Guys I’m anal, bullheaded and a creature of habit. For my river smallies and lake fishing for greenies this coming season I’m gonna throw a few pink/bubble gums for a first time. 
 

Something that never struck me or appealed to me very much. But I guess it whether it appeals to the fish. Still doesn’t, but I want to at least try it. I see it talked about here on occasion. An experiment, will either work or not work. 
 

I have all winter to find a bag of 4” flukes, 3” grubs, tubes and a finesse worm. And a pink medium diver crank bait. That I have never seen, may be tough to find. 
 

I’ll dedicate a day to pink or a few hours here and there to try mixing it in with other stuff I’m using.  

Z-Man makes a color called Laguna Shrimp that I use on the Tennessee River for smallies. It is a pink color and I have caught fish in clear and stained water on it. The one I have used is called a TickerZ.

6 minutes ago, Blue Raider Bob said:

Z-Man makes a color called Laguna Shrimp that I use on the Tennessee River for smallies. It is a pink color and I have caught fish in clear and stained water on it. The one I have used is called a TickerZ.

I've used this for the first time last week. We caught a number of small largemouth using it. 

Bubble gum trick worm is great in may 

23 minutes ago, Spankey said:

Guys I’m anal, bullheaded and a creature of habit. For my river smallies and lake fishing for greenies this coming season I’m gonna throw a few pink/bubble gums for a first time. 
 

Something that never struck me or appealed to me very much. But I guess it whether it appeals to the fish. Still doesn’t, but I want to at least try it. I see it talked about here on occasion. An experiment, will either work or not work. 
 

I have all winter to find a bag of 4” flukes, 3” grubs, tubes and a finesse worm. And a pink medium diver crank bait. That I have never seen, may be tough to find. 
 

I’ll dedicate a day to pink or a few hours here and there to try mixing it in with other stuff I’m using.  

Just as it is with other baits, there will be days they will kill it and there will be days they will snicker at it.  Let’s hope you pick the former.

I've done very well with bubblegum stik-o's in the spring and it's a fall back color other times of the year.  I don't get the reluctance to use any particular color, including pink.  They catch fish

Think Merthiolate ~

A-Jay

When I go to Michigan for smallmouth, I never leave without at least 2 bricks (20 bags) of Yamamoto DShads in pink.  Weightless on a 4.0 ewg offset shank gamakatsu hook can be fished like a Shad, or like a tube, shallow or deep.  It is a favorite of mine.  Actually saved a weeklong trip one year.

 

The 4" senko in Trout laminate (watermelon top, bubblegum bottom) is a go to for me year round

Thanks guys I’ll try it. Have been somewhat wanting to try it, as I said it has not bit me hard enough to try it. 
 

I’ll put together a pink “care package” over the winter. I don’t have a lot That I need or have to replenish. I’ll do pink searches of plastics I do well with now. I’ve seen some pink Zoom stuff over the years. All of which went over my head. A place to start first. 
 

I’m willing to bet there is not a pink crankbait out there. I have never seen one and I own a lot of them (more than I need) but there are not many that I didn’t catch a bass on (even if only dinks or runts).

32 minutes ago, Spankey said:

Thanks guys I’ll try it. Have been somewhat wanting to try it, as I said it has not bit me hard enough to try it. 
 

I’ll put together a pink “care package” over the winter. I don’t have a lot That I need or have to replenish. I’ll do pink searches of plastics I do well with now. I’ve seen some pink Zoom stuff over the years. All of which went over my head. A place to start first. 
 

I’m willing to bet there is not a pink crankbait out there. I have never seen one and I own a lot of them (more than I need) but there are not many that I didn’t catch a bass on (even if only dinks or runts).

Don’t bet too much!! 
strike king makes pink crappie cranks 

 

Pink works man!

32 minutes ago, Spankey said:

I’m willing to bet there is not a pink crankbait out there.

There are a ton of them dating back to when they were call "plugs."  Mostly marketed to salmon/steelheaders, who do not share the hesitance to use pink.

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Think Merthiolate ~

A-Jay

 

Wacky Rigged ?

3 hours ago, Spankey said:

And a pink medium diver crank bait. That I have never seen, may be tough to find. 

 

Try the bandit 300 series

I like the Grenda Shad and the Hotty totty colors

 

 

 

36 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Don’t bet too much!! 
strike king makes pink crappie cranks 

Found something I like the look of. Daiwa SC Shad 5 SP.  Bubble Gum. Fall right in line with the Shad Raps I throw year round. 
 

I see that the hardbaits may not be as hard as first thought. I really appreciate all the responses. 

It’s not a crankbait, but since you’re talking about smallmouth fishing, I can tell you with great certainty that this guy can absolutely hammer them when the water is cool in the spring and fall, and even in the heat of summer on some lakes I’ve fished. 

4 hours ago, Spankey said:

Thanks guys I’ll try it. Have been somewhat wanting to try it, as I said it has not bit me hard enough to try it. 
 

I’ll put together a pink “care package” over the winter. I don’t have a lot That I need or have to replenish. I’ll do pink searches of plastics I do well with now. I’ve seen some pink Zoom stuff over the years. All of which went over my head. A place to start first. 
 

I’m willing to bet there is not a pink crankbait out there. I have never seen one and I own a lot of them (more than I need) but there are not many that I didn’t catch a bass on (even if only dinks or runts).

I will be happy to take your money on that bet. Spro makes a RK Crawler in the a color called Pink Caddi. I have one.

4 hours ago, Log Catcher said:

I will be happy to take your money on that bet. Spro makes a RK Crawler in the a color called Pink Caddi. I have one.

Thanks for that heads up. Found that in 1/2 oz. Just had to think outside the box some. I've been throwing some of the rk 50's over the last couple seasons. They have been a productive Bomber substitute for me. Thanks.  

On 12/3/2021 at 3:44 PM, Catt said:

 

Wacky Rigged ?

 

this ^^^  

 

i have a buddy, who when no one is catching anything, will tie on a neon pink worm and wacky rig it. he slays with it every time.  i've never seen it not produce. since then i bought some too, but haven't had the chance to use them yet.

Zman makes the TRD in bubble gum. I had one guide trip that it was our best producing color. Their Twilight color is pink and purple and was probably my best color for smallmouth on a Ned last year.  A wacky rigged trick worm is great in the post spawn for smallies here. 

On 12/3/2021 at 12:06 PM, A-Jay said:

Think Merthiolate ~

A-Jay

I thought merthiolate was southern for pink?

16 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I thought merthiolate was southern for pink?

It may be ~ 

Either way, I can't actually pronounce the word.

Sort of like woo-chister sauce . . .

A-Jay

 

WUSS-ti-sure sauce.

We just call it "W-sauce" lol.

I gave up on methiolate and bubblegum years ago.  I don't recall the details....entirely likely that I didn't give them a fair chance.  But, I still have a hundred pounds of other colors to work through before I will feel the need to revisit.

55 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

It may be ~ 

Either way, I can't actually pronounce the word.

Sort of like woo-chister sauce . . .

A-Jay

 

 

12 minutes ago, J Francho said:

WUSS-ti-sure sauce.

We just call it "W-sauce" lol.

 During the great condiment naming experiment of 1836, the taste tester was given a yellow sauce and asked what it should be called, and he ultimately settled on the name mustard. Then he tried some red sauce and called it ketchup. Upon trying the third brown sauce, the tester was confused and asked "what's this here sauce?" and the name Worcestershire was born........

 

Not really. Sorry it's pouring rain and windy and I can't use my ladders right now. Bored........