Staple soft plastic colors

[Siebert Outdoors]

with all this talk about lures and how many.  It got me thinking.  What are the staple colors soft plastic colors.  Here is what I think.  

green pumpkin

black

watermelon

brown

These colors seem to produce in any water condition out there.  If I had to pic one of them it would be green pumpkin.  It just works in all conditions and water types.

[Deuceu72]

I agree with all GMAN's colors and would add one more..........Junebug..............This color produces for me no matter what the plastic is...... ;D ;D ;D

[TravisLovett]

Whenver I'm buying plastics I'm looking for 2 main colors.  Pumpkin seed and watermelon,  after that I look for black with specs and brown with specs.  Then I'll move to a red shad or some bright color taht I'll tie on when nothing is hitting.  

[BassBeat101]

For me it's red shad.  I don't know what it is about this color, but in any type water clarity I always feel that it will catch me fish.  The 4.5" Culprit worm in red shad T-rigged was/is my first confidence bait - now I always pick up plastics in red shad, when available.

Daryl

[roadwarrior]

Dark.

[.ghoti.]

In no particular order: greens, browns, black, reds, blues.

My go to baits are a red shad Senko, black/blue Zoom tube, pumpkin Power hawg, black 10"Power worm, blue 6.5" GYCB Cuttail worm, baby bass Super Fluke, black/chart Power Craw and a watermelon Fat Ika.

Cheers,

GK

[Catt]

Basic colors: Violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, & red

My favorite is Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage)

Cinnamon: brownish red

June Bug: purplish violet with green flakes

Pepper: black flakes

Neon: red flake

4 of the 6 basic colors

[TournyFish001]

green pumpkin/watermelon; dominates my plastics- some others but these two are "staple" colors.

[Shadcranker]

Keep it simple:

Green pumpkin

Watermelon

Pumpkin pepper

Black and blue

Black and red

I own variations of each (i.e. watermelon candy, pumpkin pepper with chart tail, etc.), but if you're building a basic plastic collection, these are fine. Otherwise the "bait monkey" will move into your garage, and you will confuse yourself.

Only exceptions:

1. if I'm really trying to imitate a shad with a fluke, tube, grub, or swim jig trailer, then go with white or pearl

2. fishing a foating or trick worm, and needing to see the bait around beds, throw methiolate, pink, yeoow or white floater.

3. have a variety of 6-10" worm colors for summertime fishing- red shad, junebug, purple, black)

[Hawgin]

I recently went to a seminar hosted by Mike Iaconelli, and he said that even though his sponsor doesn't like him to mention it, that you only need 5 basic colors:

Green pumpkin

Watermelon seed

Junebug

Black/blue

white

[Siebert Outdoors]

I recently went to a seminar hosted by Mike Iaconelli, and he said that even though his sponsor doesn't like him to mention it, that you only need 5 basic colors:

Green pumpkin

Watermelon seed

Junebug

Black/blue

white

I would agree with that.  Those would colors would work in any contion any bait style.  From shad to craws to worms.  I forgot about white.

[senko_77]

I never go to a lake without Watermelon/gold flake.  It has produced consistently since the day I tried it.

Black, Red Bug, and Castaic Choice are my other main colors

[Lard_Bass]

Here was a recent poll on primary worm color:

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1168872747

[KU_Bassmaster.]

I keep it real simple:

Green and Black

Then in the fall I will add white.

[ga_hawghauler]

Green pumkin  

browns

redshad

white (zoom trick worms)

[Valascus]

I like to keep my colors more on the natural to dark side. I tend to gravitate towards greens, browns, blacks, blues, and reds. Of course there are some exceptions to these choices such as flukes and trickworms. The main colors you would find in my bag are as such:

Watermelon

Watermelon/Red flake (or black flake)

Green Pumpkin

Pumpkin

Pumpkin/Chartreuse

Black/Blue

Black/Red

The exceptions are as such:

White (flukes and trickworms)

Merthiolate (trickworms)

Orange variations (crawdad colors, Mainly Yum CrawBugs and Netbaits Paca Craws)

Junebug (Ikas and other various plastics)

[hi_steel_basser]

Here goes:

Clear water-slightly stained=green pumpkin

Slightly stained-muddy/off-color=junebug

C-rig red shad 7+" worms on points for summer largies. Throw Smoke/red flake tubes. Throw flukes in watermelon or pearl. Throw bubblegum trick worms weghtless. Adjust all colors to light penetration and water clarity. Blah Blah Blah. Green pumpkin. when all else fails

[fishbear]

I have to agree with the watermelon and pumpkin seed,,

but I also need to add motor oil/chartruese.  Caught more fish on that color worm than any others

last year...

[Alpster]

Culprit - Black Shad. Yea baby!

Ronnie

[rboat]

I usually throw them in this order;

green pumpkin

watermelon

junebug

red shad

(motor oil is great at times when nothing else works)

Floating

(white with some red I add myself with a marker) for worms

(gray and white mix) on flukes

[Guest the_muddy_man]

DARK GREEN #1 for me including: Pumpkin seed,watermelon and daker camo patterns. I like some black or red flake in em sometimes.

Two older colors still work great for me especially with Manns Jelly worms:Grape(purple) and

Marmalade(Motor Oil) still work on almost every trip!!!!

[Bankbeater]

I use to throw alot more colors than I currently do.  Now I stick to green pumpkin, pumpkin, watermelon, junebug, and grape.

[CyBasser]

Dark conditions / muddy or heavily stained water:

Junebug, black/blue flake or tail, black/chart tail, black

Sunny / clear or lightly stained water:

Pumpkinseed, green pumpkin, watermelon

Chartrause has also worked for me in both the above conditions...

[Yakfish]

Watermelon or green pumpkin with red flake.

No other colors get half as much attention around here.

[bassboy1]

Green punkin' seed

red shad

junebug