I fish a reservoir that is dominated mostly by shad. We catch lots of fish on every shad imitator you can imagine. But we rarely catch fish on worms/craws/jigs. I've seen crawfish out there, and caught fish on craw colored cranks, but mu real question is pertaining to worms. I know lots of guys use white plastics during the spawn so they can spot when the lure has been inhaled, but I was wondering if white worms might get more bites from shad feeding fish over other colors? Or are the fish just not interested in a worm presented on or near the bottom?

They may be picky about it being on the bottom. In lakes I fish like this, I usually use a nail weighted fluke or I'll put a split shot 18"-24" up from the weightless fluke and give it subtle twitches to make the fluke dance in a "wounded" fashion. This usually makes the bait stay up off the bottom and they destroy it. A senko style worm dances extremely well like this also. I've never used straight white in the senko style, but the baby bass (top half green, bottom half white) works great. 

They may be picky about it being on the bottom. In lakes I fish like this, I usually use a nail weighted fluke or I'll put a split shot 18"-24" up from the weightless fluke and give it subtle twitches to make the fluke dance in a "wounded" fashion. This usually makes the bait stay up off the bottom and they destroy it. A senko style worm dances extremely well like this also. I've never used straight white in the senko style, but the baby bass (top half green, bottom half white) works great.

Ok, thanks for the advice. That makes sense that they probably aren't looking for food on the bottom. I'll be purchasing a few different colors of Senkos and see which produce best.

I always carry a pack of white senkos.  They're kind of a last resort sort of worm for me.  I can only recall two days when I found them to be killer.  But, on those two days, I couldn't buy a bite with anything else. 

They may be picky about it being on the bottom. In lakes I fish like this, I usually use a nail weighted fluke or I'll put a split shot 18"-24" up from the weightless fluke and give it subtle twitches to make the fluke dance in a "wounded" fashion. This usually makes the bait stay up off the bottom and they destroy it. A senko style worm dances extremely well like this also. I've never used straight white in the senko style, but the baby bass (top half green, bottom half white) works great.

Key... Bottom half white. Bass see most baits from underneath them. White worms do work and especially if they've never seen them on the waters your fishing.

I've caught fish on white senkos. They work. 

All white worms have never been a good color for me. Pearl white or translucent smoke with a mix of silver/gold/black flakes and core or blood line of 1 of the following; purple-blue-chartreuse make good Shad colors. Roboworms Shad colors are all good in 4 1/2" to 5 1/2" sizes. The exception would be bed fish, white is easy to see, the bass will strike any color on a bed.

Tom

I fished with a friend that used white trick worms, t-rig, weightless while I was using my favorite watermelon red, the same way.  He caught more fish than I did all the while I was telling him a real fisherman would not use a white worm.

I have never had much luck with white worms.  I can't say why since I have white colored crank baits that work all the time.  The lightest color senko I use is blue pearl.  

A wacky rigged white trick worm saved my bacon fishing for smallies one day last summer.

They may be picky about it being on the bottom. In lakes I fish like this, I usually use a nail weighted fluke or I'll put a split shot 18"-24" up from the weightless fluke and give it subtle twitches to make the fluke dance in a "wounded" fashion. This usually makes the bait stay up off the bottom and they destroy it. A senko style worm dances extremely well like this also. I've never used straight white in the senko style, but the baby bass (top half green, bottom half white) works great.

X2 green and white works good. I use to use these white worms a long time ago and sometimes they would eat em all day, cant remember the brand and havent seen them in oe r ten years

I've had better luck Carolina Rigging white & even more so with moccasin color.

The only white worm I ever tried was the old Norman Snatrix . I didnt have much luck with it but I  didnt give it much playing time either

In general I find the clearer the water the more white makes sense.  Additionally, floating white worms worked over and close to lily pads seem to work pretty well everywhere the pads grow.

White senkos worked great when I lived near rivers that are swallow (2-10ft deep) usually medium to fast moving water for small mouth. White with gold/black flakes. Texas weightless. Toss em...let em tumble and they scoop em up. Not much success with largemouth in lakes.

I will fish a white fluke, a white paddle tail, a white grub, but never a white worm, that's crazy talk.

 

Everyone knows that worms are bright pink!