Drew_Pearland Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 This is probably a dumb question because I've only been bass fishing since last year, but why isn't white a more popular soft plastic color? I don't see many white soft plastics at Academy and Bass Pro, but when I see my soft plastics in the water, to me they look a lot like shad. They also seem to be pretty visible in the stained waters that I fish. I've been using white worms and creature baits and have had pretty good luck with them. Maybe I would have had even better results with a different color. White seems to be a popular spinner bait color though. Can anyone enlighten me? Quote
NateFollmer Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 I think it goes back to the whole "catch fisherman" deal. It's hard to find ANY solid, 1 color bait anymore. I love white - not only does it catch fish, it's easier to modify if you want to add color to it. Quote
tholmes Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 I've probably caught more fish and more different species on a white twister tail grub than any other lure, maybe more than all the others combined. For soft plastics that imitate shad or silver shiners, white is a great color. I don't know about white worms or craws, I've never used 'em. Tom Quote
carrollton-fisher Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 i actually purchased a white jig, with some light blue in it. i haven't fished it. I could see where a swimming jig would work, would you think a white bottom jig would work? Quote
NateFollmer Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 i actually purchased a white jig, with some light blue in it. i haven't fished it. I could see where a swimming jig would work, would you think a white bottom jig would work? Yeap, they do I have a white and red swim jig I use on the bottom sometimes. Probably looks like a dead/dying baitfish. Quote
Super User Crestliner2008 Posted April 12, 2011 Super User Posted April 12, 2011 A tex-posed white Strike King Caffeine Shad is one of top producers from post spawn through fall. As was said earlier, a white curly tailed 3" grub on a 1/8 oz. jig head will catch anything that swims. BPS has tons of white plastics, so I'm not sure where you're getting your info? Quote
Avalonjohn44 Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 I love white plastics. As somebody else mentioned they can be fished as is, or marked up with a sharpie however you want. Quote
Super User Grey Wolf Posted April 12, 2011 Super User Posted April 12, 2011 This is probably a dumb question because I've only been bass fishing since last year, but why isn't white a more popular soft plastic color? I don't see many white soft plastics at Academy and Bass Pro, but when I see my soft plastics in the water, to me they look a lot like shad. They also seem to be pretty visible in the stained waters that I fish. I've been using white worms and creature baits and have had pretty good luck with them. Maybe I would have had even better results with a different color. White seems to be a popular spinner bait color though. Can anyone enlighten me? Don't know where you're coming from but there are all kinds of white plastics on the market. Quote
B-Dozer Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 White is usually my 1st choice, especially in clear water. Quote
Super User WRB Posted April 12, 2011 Super User Posted April 12, 2011 This is probably a dumb question because I've only been bass fishing since last year, but why isn't white a more popular soft plastic color? I don't see many white soft plastics at Academy and Bass Pro, but when I see my soft plastics in the water, to me they look a lot like shad. They also seem to be pretty visible in the stained waters that I fish. I've been using white worms and creature baits and have had pretty good luck with them. Maybe I would have had even better results with a different color. White seems to be a popular spinner bait color though. Can anyone enlighten me? Welcome to bass fishing. Solid white will catch bass on any type of lure, the problem is it doesn't sell very good. Solid black also works very well and doesn't sell for general use, except for night fishing. Popular colors come and go every year, white and black are basics. White; solid white, bone white, pearl white, translucent white are just a few of the variables for white. Good luck with your bass fishing. Tom Quote
Drew_Pearland Posted April 12, 2011 Author Posted April 12, 2011 BPS has tons of white plastics, so I'm not sure where you're getting your info? At the one where I live, they have SOME white plastics, but not very many compared to other colors. I was looking for Rage Tails in white, and they didn't have any on the shelves except for the toad. For most of the lines of soft plastics, they don't carry any white in stock. For example, seems like they carry pumpkinseed in every line, but white in only a handful. I was looking for a white lizard, and out of the 10+ brands/models of lizards they carry, I only found 1 or 2 in white. Maybe they're available on line. Quote
JoePhish Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Swimsenko in the Blue Pearl/ Silver Fleck (031) is the white bait I use the most. Sometimes hit it with a Chartreuse Spike-It marker. Fish it all sorts of ways. Get a lot of reaction bites with it. Couldn't find them this year but a year or two ago I found some Gander Mt 3" beavers in a white/red fleck color and used them as a trailer on swim jigs and spinnerbaits. Also, don't overlook baits that are part white like some shad or baby bass color patterns. Not too long ago I was catching diddly squat with a Watermelon/gold&black Senko. Switched to the Strike King version of the bait in a baby bass color, which is almost the same but with a white bottom, and started slaying them. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted April 12, 2011 Super User Posted April 12, 2011 I agree with the fellows above, 'white'' is a great color. In fact, it you carried nothing but White, Watermelon and Black, you'd be ready for anything. Two conditions come to mind that favor the color 'white': 1) When underwater visibility is excellent due to gin clear water especially under cloudless skies. Translucent white is tough to see and less likely to intimidate (e.g. phosphate pits). 2) Most aquatic creatures have a white underside, so white is very fashionable among advocates of matching the hatch, The closer the lure rides to the surface, the more visible the underside. This might explain why white & chartreuse skirts are most popular with spinnerbaits. Roger 1 Quote
Super User bilgerat Posted April 12, 2011 Super User Posted April 12, 2011 Why don't you ask some of the 46 trillion fish that got suckered by a white Mr. Twister grub ? Quote
WanderLust Posted April 12, 2011 Posted April 12, 2011 Why don't you ask some of the 46 trillion fish that got suckered by a white Mr. Twister grub ? LOL yep. White and Smoke are real killers. Quote
piscicidal Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 White is also a great color when you are sight fishing super clear/shallow water or bedding fish. Easy to tell when the fish takes the bait... Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 I use alot of white in senkos style baits and white tubes. Two of my favorites. Quote
A-Rob Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 I like white spinnerbait skirts! Otherwise I stick to more realistic colors in clear water (brown green) and black in dirty water. In my attempt to keep things simple, white does not get involved. Quote
brushhoggin Posted April 13, 2011 Posted April 13, 2011 last year a member here posted pics of bass he'd caught on a white shoe string to prove it was about the one holding the rod, not the bait used. can't remember who it was Quote
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