Pink trick worm

[Ausdog425]

My new favorite worm. Anyone else have luck with pink?

[Hammer 4]

Ya know, I have a pack of 4" Yamamoto Pink senco's I've not tried. Think I'll break em out for the next outing. 

[AC870]

Pink is good. School bus yellow too!

[jimmyjoe]

   Pink in really dark water is awesome with almost any kind of lure. I read an article that said pink actually looks grey to a bass. I use it this time of year in lakes where the bass fixate on crappie fry.    jj

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Pink works well, but so does every other color, I find when they are on a bright hue, pink, yellow, white and chart. all do about the same.

[JediAmoeba]

Pink and any wild colors are my crux in fishing.  It's one of the reasons I don't like saltwater fishing - all the lures are wild colors and it turns me off.  

 

A wild color when fishing for me is yellow and white.  

[Wizzlebiz]

That honestly is fairly close to the color of many worms.  I can see why it would work. 

 

This is also very helpful in understanding why that pink worm would work well.

 

How animals visually perceive the environment is key to understanding important ecological behaviors, such as predation, foraging, and mating. This study focuses on the visual system properties and visual perception of color in the largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides. This study (1) documents the number and spectral sensitivity of photoreceptors, (2) uses these parameters to model visual perception, and (3) tests the model of color perception using a behavioral assay. Bass possess single cone cells maximally sensitive at 535 nm, twin cone cells maximally sensitive at 614 nm, and rod cells maximally sensitive at 528 nm. A simple model of visual perception predicted that bass should not be able to discern between chartreuse yellow and white nor between green and blue. In contrast, bass should be able to discern red from all achromatic (i.e., gray scale) stimuli. These predictions were partially upheld in behavioral trials. In behavioral trials, bass were first trained to recognize a target color to receive a food reward, and then tested on their ability to differentiate between their target color and a color similar in brightness. Bass trained to red and green could easily discern their training color from all other colors for target colors that were similar in brightness (white and black, respectively). This study shows that bass possess dichromatic vision and do use chromatic (i.e., color) cues in making visual-based decisions.

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2 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

It's one of the reasons I don't like saltwater fishing - all the lures are wild colors and it turns me off. 

I don't think there are any more "wild colors" in salt water fishing that fresh. Just like fresh water, one could catch pretty much anything on  just a couple of colors (chrome and white would be my choice) in the salt. Salt water guys aren't immune to marketing, so makers offer those lures in way too many colors as well.

[Paul Roberts]

I've never been convinced "color" matters all that much to bass, much of the time. The vision experts came to the consensus, long ago, that color vision evolved to separate prey from background lighting. Beyond that, I'm not sure what diff colors would mean to bass. So, I'm more interested in relative brightness, bc sometimes it seems to help to obscure lures, and sometimes to make them pop out.

 

Years ago I did well on the original Burke "Earthworm" -essentially a Creme Scoundrel in natural crawler color -a fleshy pink with a darker "head". They worked very well and I still have some, even in my working boxes.

[Log Catcher]

I have gotten a few bites on pink Trick Worms but have never caught a fish on one yet. I have also thrown a pink Super Fluke and not caught anything on it either.

[greentrout]

11 hours ago, Ausdog425 said:

My new favorite worm. Anyone else have luck with pink?

lots ... other colors, too ... spring and fall ... 

 

good fishing ...

 

[geo g]

I have used them rarely and they have caught some bass, in Florida my go too is watermelon red, and junebug.  Junebug early and late, and dirty water.  Watermelon red clear water, and when the sun is up.  To me technique is more important then color change.

[Sam]

Yes, and it is a staple on the Mattaponi River in Virginia.

[Bluebasser86]

Pink and white trick worms wacky rigged have saved my day more than once fishing for stubborn smallies.

[OnthePotomac]

Pink (bubble gum) is my go to in a Senko for hot summer fishing on the Potomac grass beds.  Bass love it.   I don't use it though when the waters cool down below 80 degrees.

[billnorman]

On 9/8/2019 at 2:39 AM, Ausdog425 said:

My new favorite worm. Anyone else have luck with pink?

Pink?  Real fisherMEN don't use pink.  We use bubblegum.  You might experiment with a much smaller circle styled hook, I get really good hookups with much less opportunity for gut hooks rigged wacky.  I also use a clear vinyl O ring to keep from losing the bait.  I'm using a Gammy 1/0 for economy, getting a really good deal on 25 for less than $7.00.

 

[Catt]

Merthiolate Trick Worms Wacky Rigged ?

[Crestliner2008]

Darn it! The secrets out! LOL! Can't tell you how many smallies I've caught on a wacky rigged 5" pink Senko. (SHhhhhh!)

[Jaderose]

Yep...bubble gum is a staple in my arsenal.

[primetime]

I throw White and Lime green trick worms when fishing them on top so I can easily see em get taken....I am not sure color matters in stained water all that much if you have confidence in them....Most people simply use Black and blue, Watermelon Red, Green pumpkins, and two tone colors like black/purple....When I used to sell soft baits I would actually sell a ton of pink swirl senkos, the bigger ones especially. They would sell as well as any other color in lots of 50 and 100, so people obviously use them as their go to color.

 

That yellow and Green pumpkin swirl trick worm as always popular as well. Drop shot baits, up north guys always seem to like bright colors...

[JustJames]

I still have almost full pack of 4” senko and KVD trick worm in Pink. I only manage one bass so far, but to be fair I only use those a few times when nobody around me lol.

[FishTank]

I use to hate those things.  I tried for years to catch fish with that exact worm.  I saw so many guys having great success and it just eluded me.  Then one day, I couldn't stop catching fish with it.  I think that's just how it goes. 

[Koz]

On 9/8/2019 at 12:16 PM, Wizzlebiz said:

That honestly is fairly close to the color of many worms.  I can see why it would work. 

 

But how often does a bass come upon a real worm out in the middle of the lake unless it's on someone's hook?

 

My thought is that it's the action of the bait and not the appearance that makes the bass bite. You could throw something out there in the shape of a miniaturized poodle and if it had the right action a bass would hit it.

 

[RealtreeByGod]

I never even really considered buying anything pink for bass. For some reason, I stereotype it as a trout color. 

[ChrisD46]

Here I try to carefully match the hatch and then some guy near me catches the heck out of the bass with Sweet Potato , Lime Green , Merthiolate  , or some other crazy color worm (lol) !