Rethinking Color

4 hours ago, cgolf said:

 

Just curious, I fish tubes a lot on a slider head, which can be used to mimic an injured baitfish, the way I fish them most of the time, or dragged like a craw or a goby. I do realize that the tubes do sink vs being suspended, but since they are being fished up in the water column, wouldn't the color selection be just as important? Same with a grub being yo-yo retrieved slowly back to the boat on a light jig?

This is where understanding what they are feeding on at a given moment comes into play. If you see lots of bait such as shad around throw something that looks like a shad such as smoke, or white. If you see a lot of craws or gobies around throw baits in green pumpkin, watermelon ect.