I'm looking for a senko or french fry / centipede style worm in a specific color range. It should not be hard to find but I'm having trouble finding what I'm looking for with major brands. So far, Lake Fork Tackle is as close as I've found.

I'm looking for a black (or really, really dark green) with large bright green flakes. Black with chart. green would work too. Why this color? Because it works

I'm not sure if this is right, it's a black with a darkish green, color 037

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Jb,

I can make you a senko style worm in Black w/ LG. Green flake

I call it Black Bug.

I will send you a PM message.

Jeff

June bug, purple with green flake, sounds close enough.

Everybody makes their plastics in this color.

I'll bet there is a reason for that.

Zoom black emerald. It is black with large green flakes and a very small amount of reds thrown in. I have used craws,trickworms,and brush hogs in this color and it is killer!

I looked at one place online for centipedes or double ringer zooms in this color but haven't found any yet.I think it is a new color for them so it may not be available throughout their product line yet.I'll keep checking.

June bug, purple with green flake, sounds close enough.

Everybody makes their plastics in this color.

I'll bet there is a reason for that.

Junebug is about as close as I have found so far.  From what we could tell on the pond, the flakes had to be pretty good size for it to work well.  The Zoom Ole Monster worm I cut short was dark purple with small green flakes.  It caught two but the black with green caught five.

Thanks for the offer Jeff.  I'll send a PM.

Tiki Stick June bug color is exactly what you are looking for.

GYCB Color # 159.  I have caught a bunch of fish on this color senko in river systems.  It is defined ad Blue Black w/ Large Chartreuse flakes.

Stopped by my local baitshop last night out of curiosity. You know what they say about curiosity and the cat........

Well after asking the guy about black with green in a french fry style bait, he hands me a Zoom Centipede in Junebug. I thought it would be purple or blue toned like most Junebug baits but.... I'll be the Baitmonkey's whipping boy if that aint it!

Can't tell much from Zoom's picture above but I bought a pack. Looks just like what we had such great luck on. I've got other Junebug colored baits and none look black. Most are purple or blue with green and blue or red flake.

So the mystery is solved and there are some great suggestions here in this thread. Thanks! I like the GYCB color. I have also found some awesome custom bait companies that I will be ordering from too.

Thanks everyone!! ;D

You're going to go to all this trouble and as soon as you throw it the bite will be off.  The bass will be asking for smoke purple.   ;D

You're going to go to all this trouble and as soon as you throw it the bite will be off. The bass will be asking for smoke purple. ;D

Yeah, that sounds about my kind of luck.

Funny thing is though, my relative swears by this particular color for the pond that we were fishing.  He uses this particular worm every trip and it always produces.

Matter of fact, he caught a 9lb bass right off the dock just goofing off last year on a cold rainy winter day.  Must be something about that color that works year round because he's been using it for years now.  I don't think the bite will die on this color for a while.

Besides, Junebug is a very good color for many applications.

Zoom 's Black Emerald:

You should definitely go with whatever color you have the most confidence in, but I gotta tell ya, dark purple/green flake, black/green flake, etc.  is all six of one / half a dozen of the other to the bass if you get my drift.

Check out Yamamoto's color #159.  Blue/Black/Chartreuse Flake.

It is a very dark color and the hint of blue in the black makes many of the chartreuse flakes appear to be green.

Brad

as stated by russ The_Lowbudget_Hooker  COLOR MEANS NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. when i go out i switch the senko after every fish to a different color.. and STILL CATCH FISH!!!

as stated by russ The_Lowbudget_Hooker COLOR MEANS NOTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. when i go out i switch the senko after every fish to a different color.. and STILL CATCH FISH!!!

He also fishes a lake that is infested with quality bass.  Not all of us are that lucky

I've heard his views on that too.  I've also seen personal experience that says otherwise.  Sometimes, a simple switch from green pumpkin with red flake to green pumpkin with black flake makes all the difference.  Sometimes it doesn't matter.  Different circumstances yields different results.  That's why fishing is noted as "did you have any luck today?"  Sometimes dumb luck wins out.

I've got tons of senkos in lots of colors.  I've caught more fish on other worms and spinnerbaits than a senko.  Again, different circumstances yield different results.  

By the way, I went fishing Monday afternoon before the remnants of Gustav came through my area.  The only bite I had (even on schools of white bass and spotted bass) was on this little junebug centipede worm.  It was a quality fish probably 3lbs and he nailed the tar out of that worm when he struck.  It was dark and in shallow flooded brush.

I even threw rooster tails which is the bait of choice here locally on schooling fish.  My partner caught a decent spot on a spook but that was it.  We tried several baits in various colors.  I threw the worm there and it didn't work there either.

Was it luck the junebug worm worked later after dark?  Maybe.  Might have been in just the right spot at the right time.  Might have been just the right color to offer contrast in muddy water too.

My buddy has recently had a lot of luck on a shad colored finesse worm but not much else.  Maybe color matters?  I think it does.

Thanks again to everyone for the advice, etc.  Junebug is my new favorite color!  It's VERY versatile and works in stained, muddy, clear or whatever water clarity you have.

The Zoom Centipede is the worm I used for a couple of hours today.  I had no idea where the fish would be.  I knew it would be a slow bite due to solunar predictions and rising water.

On the first cast with a Junebug Centipede....I picked up a nice keeper bass about 15-16 inches.  Strange thing was, the bite was so soft, I thought I had hooked a stick.  It never really even struck.  I just barely got the bass hooked and he didn't fight much.  I missed a lot of bites too because they were so subtle.  By the time you figured out you were getting a bite, it was too late.  I did get a really big one bite the worm but missed the hook.  He just about pulled the worm completely off the hook.  He was a good one for sure.

SO......

Junebug has produced for me again even when the bite is really tough.  I flipped a simple t-rig around flooded brush and felt a lot of tiny bites like perch but the bass just were not in the mood to bite aggressively.  You had to set the hook for every little tick.