colors for soft plastics

skeeter944 · 10-18-05, 10:39 PM

i know that pumpkinseed and watermelonseed work in clear water, but i am a little confused about which color in stained/murky water?i have heard many different opinions but want to know what yall think.thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NCYankee · 10-18-05, 10:44 PM

I prefer red shad. It seems to work for me.

zooker · 10-19-05, 04:53 AM

muddy water? june bug watermelon seed or green pumkin in clear water.

zooker

1FASTLASER · 10-19-05, 07:15 AM

The great ZOOK pretty well covered it but he did forget Watermelon candy. Works in clear,stained,muddy wherever you throw it. ONCE in awhile depending on conditions and time of year I get real crazy and throw a off the wall color called chartruse (helps me see the bait).

bassintom · 10-19-05, 07:21 AM

stained water-red shad
clear water-motor oil

rrw4258 · 10-19-05, 07:46 AM

i'll second bassintom, i love red shad and motor oil is my favorite color of all.

bassfisherman32 · 10-19-05, 07:51 AM

for clear water i would use a chartruese and for murky water i would use pumpkinseed.

chuck n · 10-19-05, 11:59 AM

Throw a color you have confidence in. A hungry bass won't care what color it is. In all my years of fishing, I've caught almost all my bass on the color white. White spinnerbaits, white flukes.Do I think bass prefer white to other colors? No, but I enjoy using that color because of it's high visibility for me and I have all the confidence in the world in it. Confidence, confidence, confidence. That is the key to successfull bass fishing.

River stumps · 10-19-05, 01:50 PM

I agree with Chuck. I too have been fishing for a number of years and do have my favorite colors, but that dosen't mean that bass have their favorite colors, if bass did have their favorite color then Bass Pro Shops are doing something wrong, because the last time I was there I noticed every color under the sun was for sale. Altho I have caught bass on just about every color, but again it's like Chuck said its "confidence" in the color you choose to use that given day.

JB · 10-19-05, 01:56 PM

I like Junebug in the murky waters up here in ohio

Curado · 10-19-05, 02:34 PM

clear - watermelonseed
stained - red shad
muddy - black neon

pig n jig · 10-19-05, 04:12 PM

Pumpkinseed and junebug are my favorite for muddy water.P N J

10-19-05, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skeeter944

i know that pumpkinseed and watermelonseed work in clear water, but i am a little confused about which color in stained/murky water?i have heard many different opinions but want to know what yall think.thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NC Yankee- Red Shad.... Zooker-June Bug WaterMelon or Shad....Laser-Chartruse....bassnton and rrw4258-Chartruse and Motor oil.....Chuck-White or color of your confidence....River stumps-Color of your confidence......JB-June Bug...Curado-Water Melon seed,Red shad, black neon... Are you still confused??? I would think that you are. Why don't you just take a worm of your choice atach it to a hook and go fishing. That's the best way that you are going to learn. Try different ways and methods. I'm sure all thes fisherman mean well. But I do believe that if you do this you will learn more and probably catch a lunker while trying it your way. Good luck.

Fish On · 10-19-05, 04:34 PM

Smoke blue. Works in both.

KH. · 10-19-05, 06:11 PM

watermelon red flake,red shad,

zooker · 10-19-05, 06:54 PM

err what shad unregistered needs to learn to read... melon seed and GREEN PUMKIN....

zooker

KH. · 10-19-05, 08:01 PM

yup,shad is not a plastic color

chuck n · 10-19-05, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

NC Yankee- Red Shad.... Zooker-June Bug WaterMelon or Shad....Laser-Chartruse....bassnton and rrw4258-Chartruse and Motor oil.....Chuck-White or color of your confidence....River stumps-Color of your confidence......JB-June Bug...Curado-Water Melon seed,Red shad, black neon... Are you still confused??? I would think that you are. Why don't you just take a worm of your choice atach it to a hook and go fishing. That's the best way that you are going to learn. Try different ways and methods. I'm sure all thes fisherman mean well. But I do believe that if you do this you will learn more and probably catch a lunker while trying it your way. Good luck.

Skeeter944 had asked about the color to use in stained/murky water. He said he had heard many opinions and wanted ours. Well, opinions he got. Only to be expected. Yes, there is too much emphasis put on color and brand and size but we're all individualists and that's what makes all of our opinions interesting. I'm sure everyone here would agree with your philosophy though. Welcome!

KH. · 10-19-05, 08:11 PM

go with what you feel best,confidence,maybe the most important part in fishing,not just in the bait,color,brand ect,but in yourself

1FASTLASER · 10-20-05, 09:31 AM

Uh KH there are plastics that are named shad.

Chuck

Dont gorget location,location,and location. Did I mention location.

chuck n · 10-20-05, 11:08 AM

Confidence, confidence, confidence + location, location, location = fish, fish, fish. Great recipe! Well, sometimes it works. LOL

KH. · 10-20-05, 09:48 PM

hey laser,never heard a color called shad,smoke shad,blue shad,red shad you name it.just not "shad"

chuck n · 10-21-05, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kh51501

hey laser,never heard a color called shad,smoke shad,blue shad,red shad you name it.just not "shad"

Bass Pro Shops: Kinami worm item #38-248-392-11 color: shad (light gray in color)

KH. · 10-21-05, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by chuck n

Bass Pro Shops: Kinami worm item #38-248-392-11 color: shad (light gray in color)

okay,THANK YOU.FOR ACTUALLY PROVING IT.i try to stay away from kinamis,they have no action,they are worse than senkos

lizardsrule · 10-21-05, 11:38 AM

Well as usual lots of opinons, but I do know that whatever color you fish with the most, will be the color you catch the most fish with LOL. I prefer darker colors period, whether it's clear or murky, or down right muddy. The exception would be chartreuse, and white, espeicially with any baitfish imitator, such as spinners, cranks. With flukes I really like any color of shad variation. Senkosam best put it like this, fish see in shades, not colors. So a pink, could be the same shade as a light green under certain circumstances, or even a chartreusse. Because again it's a shade not a color, especially when you fish deeper and colors disappear altogether anyway. My favorite colors for worms/lizards/creature baits etc, are Black, Green Pumpkin, and Junebug. However I know all the other colors will work, as I have caught fish on just about every color out there.

Lizards

10-18-05, 10:39 PM	#1
skeeter944 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Somewhere in South Carolina Posts: 2,377	colors for soft plastics i know that pumpkinseed and watermelonseed work in clear water, but i am a little confused about which color in stained/murky water?i have heard many different opinions but want to know what yall think.thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10-19-05, 07:46 AM	#6
rrw4258 BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bellevue, Ohio Posts: 2,338	i'll second bassintom, i love red shad and motor oil is my favorite color of all. __________________ Never Give Up!

10-19-05, 11:59 AM	#8
chuck n BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Addison, Mi. Posts: 61	Throw a color you have confidence in. A hungry bass won't care what color it is. In all my years of fishing, I've caught almost all my bass on the color white. White spinnerbaits, white flukes.Do I think bass prefer white to other colors? No, but I enjoy using that color because of it's high visibility for me and I have all the confidence in the world in it. Confidence, confidence, confidence. That is the key to successfull bass fishing. __________________ I'm sure gonna miss her when I get home-.Brad Paisley- (Fishin' Song):)

10-19-05, 01:50 PM	#9
River stumps BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Va Posts: 246	I agree with Chuck. I too have been fishing for a number of years and do have my favorite colors, but that dosen't mean that bass have their favorite colors, if bass did have their favorite color then Bass Pro Shops are doing something wrong, because the last time I was there I noticed every color under the sun was for sale. Altho I have caught bass on just about every color, but again it's like Chuck said its "confidence" in the color you choose to use that given day. __________________ God is good!

10-19-05, 02:34 PM	#11
Curado BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 333	clear - watermelonseed stained - red shad muddy - black neon __________________ http://www.harttackle.com

10-18-05, 10:44 PM	#2
NCYankee BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 188	I prefer red shad. It seems to work for me.

10-19-05, 04:53 AM	#3
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	muddy water? june bug watermelon seed or green pumkin in clear water. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

10-19-05, 07:15 AM	#4
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	The great ZOOK pretty well covered it but he did forget Watermelon candy. Works in clear,stained,muddy wherever you throw it. ONCE in awhile depending on conditions and time of year I get real crazy and throw a off the wall color called chartruse (helps me see the bait).

10-19-05, 07:21 AM	#5
bassintom BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: washington(northwest) N.J. Posts: 3,958	stained water-red shad clear water-motor oil

10-19-05, 07:51 AM	#7
bassfisherman32 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 68	for clear water i would use a chartruese and for murky water i would use pumpkinseed.

10-19-05, 01:56 PM	#10
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I like Junebug in the murky waters up here in ohio

10-19-05, 04:12 PM	#12
pig n jig BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Avoca, NY Posts: 3,508	Pumpkinseed and junebug are my favorite for muddy water.P N J

10-19-05, 04:34 PM	#14
Fish On BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hauppauge, NY Posts: 368	Smoke blue. Works in both. __________________ David Scott

10-19-05, 06:11 PM	#15
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	watermelon red flake,red shad, __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

10-19-05, 06:54 PM	#16
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	err what shad unregistered needs to learn to read... melon seed and GREEN PUMKIN.... zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

10-19-05, 08:01 PM	#17
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	yup,shad is not a plastic color __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

10-19-05, 08:11 PM	#19
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	go with what you feel best,confidence,maybe the most important part in fishing,not just in the bait,color,brand ect,but in yourself __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

10-20-05, 09:31 AM	#20
1FASTLASER BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: crossett,arkansas Posts: 2,777	Uh KH there are plastics that are named shad. Chuck Dont gorget location,location,and location. Did I mention location.

10-20-05, 11:08 AM	#21
chuck n BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Addison, Mi. Posts: 61	Confidence, confidence, confidence + location, location, location = fish, fish, fish. Great recipe! Well, sometimes it works. LOL __________________ I'm sure gonna miss her when I get home-.Brad Paisley- (Fishin' Song):)

10-20-05, 09:48 PM	#22
KH. BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,316	hey laser,never heard a color called shad,smoke shad,blue shad,red shad you name it.just not "shad" __________________ and god said let there be bass, and there was bass

10-21-05, 11:38 AM	#25
lizardsrule BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Saint Augustine, FL Posts: 7,374	Well as usual lots of opinons, but I do know that whatever color you fish with the most, will be the color you catch the most fish with LOL. I prefer darker colors period, whether it's clear or murky, or down right muddy. The exception would be chartreuse, and white, espeicially with any baitfish imitator, such as spinners, cranks. With flukes I really like any color of shad variation. Senkosam best put it like this, fish see in shades, not colors. So a pink, could be the same shade as a light green under certain circumstances, or even a chartreusse. Because again it's a shade not a color, especially when you fish deeper and colors disappear altogether anyway. My favorite colors for worms/lizards/creature baits etc, are Black, Green Pumpkin, and Junebug. However I know all the other colors will work, as I have caught fish on just about every color out there. Lizards __________________ There are three types of Snakes I hate 1. Live Snakes 2. Dead Snakes 3. Sticks that look like Snakes. And Gators too!

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