Flake color

[DitchPanda]

Kind of a deep dig here. For soft plastics I'd wager that black is the most used flake color. This year for some reason I became partial to copper flake. What's your favorite soft plastic flake color?

[heavyduty]

I would agree with you on black. 

Purple and gold flake on skirts and in plastics has been a good pattern for me with smallmouth

 

[Bluebasser86]

I like copper also, as well as gold, purple, orange, and blue. 

[Columbia Craw]

Blue and red. That’s it.

[QED]

Roland Martin is an evangelist for #297 green pumpkin w/lg black flake for senkos, so I tried them and had great success.  I've since tried other colors also with success, but I usually start with GP/black flake.

[DitchPanda]

I've seen a few times where guys are almost fanatical on here about green flake.

[GRiver]

Depends…. For the blueish color of plastics I like black and green.

For the greenish color I like black and blue. 

[Catt]

Nope! ?

 

Neon (red) followed by blue or silver.

 

In my experience neon out produces black so much I don't ever buy black flake anymore.

[Captain Phil]

Green, red or both.

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, Captain Phil said:

Green, red or both.

Ditto

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Jig Man]

I use black in most of my baits but not very much.  I use the other colors as accents depending on the main bait color and what I am trying to accomplish.

[rtwvumtneer6]

9 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I like copper also, as well as gold, purple, orange, and blue. 

Bingo.  I fish a lot of black/blue and the rest is bluegill imitators.

 

Other end of the spectrum, I have zero confidence in any plastic with red flake.

[NavyVet1204]

Outside of June bug, black and watermelon red…pb&j did really well this past season.

[Captain Phil]

2 hours ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

Bingo.  I fish a lot of black/blue and the rest is bluegill imitators.

 

Other end of the spectrum, I have zero confidence in any plastic with red flake.

 

Perhaps this is a regional thing?   Here in Florida, red flake makes a huge difference.   Every great bass lure had some red somewhere, why not in a soft plastic?  Watermelon Red is one of our best colors.  Christmas (red and green flake) has been a tournament winner on the Chain for 20 years.  

[Mike L]

14 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

 

Perhaps this is a regional thing?   Here in Florida, red flake makes a huge difference.   Every great bass lure had some red somewhere, why not in a soft plastic?  Watermelon Red is one of our best colors.  Christmas (red and green flake) has been a tournament winner on the Chain for 20 years.  

Agree

Red Shad, red flake and most anything else with some kind of red gets bit. 
Been that way for as long as I can remember.
Up your way or down here on The Lake. 
 

 

 

Mike 

[scaleface]

Whatever is used in junebug and bamabug .

[Jig Man]

5 hours ago, rtwvumtneer6 said:

Bingo.  I fish a lot of black/blue and the rest is bluegill imitators.

 

Other end of the spectrum, I have zero confidence in any plastic with red flake.

I love watermelon red in my Zeros.  Most days it’s the best one.

[Captain Phil]

5 hours ago, Mike L said:

Agree

Red Shad, red flake and most anything else with some kind of red gets bit. 
Been that way for as long as I can remember.
Up your way or down here on The Lake. 
 

 

 

Mike 

 

For a number of years we bought Russ Bringer's Gambler Craws in X-mas color (black grape with red & green flakes) by the 1,000 bag.  It took an hour or more to glue glass rattles in each craw.   Those things were big fish killers.  We guarded that secret like the combination to Ft. Knox.  I think I still have a box full.  :>)

[rtwvumtneer6]

2 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Perhaps this is a regional thing?

Absolutely agree with that.  Speaking generally for my home waters.  In PA I've had the same pack of black/red flake beavers for probably 4 years.  Black/blue or black/purple (shhh) is the deal for me.

When I visit Florida I'll throw Copperfield, Lane Toad and Florida 5-0.  Also like a Red bug worm and Red shad, but those are red bodied and not red flake.  

 

[Log Catcher]

I like black, blue, or green flake in soft plastics. I can't get a fish to look at a bait with red flake in it. 

[schplurg]

I've known flakes of all colors and creeds.

[Lead Head]

Red flake... and its not even close. 

[Catt]

18 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

Perhaps this is a regional thing?   Here in Florida, red flake makes a huge difference.

 

18 hours ago, Mike L said:

Agree

Red Shad, red flake and most anything else with some kind of red gets bit

 

Same here in east Texas

 

It started with Fire & Ice worms, then Rayburn Red Hot Spots, Phenom Worm motoroil/red flake/chartreuse tail, crankbaits with red bellies.

 

[Bankbeater]

Red and gold flake for me.

[Bird]

22 hours ago, NavyVet1204 said:

Outside of June bug, black and watermelon red…pb&j did really well this past season.

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