How do I know which color to use?

[SW Florida Kid]

I was looking at zoom worms, senko worms, and space monkeys.

How do I know what color to use?

I've only used crankbaits and livebait... i've never been successful with worms... i want to start using them. Can you guys give me advice?

Thanks!

[Raul]

I fish the colors I like, that being said and given the fact that I 'm a sucker for pretty colors I have a rainbow of colors and I fish them all, I rig a bait let 's say in red shad ( one of my most favorites ), catch a few fish on it, then change for let 's say another of my favorites, watermelon gold & black flake, catch a few fish on it and then change for another of my most favored ones, tequila shad, then catch a few fish on it, change for another favorite like waermelon red & green flake and so on; by the end of the day I must have fished with 7-8 colors.

Most of the times color means little.

Wanna narrow your choices to a few colors ?:

Watermelon ( choose your poison of flake colors and/or laminates )

Green Pumpkin (  choose your poison of flake colors )

There you are, now you are ready to go.

[.dsaavedra.]

yeah some colors that are productive and probably the most popular colors for any plastic include

junebug

watermelon (and varieties)

green pumpkin (and varieties)

black

black/blue

red shad

smoke (or shad, and varieties)

[D4u2s0t]

ask 100 people what color is the best, and you'll get tons of different answers.  why?  color does not seem to be as important as most people think it is.  Most of the time I use watermelon.  why?  becauase that's what the corner store sells lol

[GonzoFishing]

I find that a watermelon with some type of flake is the way to go here in Florida. That goes for both senkos and trick worms. Everyone swears by junebug but I haven't had any luck with it yet.

[cyph3r]

clear water: watermelon/pumpkin/natural colors

murky water: junebug/black/dark colors

following those general colors is what i generally try to do. helps keep my plastics relatively manageable

[bigtimfish]

IMO for worms,lizards etc. you need only 4 colors. Purple,Black,Brown,Green. Add whatever flakes to any of those colors and you will catch.

[DINK WHISPERER]

I just stick to 4 colors and i use them for any water, clear or stained. This method has always produced for me year round. The colors are JuneBug, Watermelon/red flake, Black and Chartreuse pepper.

[Folshen]

I've got an Original Rapala F09 in gold fluorescent red that I can toss when nothing else seems to work and always entice a bite.  The wife swears by the same bait in blue.   :

[Eddie Munster]

My wife was with me at Wally world looking at fishing line and she saw the Cajun red fishing line and asked why it was red. I replied 'guess it makes it harder to see'. Then she asked "if red is hard to see underwater, why am I buying Red Shad color?" I said "cuz they catch fish". Does seem kind of contradictory doesn't it?

[Catt]

When browsing the isles of my local tackle shop and a particular color catches my eye, I think to myself I would bite that so I buy it and throw it.

[roadwarrior]

I fish the colors I like, that being said and given the fact that I 'm a sucker for pretty colors I have a rainbow of colors and I fish them all, I rig a bait let 's say in red shad ( one of my most favorites ), catch a few fish on it, then change for let 's say another of my favorites, watermelon gold & black flake, catch a few fish on it and then change for another of my most favored ones, tequila shad, then catch a few fish on it, change for another favorite like waermelon red & green flake and so on; by the end of the day I must have fished with 7-8 colors.

Most of the times color means little.

Wanna narrow your choices to a few colors ?:

Watermelon ( choose your poison of flake colors and/or laminates )

Green Pumpkin ( choose your poison of flake colors )

There you are, now you are ready to go.

Sometimes having exactly the right color can be important,

but generally watermelon and green pumpkin are colors

you can count on. I'm also a big fan of any combination

of black & blue!

8-)

[Skinnyh2ofishin]

As D4u2s0t said, ask 100 people and you'll get enough different answers to buy the entire soft plastics aisle!  And as Roadwarrior said, sometimes that Exact color matters.

But, confidence plays a huge role in your selection.  If I had to pick two colors to fish for the rest of my life they'd be watermelon (with any flake color really), and junebug.  They are my confidence colors because they've worked for me over the years, but I came to them not because I analyzed the lake conditions and decided, but becuase I was five years old when I first started fishing with lures and those are the colors I was given to fish with by people who had more experience than I did.  They've caught me so many fish over the years that I have more confidence fishing those colors than any other now.  Granted, now ofcourse I burden myself with the questions of conditions and etc., in my decision, but those two colors handle all my conditions so it's one or the other usually!  

Take the advice you get here (dark colors=dark/murky water, light/transparent colors=clearer water, etc.) and then buy what you feel most confident you'll fish with.  

If you like the color you're using you'll spend more time actually fishing the worm than holding the hook in your hand deciding which color to try next!