Clearwater Soft Plastic Colors? 2025

Joedodge reply :

So I've looked at the searches and articles. And I've been fishing some new local lakes I found that the water is insanely clear excelent visibility. In the dirty lakes and ponds I've been fishing, I use black/blue laminates, watermelon red, Carolina pumpkin with a chartreuse tail, and even black. I see a lot of guys go to lighter colors in Clearwater. Since I've never really fished it what is working for you guys?

einscodek reply :

In clearwater I have success with green pumpkin and off-white/pearl in plastics

Joedodge reply :

Oh ok excellent! Thanks for the reply

Bassguytom reply :

Green pumpkin, watermelon and smoke colors work well for me in clear water.

Brian-S reply :

Tend to lean towards more in the natural realm. Watermelon Red, Green Pumpkin, Smokes, etc.

Brian

Joedodge reply :

Ok so im kinda on the right track I'll add some whites and smoke/shad xolors

Jig Man reply :

I fish a lot of clear water. My main color is green pumpkin, but red, black, white, blue, purple, smoke, and chartreuse also work for me.

A-Jay reply :

Every color works for me in the clear waters I fish . . . . .

As long as it's Green Pumpkin.

Oh, and black's pretty good too.

A-Jay

riverbasser13 reply :

Green pumpkin (pretty universal) baby bass, watermelon,pearl white and salt and pepper are my favourites for clear water and sunny skies. If it's cloudy or flat light and the above colors aren't getting much attention, then I'll try a black and blue or watermelon red or a purple ish color. Clear water can try your patience but it's awesome when you can see the strike 10-12 feet down.

scaleface reply :

I pretty much use the same colors in both waters. A couple of more I would add are motor oil and brown / orange .

Frenchman83 reply :

Watermelon

cgolf reply :

I have found that calm bright days smoke purple is king along with other natural colors and when there is a chop or it is overcast water red works great. It is probably a thing on the lake I fish, but it is either or bite, very rare to get hits on both colors in the same timeframe.

Bluebasser86 reply :

Natural colors, specifically watermelon, green pumpkin, and black.

RB 77 reply :

The more translucent the better for me, but every color has its time and place. Every day is different and more opaque colors willl shine on certain days.

ChrisD46 reply :

On 3/18/2015 at 8:18 AM, Bassguytom said:
Green pumpkin, watermelon and smoke colors work well for me in clear water.

^^This^^

Munkin reply :

Translucent colors like WM and smoke.

Allen

Joedodge reply :

Thanks for the awesome replys even everyone. I guess I won't have to change things up much. I've got a week off work in two weeks im gonna hit the clean lakes real hard then

WIGuide reply :

I'm not sure if it's just a thing up by me, but black/blue laminate seems to work well in clear water as well. Usually I try it and if it's a no go, I'll switch to a more natural color.

Bankbeater reply :

I like purple, greens, browns, oranges, and shad colors. Anything that looks like a natural color.

Penguino reply :

Watermelon red flake, junebug etc.

Sonik reply :

I used Okeechobee Craw to some good success. I also like a junebug for deeper but still clear. I had one day where a Houdini color was unstoppable.

I need to pick up some for this year in plain old pumpkin. I used to do so well with pumpkin worms about 20 years ago. Very very opaque with a hint of orange.

corn-on-the-rob reply :

For me I use anything and everything in clear water, only in stained/muddy water do I start to reduce my selection.

DocNsanE reply :

Same as others: watermelon, green pumpkin, perl/silver and smoke. Colors you can hold up to the sun and see through are usually pretty good.

Someone above mentioned purple smoke and I can't agree more. On a sunny day, nothing produces for me as much as a purple smoke color like the Ozark Smoke for a Yum Dinger

Joedodge reply :

I love my black blue laminate dingers! But that ozark is amazing! On my list!!!

.ghoti. reply :

i fish a lot of clear water. my approach is to match the background. fishing on the bottom? match the bottom color. fishing through weeds? match the weed color. fishing in wood? match the wood color.

you don't want them to get a real good look at your bait. try it, it works.

Alonerankin2 reply :

Salt & Pepper which is a clear body w black flake

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