Drawdown Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Black and blue, also sapphire blue…but I think it’s because I don’t fish those enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Functional Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Walks out to bunker, shuts the door but leaves a 1" gap for my lips to peek out and quietly yell "Green Pumpkin". Immediately slams the door and throw the locks.... seriously though straight up GP does not work for me in worms, jigs, swim jigs, spinnerbaits, etc. I have to go to a watermelon that works very well but the minute i switch to GP its like Im fishing in a bath tub. More translucent greens, browns, black/blue and deep purples are the most productive in soft plastics. Shad colors for moving baits (jerkbaits excluded) and florescent green under bellies for frogs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User fishballer06 Posted August 5 Super User Share Posted August 5 Methiolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockhopper Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Green Pumpkin has never produced for me. Ever. Black/Blue produces every outing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted August 5 Super User Share Posted August 5 Lots of love for Junebug here. It’s a great color and I don’t use it enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazoo Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Worms, I pretty much use all the classic colors and don't have any issues. Sometimes they prefer one over the other. For worms, its junebug, watermelon red, green pumpkin, watermelon, and a handful of others depending. I almost never get bit on chartreuse though. For crankbaits, all colors I've tried have worked to some degree. I haven't yet had a jig bite on a bottom jig. Have had a swim jig fish though. So black/blue for jigs I guess is the one that doesn't work for me. However, I still continue to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Log Catcher Posted August 5 Super User Share Posted August 5 The only time black and blue work for me is on a jig and trailer. I can't catch anything on soft plastic Texas rig in that color. I'm not using green pumpkin as much as I did. Seem like the bite was falling off on that color for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User MIbassyaker Posted August 5 Super User Share Posted August 5 Hmm......none? I like some colors better than others, in certain times and places. But I can't think of any that I would flatly have no confidence in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User gimruis Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 10 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said: I really like plum apple because it matches my colorful personality I get called The Cactus by some of my co workers because of my personality at work. “Sharp and prickly” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetFishorDieTryin Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Bluegill or GP based spinnerbaits have never produced well for me, but strangely enough I smash them on GP swim/vibrating jigs. In cold water I cant seem to do well with Junebug, but once the water warms up its my favorite color to flip or pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwateronly Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 White skirt spinnerbaits....gray, silver, blue, green in natural tones all work better for me. @FishTank Looks like a largo shad to me; I feel like there is a difference in action between the "real" colors and the dyed plastisol ones and it's not in the favor of the "real" ones. They definitely got me with the minnow pattern. scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User LrgmouthShad Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 17 hours ago, gimruis said: I get called The Cactus by some of my co workers because of my personality at work. “Sharp and prickly” Somebody’s gotta keep people honest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Bankc Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 Red is the worst. Like a brownish, crawfish red. It's camouflage. The bass can't see it. Orange isn't far behind. Especially if it's a dirty orange. But, I must add that the water around here is rust colored, so that's probably why. If I ever found a rust colored braided fishing line, I'd buy it. That's how I feel about red. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckfinn38 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Red crankbaits for sure... Over the years probably have $100 spent on red baits and can only remember 2 fish I caught on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishingmickey Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 22 hours ago, Rockhopper said: Green Pumpkin has never produced for me. Ever. Black/Blue produces every outing. Black/Blue never, Green Pumpkin 10" Berkley power worm, bit down to a 8.5" always. Don't you even dare try talking me out of my "Blue fleck" worms though. That deep purple worm with blue flecks in it.... ahhhhh yaah! FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckfinn38 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Oh and anything chartreuse is becoming that way. Almost like the bass have seen the color so much that they know not to touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassinCNY Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 8/5/2024 at 12:06 PM, Mike L said: Interesting how things are so very different. June bug is my #1, slam dunk, absolute, no questions asked choice regardless of style, size or shape of every plastic I use. (Only exception is for sight fishing) Mike I've thought about the reason why junebug doesn't seem to work as well for me as blacks, green pumpkins and watermelons and I think it's a match the hatch deal. Gobies are the biggest part of a bass's diet here so they just prefer those colors. At least that's my best guess. I still catch fish on junebug they just seem to be fewer and smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Spankey Posted August 6 Super User Share Posted August 6 Certain reds will work for me. Some will not and I have not been throwing them. They tend to be crankbaits that are more of a cold color. A red Shad worm is I different story. I have no problem fishing that. There are some blues I will not waste my time or money fishing with. I have a couple of good producers that are blue that work great in the fall. I will not waste my time any longer fishing them at other parts of the season. My current PB Smallie was caught on blue. Caught in the fall. PB Smallie prior to that was caught in the fall on similar blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypt Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 bubblegum.........no, never,......never again.....ever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgasr63 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I have my favorites junebug, grape,red shad,plum. I have caught fish with all of the basic colors at some point in time. I have found that it varies from pond to pond and lake to lake. If there are fish around where I am at I believe that a plastic worm or a craw bait will put the fish in the livewell. Dark colors for low light and water visibility. And brighter and clearer colors for sunny days and high visibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User WRB Posted August 7 Super User Share Posted August 7 My favorite Smallmouth bass color jig is Fritz named after Dave Fritz. Basically a hair jig with brown back, chartreuse with red around the head, If interested I will send you a photo via your email. Tom PS, a friend caught the Montana state record using this jig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazoo Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I haven’t had much success with red or orange crankbaits, though I have had some, mostly on the river. Probably my least confident color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoups Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Add me to the green pumpkin list. I just don't like it and haven't had much success with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB 77 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 On 8/4/2024 at 10:06 PM, RevoSEMIpro said: What are colors/patterns that you have either never had the success you "should" have with them or used to throw and have lost faith for whatever reason? I'll start; Black & Blue - jigs, trailer, plastics, all of it. Have given it more than the ol' college try. Never lived up to expectations....even as they dwindled, lol. Bluegill - cranks, swim jigs, bladed baits, everything. Fishing the upper Mississippi they are obviously a huge forage source. No dice for me with one exception - Orange Bream colored KVD 1.5 and 2.5's. While I have caught fish on black n blue jigs and plastics, I find almost every single other color to be more productive and it's not for lack of trying. I own a bunch of black n blue jigs, but just find that greens and browns are way more productive for me. Same with plastics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User Munkin Posted August 15 Super User Share Posted August 15 Black and blue jigs Firetiger hard baits The color blue in general Can't believe GP is on this list? I have caught bass in 8 states on GP. Allen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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