I’m going to be throwing a lot of soft plastics this year, more than ever.

 

More specifically Neko rigs.

 

My local lake has pretty good clarity with a lot of submerged weeds.

 

Sometimes I wonder if it’s harder to see a green pumpkin worm fished in the weeds?

 

I know it’s harder for ME to see it but I’m obviously not a bass.

 

Am I over thinking this?

 

What are your favorite soft plastic colors when fishing weeds?

 

THANKS!

 

 

Sprayed grass worked for me yesterday. Plum and baby bass were a no-go. This was neko vs Ned, but it was in submerged grasses…

Water clarity and depth of light has more to do with color choices. 
Every lake has a “hot” color for a period of time for reasons known only to the bass!

It’s up to us to figure out what that specific color is.

Bass use all their senses to find and catch prey to eat that are camouflaged to survive. 
My suggestion is start a color you have confidence using. You also talk to a local mom and pop tackle store to determine what color soft plastic sells best.

Depth is the 1st ? To solve.

Tom

Junebug always plays. Watermelon is another good choice around vegetation. 

I fish similar types of waters. Junebug, green pumpkin probably bass………or black blue glitter, or watermelon red? Heck idk they all catch me fish in sunny and cloudy days. Don’t overthink it. Just give the best presentation you can. Worry about that 

Location>Presentation>Profile>contrast>color.

Color/hue should be low priority imo, bass see significantly better than we can, they also "see" with their lateral line, not just their eyes. Green pumpkin, watermelon, junebug, black, and a chartreuse highlight marker, covers most conditions I encounter.

I use a Neko regularly here in the summer time along established weed lines out to 20 feet deep.  When the water is relatively clear, I prefer natural colors.  Green pumpkin, root beer, watermelon, etc.

With soft plastics I start with Junebug, if that doesn't work I switch to green pumpkin.   I have other colors, but if one of those two don't get bit I try some other lure.  If I'm getting bit on one of of these colors, I may try some other color to see if I get more or bigger bites.

#925 SENKO.  It’s my only color, I think. 
 

in weeds I fish it weightless, Texas rigged. 

Tom makes a good point - start with your personal confidence color, then try others.

 

Me - 

Green pumpkin/black flake is my #1

Watermelon/red flake is my follow up

Junebug is #3

if all else fails - PB&J

 

8 hours ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

What are your favorite soft plastic colors when fishing weeds?

 

THANKS!

 

 

I let the fish tell me. I usually mix up the colors to see if they prefer a particular color.  

Let’s not forget bubble gum.

I always start with Junebug, green pumpkin, watermelon/ pearl. Then bubble gum… I think it looks like a lighter, brighter brown in lower light. Hey I’m just guessing like everyone else.

Water clarity is a bigger issue.

In my home lake , the water ranges from fairly clear in the summer to moderately stained in the winter.

Our lake is full ( probably 60% coverage) of eel grass. I do very well with watermelon seed and watermelon red, esp. in summer. But green pumpkin works well also. In cooler months or lower light conditions I do better with june bug. I honestly haven’t seen any difference between colors fishing grassy areas as opposed to not fishing them. 
The same colors work in the water body regardless if I’m fishing grass or not…

Clear water: Watermelon Red, Green Pumpkin and June Bug. Stained and muddy: Red Shad and Black. Will go to a Tru Turn Hook if relatively heavy weeds to slide through the weeds easier. 80 percent of the time Trick worms and finesse Trick Worms.

Other worms: Culprit and Berkley Power Worms. Weather conditions always come into the decision, too. Colors of different brands differ.

Good Fishing 

Motor oil and black w or without red flake, green pumpkin w gold flake. Watermelon seed.. these are all solid colors for me. 

49 minutes ago, GreenTrout said:

Clear water: Watermelon Red, Green Pumpkin and June Bug. Stained and muddy: Red Shad and Black. Will go to a Tru Turn Hook if relatively heavy weeds to slide through the weeds easier. 80 percent of the time Trick worms and finesse Trick Worms.

Other worms: Culprit and Berkley Power Worms. Weather conditions always come into the decision, too. Colors of different brands differ.

Good Fishing 

Haven’t used a Tru-Turn in years but after me taking a file to them they straight up work.. 

Motor oil red, Junebug, watermelon seed, green pumpkin, watermelon red, red bug, plum, red shad, morning dawn, merthiolate, white, bubblegum, baby bass, shad colors, perch colors.

Plastic colors are the last part of my decision process. 

Time and experience in most scenarios in our home waters is the only way to decide. 
 

For me June Bug, watermelon/red and for a certain few red/shad.
That pretty much covers it. 

The only outlier is for sight fishing beds which for those it’s always white regardless of what and how I throw. 
 

 

 

 

 

Mike

20 hours ago, HawkeyeSmallie said:

Sometimes I wonder if it’s harder to see a green pumpkin worm fished in the weeds?

 

Lateral line 😉

 

How ya think they find my black worm at night?

 

I've caught more bass & more double digit bass on Cinnamon Pepper Neon Junebug Laminate (camouflage) than any color. 

 

Why?

 

Total confidence 

 

I think confidence is the most important thing in selecting soft plastic colors and as such I'm confident in whatever is on sale 😌😌😌

After fishing with a Neko rig for the first time on Sunday, I can tell it's going to be a staple.

 

Just placed an order for several different types of worms and colors:

 

Big Bite Baits Nekorama worm in Matte Dunne

Xzone MB Fat Fineses in Green Pumpkin June Bug

Zoom Trick worm in June Bug

Zxones deception in Watermelon Red Flake

 

Thanks for all the comments.

 

 

I fish clear lakes that can get weedy. I generally stick to natural colors. Natural prey like perch and crawfish do blend in fairly well to their aquatic environment and like @Catt mentioned, a bass’s lateral line does a lot of the “sensing” of prey. 

1 hour ago, Pat Brown said:

I think confidence is the most important thing in selecting soft plastic colors and as such I'm confident in whatever is on sale 😌😌😌

this.  

 

just last week, i was killing on my standard #925 and talking smack about it.  i look down and and rehook a worm and noticed it was not #925.  my friend had left a bag of green pumpkin with black flake in my luggage and i was fishing that...  the horrors!!  but the fish didnt agree.  

 

 

5 minutes ago, Darth-Baiter said:

my friend had left a bag of green pumpkin with black flake in my luggage

 

My #1 color.

When I'm fishing clear water with a lot of vegetation I will use green pumpkin, watermelon, or chartreuse pumpkin.  If those don't work I'll try black/blue.

If I'm fishing unfamiliar water I usually start off trying to match the cover as close as possible. The harder for me to see the better. If I'm getting few bites or only small fish, I try some different flake. If I'm getting no bites I start contrasting from the cover, usually darker first and brighter second. 

 

I'll do the same when attempting to match whatever the bass are eating if I know what it is. Try to match as close as possible, add subtle changes, then contrast completely.