The " green pumpkin" color in soft plastics

[Mobasser]

I like roboworms also.Mm3 and the grape/purple Folkstead special are both very good. Great baits

[Russ E]

Here in Eastern Kansas we have shallow and stained lowland reservoirs and lakes.On most waters 2 to 3 foot visibility is considered pretty clear. When I stated in an earlier post  that color is sometimes over rated, it was relative to these conditions.

On most of the waters I fish, I think bass see a dark silhouette,  more than a defined color. Green pumpkin, black/blue, or purple, probably looks about the same in these conditions.

I may be wrong, but that comes from my experience. 

On clear highland reservoirs, I am sure color is more important.

[CrankFate]

On 10/1/2018 at 3:48 PM, Jaderose said:

There is simply nothing about this paragraph that is true.  You say "try it"...I and a whole bunch of others on here do....every single time we go fishing.  This isn't a personal attack on you, I'm just afraid you are very misguided.

 

Misguided, definitely. I think it has to do with whether or not the water is dark or stained. If it’s clear and bright, it’s more noticeable.

On 10/1/2018 at 7:41 AM, Arlo Smithereen said:

once their eyes are all 'greened out'?? ?

Yes. Even human eyes get greened out. Bass eyes adapt much more slowly to these changes. And humans rarely find themselves in small spaces surrounded by a single very bright color.

On 9/30/2018 at 10:28 PM, Looking for the big one said:

I think that your experience has conditioned you to think this, but I don't truly think that the bass cannot see the bait. I've caught bass at night on a new moon where I couldn't see me hand in front of my face. Bass can detect lures without using sight. I think it's possible that the bass didn't want to commit to your GP worm, possibly because they've been conditioned to that color scheme and something like a white or pink is bright and obtrusive and they react to it. 

 

GP is my personal favorite color across many different situations, but I experiment and find that often times color isn't as important as the presentation itself.

I know that’s how it seems. And that’s why they’ll go for a strange color, but I can see them not able to see it.

On 9/30/2018 at 10:21 PM, Russ E said:

If this were true, bass would starve to death. Most things a bass eat are a neutral color. 

crayfish and bait fish don't turn a bright color, so bass can find them easier.

I catch bass on green pumpkin baits  in clear, green, and murky water. they can find it just fine.

the conditions you describe are ideal for using a green pumpkin bait.

 

Try completely crazy different colors when you think this, if only to prove me wrong.

[HeyCoach]

So, do y’all just have a green, a dark, and a bright color of your plastics?

 

I’m trying to think. I have white, tequila sunrise, oxblood red, GP, junebug, and black with red flakes in Trick Worms, plus about 5 more colors with different flakes. Let’s not talk about the dozen different Senko colors. It looks like Rembrandt threw up in my tray. 

 

How do you dial in on color besides the magical color chart?

[NittyGrittyBoy]

I carry 2 main colors, watermelon red & June bug red. (My main producers)

 

I have a couple other colors, merthiolate, red shad, elecric blue.

 

If the water is clearish I'll start with watermelon, if it's muddy/stained I throw June bug. Before I change color I change presentation or bait(worm/craw/lizard). I really try to keep it simple and not overcomplicate it with more colors than a bag of melted Skittles.

 

I know everyone is different but that's my approach @HeyCoach

[Gundog]

First I dial in on lure size and then might change color. Size can be a big factor in the quality/quantity of fish you catch. Most of the time if I change color its only because I ran out of the other color I was using. 

[tander]

I have 2 colors in my boat, green pumpkin and junebug, I figure one will work.

[RHuff]

I have found that associating colors with different seasons also helps. For example, in late winter/early spring a black and blue does well. In prespawn, spawn/spring through summer a green pumpkin does well and in the fall, a brown/tan does well. 

[thinkingredneck]

Depends on water clarity, I think. In murky water I do better with Junebug or Candybug.  Green Pumpkin is "fair" for me.  I think the greens and earth tones do better in clear water.  A couple weeks ago I caught them every cast nearly with white , yellow, Merthiolate and purple with flame tail.  Would not touch junebug or candybug.  Go figure.  Makes it fun.

[TOXIC]

I will tell you that color number 297 Green Pumpkin/Black Fleck is Yamamoto's top selling color in all of their plastics.  Why?  Because it works in the most varied water colors.  I have personally caught fish in black tannic water in florida, gin clear water on Lake St Clair and solid mud color on the Potomac with 297.  It's easy to see why it is the top seller.  That's not to say that some other colors won't get bit better in different situations but 297 will always produce.  

[TBAG]

I use GP quite a bit but also have luck with Watermelon and Black /Blue.

 

I really haven't paid attention (I should) to what produces the most.

[GReb]

GP is my top producing Senko color. It is also my favorite lizard color in the spring. 

 

Black/silver Culprit has consistently been my top producing worm for 15 years

 

Anything dark green, watermelon, brown, purple, or black is pretty solid for me.