelon or brown for the main color they start gicing them weird names

[Catt]

7 minutes ago, jmcarriere said:

What dont you follow. You have black green pumpkin, watermelon and brown i know what colors have black in it but when you get to colors that have green pumpkin watermelon or brown for the main color they start gicing them weird names

 

Ya talking metal flake/glitter in the plastic?

 

 

[jmcarriere]

51 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

Ya talking metal flake/glitter in the plastic?

 

 

Ok red bug what colors is that sprayed grass california 420 bama bug candy grass that is where i get lost. Or even tramp stamp from RI

[Catt]

5 hours ago, jmcarriere said:

Ok red bug what colors is that sprayed grass california 420 bama bug candy grass that is where i get lost. Or even tramp stamp from RI

Now we got ya!  ?

 

Sir Isaac Newton coined the word spectrum (Latin for "appearance") in 1671 in his book Opticks. He divided the spectrum into 7 sections -- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

 

Everything else is variants of those 7 colors or have metal flake/glitter added.

[A-Jay]

Bait color is such an interesting topic.  One that has been debated here ad nauseam.

When it comes to soft plastics, with the exception of perhaps swimbaits, they are presented by and large at, on or at least close to the bottom, my first, simplest and by far most effective method of choosing color is to come as close as I can to matching the color of the bottom.  Second is to use a bait color where the top of the bait is close to the bottom color and the belly or bottom of the bait does not, but instead has ‘some flash’.  This usually means some type of brighter / contrasting color; ie, chartreuse, white etc.  A Spik-It  bait color pen comes in handy right here.

 

Breaking down the browns & greens, or any other color for that matter, besides being way to complicated for this simple minded Basshead, IMO is not necessary.   If the fish are there, and they are going to eat, size, shape and presentation have all proven at least for me, to be more of a causative factor than color – most days.

YMMV

A-Jay

 

[padon]

yeah im with A-jay on this one. I find it difficult to believe that a bass will not eat a green pumpkin worm but will eat a green pumpkin purple flake worm. for most baits I try to stock a dark color(junebug) a neutral one (green pumpkin) and a lighter one (watermelon) . those are examples there are variations and exceptions but to try to sort out all the deatails and variations of color is mind boggling to me. I tend to focus on location ,presentation and speed of lure before worrying about the minute detail of color.

[Comfortably Numb]

Every company creates their own names for a certain color. Many catchy names as of late than the old standards.

 

Used to be 

Black

watermelon (green)

Green pumpkin (green with brown added)

pumpkin (tanish brown)

Grape (purple)

Red

 

Now they add different color flake or two or three color laminates (Roboworm)

"candy" and "magic" are different flakes added to a base

"seed" is black flake added

Red bug is red with red and green flike

Red shad is a red and black laminate

Okechobee craw is green pumkinn back and orange belly.

 

I can go on for days. I dont know of any chart somewhere that explains this. Maybe on a bait making site.

 

 

 

 

[padon]

a lot of those are specific to the manufacturer. in other words one companies sprayed grass is anothers mowed grass etc. then you have reaction inovations which likes to name there baits like something from a xxx movie. I just disregard the names and look at the colors.

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On October 29, 2017 at 11:13 PM, jmcarriere said:

What dont you follow. You have black green pumpkin, watermelon and brown i know what colors have black in it but when you get to colors that have green pumpkin watermelon or brown for the main color they start gicing them weird names

Dirty sanchez is somewhere between pink and brown, closer to the latter...

[lo n slo]

AJ for president

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, lo n slo said:

AJ for president

Only if it's President of the Rage Bug Club ~  . . . . 

A-Jay

[bassh8er]

Besides swimbaits, black and green pumpkin are all that are in my tackle box.

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13 hours ago, lo n slo said:

AJ for president

Of the American Hand Pouring Society of America, cast, flip, pitch, skip, and cast... 

[Chance_Taker4]

I watched a video of Gerald Swindle explaining how he chooses jigs. And I started implementing it to the way I choose plastics. In the video he said out of all the hundred of jigs he has they are all Black or Brown with some accent colors. But he doesn't let the accents (glitter) effect what jig he uses. If a black jig isn't working he switches to the brown and back and forth until he finds the color and location that is producing. For me living in the NW I do the same with plastics. I throw a purple bait or a green bait.

 

Basically the base color attracts the fish the accent color (glitter) attracts the angler.

[Brett's_daddy]

I personally think color matters more than some...especially on baits where the fish will see the entire bait and not just the bottom like a topwater. That being said, there are too many different manufacturers who have their own subtle variation of a color to keep track of...a comprehensive list of every color variation from every manufacturer would look like a volume from the Encyclopedia Brittanica (please tell me there are people old enough to know what that is...lol). I stick with some variation of black w/blue flake, green pumpkin, watermelon w/red flake, natural (whatever the forage is) and white. I will occasionally throw in an oddball color just for something different as well as mix in some chartreuse for dirty water etc. but that's pretty much what seems to work for me...others mileage may vary!

[primetime]

Any worm in Green Pumpkin, Watermelon, black base will catch fish under right conditions. Of course I add in a purple color because Bass Like Purple, and only 2 other colors I carry are Motor Oil for clear water, and Red Shad because I have always loved that color and it does not get much usage from other people anymore at least from what I notice.

 

I used to go crazy with colors, but if a Fish will not hit a green pumpkin, or black and blue, Junebug worm, I am not sure they are going to hit any color. Adding some chart dye to a tail can help, I like red or purple flake in all worms, and of course watermelon red. Only color I use often that is not a main stay is a GP Gold flake.

[WRB]

Everyone has their favorite colors, now all you need to do is get the bass to eat it.

It’s impossible to answer the OP’s opening question because every soft plastic lure maker has different base colors for their color names.

You all are in love with green pumpkin, what is the base color...? hint it’s not green, that is a tint color for most soft plastics.

Color matters when it matters, sometimes bass are very selective and other times they aren’t and you know the difference when you don’t have the color they eating and your partner does!

Tom

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