What do pink flukes imitate? When should I be throwing them?

5 minutes ago, Bazoo said:

What do pink flukes imitate? When should I be throwing them?

Nothing. They act the same as any other fluke. Just a goofy color. Sometimes ya match the hatch. Sometimes ya want that odd goofy color. Either can make a bass interested or strike. Maybe it’s curiosity to the color? I’m not sure. One nice thing is in shallow clear water you as the angler can see it. That said I’ve never fished any pink flukes. 

Color has nothing to do with mimicking anything!

 

I would throw them in dirty water or darker sky conditions or when fish are very active because pink is a color that stands out.

Thanks guys. Basically, similar to the way you'd use chartreuse.

I caught an 8 pounder in a murky golf course lake on one.

I use pink flukes to catch stripers. They love em

During the spring runoff I like to throw bubblegum Flukes. Once the water gets clear in early summer I switch to more translucent colors.

I use a red senko on Canada Day.

Smallies like pink in the spring. In any style plastic. 🤐

Largemouth also.

I went from pink Trickworms, to pink Flukes, to pink glidebaits. I like to throw pink in the Spring or on any pressured water, to try and show them something different. 

Now we're talking! I'll have to get some pink flukes I reckon.

Yeah, we here can spend your money if not careful  haha......

Bubble gum is a good color in flukes and trick worms for dingy water like we have all over SC. Zoom makes another neon green color they call limetreuse, which is also good.

I've bought and tried pink wacky worms. Locally, they're a favorite color, but whereas I've caught bass with them, I have better luck with gold and silver flukes and Junebug and green pumpkin wacky worms.

I wonder, on those days that seems like nothing is working because of the pressure, if a pink fluke or trick worm might entice a couple.

Love the pink floating worm - particularly late pre spawn, spawn and early post spawn - one of my favorite bites. Throw it in the fall also, but typically use white then for whatever reason. Gotta’ believe same colored fluke would work as well.

 

 

Bass don’t see pink.  And neither do 

bait manufacturers.  When they make a pink bait, they see only green.

 

30+ years ago my bass club was about to fish a spring tournament.  Rumors started going around that the fish were hitting pink trick worms.  I caught my fish on them in the tournament.  I'm pretty sure at least half of the fish caught in the tournament were caught on them.  There were two reasons for this.  First,  the fish were hitting pink trick worms.  Second,  everyone was throwing pink trick worms. 😆

I use them in the spring spawning season, pre and post spawn. 

Sore subject for me.  Yamamoto discontinued their bubblegum DShad and it was one of my favorites.  Saved a trip to St Clair one year because that’s all the smallmouth would eat.  Luckily I have a pretty big stockpile of them.  

Lee Livesay crushed them on Lake Fork w a pink-cream color bladed jig w pink trailer, it was either a bladed jig or swim jig I can’t exactly remember. 😆

On 8/2/2025 at 5:05 PM, OldManLure said:

Bass don’t see pink. 

 

 

Is this true?

 

Seems like the Japanese are loving pink right now.

 

All kinds of offerings in pink.

They don’t possess the receptors to see the pink we see.  It’s more likely to be seen as some hue of faded red.  

I like to fish pink flukes in the spring, when the water is dingy or muddy.

They just work sometimes and I don't know why? They work best for me in clear water for SM.

 

Allen