I was looking through my tackle yesterday and realized that there is two color patterns that I haven't used or really know when to use. Pink with white; white and clown. Any ideas of when to use such color patterns? I mostly fish from the banks and from a kayak on a Lake that used to be a quarry and is really clear. I do have a few other rivers and or creeks that are heavily stained as well where I thought they might work. I'm hopping that they can be used for smallmouths this year, but I honestly don't know.

Bubblegum (bass fishermen don't use pink) works best for me in clear water. 

 

Allen 

 

bubblegum, white, merthiolate and limetreuse (zoom trick worms) floating worms almost yr. round are deadly ... various brands make 'em ...

 

good fishing ...

 

 

Clown is one of my favorite jerkbait colors in stained water.

3 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Clown is one of my favorite jerkbait colors in stained water.

Mine too. I have caught a lot of fish on clown rogues over the years.

I always wondered how it looks to a bass. Red is supposed to be one of the first colors to disappear underwater. 

19 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Clown is one of my favorite jerkbait colors in stained water.

My favorite for top water color.

1 hour ago, Munkin said:

Bubblegum (bass fishermen don't use pink) works best for me in clear water. 

 

Allen 

 

Over the years, I caught totally ONE freaking bass from Pink worm.

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Clown is one of my favorite jerkbait colors in stained water.

I will have to try that out. I didn't figure clown would work in stained water.

I like a bubblegum weightless fluke in the spring.  Usually in clear water, but it will work in stained and murky water also.

1 minute ago, Bankbeater said:

I like a bubblegum weightless fluke in the spring.  Usually in clear water, but it will work in stained and murky water also.

I've got a package of bubblegum trick worms and i think i have a set of pink flukes as well. The lake that I fish in is mostly clear. Would a Pink and white jerkbait or crankbait work there too?

I use pink for fishing for bowfin in the winter and also skipping docks when rigged weightless. Another color ive never caught a fish on is watermelon red. I have lord only knows how many worms and craws in that pattern and never once caught a fish on it, maybe it says something about me?

I was going to try some pink power worms this year, as they're not commonly used but sometimes people will have great luck with them.

Green Pumpkin. Black.

 

i can’t catch a drop of water with these two colors.

Black in clear water.

11 hours ago, jrwerner310 said:

I've got a package of bubblegum trick worms and i think i have a set of pink flukes as well. The lake that I fish in is mostly clear. Would a Pink and white jerkbait or crankbait work there too?

You can give it a try. I’ve never fished with a bubblegum crankbait only with flukes. 

5 hours ago, CrankFate said:

Green Pumpkin. Black.

 

i can’t catch a drop of water with these two colors.

My two best colors for soft plastics. 

 

Allen 

31 minutes ago, Munkin said:

My two best colors for soft plastics. 

 

Allen 

Those are literally the only 2 colors I buy for soft plastics; except for minnow imitating baits, where I’ll buy Shad and smoke colors.

Black and blue. Zero confidence in these 2 colours.

 

My buddy loves magenta zoom swimming flukes weightless and Texas rigged. Caught a football sized Smallmouth right beside me.

21 minutes ago, bassh8er said:

Those are literally the only 2 colors I buy for soft plastics; except for minnow imitating baits, where I’ll buy Shad and smoke colors.

 

Same here.

 

Allen