Super User PhishLI Posted February 29, 2020 Super User Posted February 29, 2020 I've never ever ever caught a fish on any chartreuse yellow, red, or junebug colored bait. I have those colors in many bait types and can't seem to get any play. I'm heading to Home Despot for a can of Rustoleum. They're all getting spray painted black, except for the red Manns Jelly Worms. I'm setting those on fire. Quote
Shimano_1 Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 I used to have this problem with black and blue. Heard everyone rave about it and couldn't buy a fish on it. Stuck with it tho in the right conditions and now it's probably my number one confidence color in anything in stained water. All those colors you mentioned are some of the staples to many anglers. Red bug is my favorite color in most worms. Just shows how people are so different in their favorites and I'm sure the waters they fish have a lot to do with it. Quote
Super User WRB Posted February 29, 2020 Super User Posted February 29, 2020 5 hours ago, PhishLI said: I've never ever ever caught a fish on any chartreuse yellow, red, or junebug colored bait. I have those colors in many bait types and can't seem to get any play. I'm heading to Home Despot for a can of Rustoleum. They're all getting spray painted black, except for the red Manns Jelly Worms. I'm setting those on fire. If you can't get bit on junebug you might as well set all your tackle on fire! Tom 3 13 Quote
Super User Cgolf Posted March 1, 2020 Super User Posted March 1, 2020 Straight Green Pumpkin just does nothing for me. Add some purple and gold too it and fish on. Same goes for watermelon, but Water red is one of my best colors. Maybe Wisconsin bass just need a little color in life. Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted March 1, 2020 Author Super User Posted March 1, 2020 3 hours ago, WRB said: If you can't bit on junebug you might as well set all your tackle on fire! Tom LOL! Not just yet. What's confusing here is that colors very close to Yamamoto Watermelon Black Flake are my best producers. That particular color is quite a bit darker than most other brand's versions often called watermelon seed, etc. Watermelon Black Flake ala Yamamoto is different. As long as darker tones of green and black are in the mix then everything's hunky dory. Black alone has even been great, but mix in shades of dark blue and I'm singin' the blues. On a side note, Yamamoto 297 has been a great color for me elsewhere, but is a dud in my home lake. Only after being totally frustrated throwing it with zero feedback did I take a blind shot with watermelon/blk flake. I terrorized them for 2 months straight with that color, then bought other baits as close to it as I could find and continue to do quite well. Megabass green pumpkin blue doesn't look as if there's any blue in it whatsoever, but instead has the dark green hue of GY Watermelon/BLK/FLK and I absolutely clean up with the Hazedong Shad in that color. These outcomes likely have more to do with statistics and probability due to the the slim bass population here than the colors I choose. There's also the possibility that I simply suck at fishing, but it's mostly just tough sledding here for myself and everyone I know. I've been skunked with the colors that have worked well, of course, but it's the others that have left me completely stumped. Quote
Dens228 Posted March 1, 2020 Posted March 1, 2020 I'm in the same boat, but with red. Other than red flake in plastics. Quote
HenryPF Posted March 1, 2020 Posted March 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, Dens228 said: I'm in the same boat, but with red. Other than red flake in plastics. Same, tequila sunrise? I don't know why this is so popular, I never caught nothing with that color. Texas thing? Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted March 1, 2020 Author Super User Posted March 1, 2020 21 minutes ago, Dens228 said: I'm in the same boat, but with red Yeah, out of the 3 I listed I've pegged red at the most hopeless, hence the bonfire. Quote
Hower08 Posted March 1, 2020 Posted March 1, 2020 8 hours ago, PhishLI said: I've never ever ever caught a fish on any chartreuse yellow, red, or junebug colored bait. I have those colors in many bait types and can't seem to get any play. I'm heading to Home Despot for a can of Rustoleum. They're all getting spray painted black, except for the red Manns Jelly Worms. I'm setting those on fire. Have you ever caught a fish? 1 Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted March 1, 2020 Author Super User Posted March 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hower08 said: Have you ever caught a fish? 1 or 2, maybe 2 Quote
Super User DitchPanda Posted March 1, 2020 Super User Posted March 1, 2020 I haven't had much luck with red either...well in soft plastics at least but red hard baits are solid. June bug however is great for me..May like it better than black n blue. Don't do what WRB said and burn your tackle...instead give it to a friend to use so you know if it's just you or if your tackle is cursed. 1 Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted March 1, 2020 Author Super User Posted March 1, 2020 On 2/29/2020 at 11:05 PM, DitchPanda said: Don't do what WRB said and burn your tackle...instead give it to a friend to use so you know if it's just you or if your tackle is cursed. They'll continue getting fished. I never quit anything. The reel feel temps here were in the 20s today with cranking NW winds. I should be out there, but I'm trapped inside. I'm just venting. Don't worry, bro, the gear's safe. Quote
Israelnliz Castillo Posted March 1, 2020 Posted March 1, 2020 Can anybody answer this for me . Can you use 12lb test floro with a 3/8 ounce chatter bait Quote
NittyGrittyBoy Posted March 1, 2020 Posted March 1, 2020 15 minutes ago, Israelnliz Castillo said: Can anybody answer this for me . Can you use 12lb test floro with a 3/8 ounce chatter bait Super random question in a completely irrelevant thread. But, yeah, fish your heart out bud. 12lb "flouro is fine for any 3/8oz bait Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted March 1, 2020 Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2020 3 hours ago, PhishLI said: Yeah, out of the 3 I listed I've pegged red at the most hopeless, hence the bonfire. Redbug is one of my favorite plastic colors. I do pretty alright with red traps, cranks, even bladed jigs. Red has been the best producing color hands down the last 3 weeks for me. 1 Quote
Super User PhishLI Posted March 1, 2020 Author Super User Posted March 1, 2020 32 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said: Redbug is one of my favorite plastic colors. I do pretty alright with red traps, cranks, even bladed jigs. Red has been the best producing color hands down the last 3 weeks for me. I'll keep throwing red until the wheels fall off. It just hasn't happened for me yet. White, natural, perch, and greens have been working up to this point. Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted March 1, 2020 Global Moderator Posted March 1, 2020 Just use what’s working for you. Mike Quote
Super User scaleface Posted March 1, 2020 Super User Posted March 1, 2020 Firetail worms and red in general when it comes to soft plastics fished shallow . Sunfish wont leave them alone . I get good results deep though . Quote
Super User Munkin Posted March 1, 2020 Super User Posted March 1, 2020 Black and blue jigs for some reason? Solid black yes, black/red yes, but black/blue no. Allen Quote
Super User MIbassyaker Posted March 1, 2020 Super User Posted March 1, 2020 No, actually. I have some favorites (Junebug is one of them; so is Red Shad). But I can't really think of any color I have (1) tried a lot, (2) not caught anything on, and (3) however, I do well on the same baits in other colors. 1 Quote
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