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fishing user avatarTapDatBASS reply : 

Okay folks newb question. Water is a greenish look any suggestion on the best colors would be for plastic worms?   


fishing user avatarXpressJeff reply : 

Welcome Newb person!

 

Color is a topic you will get a variety of opinions on. Using the search function will provide a whole lot of opinions for clear water, stained water, muddy water and so on. Good luck, there's a bunch to be learned here!


fishing user avatarSmokinal reply : 

Red shad, Tequila Sunrise, black shad all work well for me in green water


fishing user avatarMichaelCopeland reply : 

Howdy and welcome aboard! One of the ponds I fish by my house has a kinda greenish look to it. It's a murky greenish look. Junebug, junebug red and red bug colors have worked well for me here in central Louisiana. Maybe they'll work for you up there in NY. If it's a clearer green look where you are you may want to try more natural colors like a green pumpkin or watermelon.

  On 8/28/2017 at 7:07 AM, Smokinal said:

Red shad, Tequila Sunrise, black shad all work well for me in green water

Haven't tried red shad or black shad, I guess because I don't have any that color...lol. I do have some Zoom u-tail worms in tequila sunrise. I'll have to try them next time I'm at the greenish looking pond by my house.


fishing user avatarRaul reply : 
  On 8/28/2017 at 7:07 AM, Smokinal said:

Red shad, Tequila Sunrise, black shad all work well for me in green water

 

:thumbsup3:

 

Add watermelon red flake, gold flake, green pumpkin red flake.


fishing user avatarWRB reply : 

The average bass lake has water with greenish tint. The most popular soft plastic colors are green pumpkin with red flake and black with blue flake. My go to color is purple in greenish off color water like Roboworms MM111.

Tom


fishing user avatarBuzzHudson19c reply : 

Black.


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 

Whatever color the bass want!

 

I don't pick color based on water clarity or color charts; I pick a color, throw it & let the bass tell me if I made a good choice.

 

I've had great success in greenish tinted water with Gooseberry & Sprayed Glass both of which aint on no color chart.

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fishing user avatarroadwarrior reply : 
  On 8/28/2017 at 7:34 AM, WRB said:

The average bass lake has water with greenish tint. The most popular soft plastic colors are green pumpkin with red flake and black with blue flake. 

 Great advice, but I would suggest starting with YOUR favorite color!

 

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fishing user avatarscaleface reply : 

I fish greenish tinted water all the time . Just about any color works well for me except  red . Red has always been my least productive color in shallow water .  Deep water anything goes .

 

I use a lot of  blues , purples , greens , browns and black chartreuse tail .


fishing user avatarTOXIC reply : 

Just an FYI Yamamoto's top selling color is 297 Green Pumpkin Black Fleck.  I have thrown it in water color from coffee to crystal clear and caught fish.  It's the most universal color there is to me.  


fishing user avatarSpankey reply : 
  On 8/28/2017 at 9:11 AM, BuzzHudson19c said:

Black.

Great color to start with for sure. 


fishing user avatarDarren. reply : 

Junebug

Watermelon magic

Green pumpkin black flake

Watermelon red-flake

Two-tone plastics like GP and Watermelon, best

of both :lol:


fishing user avatarCrestliner2008 reply : 

I always carry a small variety of colors for any bait I'm using. Usually a dark shade, a bright shade, and a neutral shade. That way I can see which way the fish are leaning on any particular outing. Remember this, the first rule of bass fishing is that there are NO rules! Give 'em what they want.....not what you want to give 'em. Good Luck and have fun experimenting. :)


fishing user avatarBulletman20XD reply : 

Watermelon, Watermelon Red, Blue Fleck, Red Shad. Swap a few times and let the fish tell you what they want.


fishing user avatarTapDatBASS reply : 

Def going to look into everyone suggested colors and csrry a few of each and give them a go. Thanks everyone!!!


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 

This is the color I like when the algae blooms fire up.

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fishing user avatarTapDatBASS reply : 

@Bluebasser86 I Def have that in my bookbag silly question what is your favorite way to fish with that bait? 


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 
  On 8/30/2017 at 9:43 PM, tonez585 said:

@Bluebasser86 I Def have that in my bookbag silly question what is your favorite way to fish with that bait? 

I T rig it with a 1/4oz weight most of the time, flip at everything.

 


fishing user avatarTapDatBASS reply : 

@Bluebasser86awesome I'm guessing this can also be used for as a trailor?


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 
  On 8/30/2017 at 9:48 PM, tonez585 said:

@Bluebasser86awesome I'm guessing this can also be used for as a trailor?

You can, I have other baits in this color that I use for trailers though. 


fishing user avatarCatt reply : 
  On 8/30/2017 at 7:10 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

This is the color I like when the algae blooms fire up.

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fishing user avatarSubaqua Adinterim reply : 

Tonez

Welcome. I'm from the Rochester area as well.  What I have found works well around here for me are the following colors in the Yamamoto color chart : Watermelon red magic, baby bass, goby, green pumpkin black fleck. Occasionally I try purple, black or pumpkin black/ green flake.

I have better luck with 4" worms in the fingerlakes.

A great combination for me is the Gary Yamamoto 3.75" baby craw in the pumpkin/ black green flake color rigged weedless on a 1/16 oz. owner ultra shakeyhead head.

Please note that these work well for me and I just fish around this area.  Others may have other, better suggestions.  

Good luck.

 


fishing user avatarBluebasser86 reply : 
  On 8/30/2017 at 10:09 PM, Catt said:

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One of the baits I use in that color for a trailer, as well as a stand alone.

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fishing user avatarRHuff reply : 

Watermelon with Red Flake


fishing user avatarTapDatBASS reply : 

@RichPenNY oh awesome those are majority of the colors I picked out before but now I wanna use them lol... But I did go,out and grab majority of the colors folks posted here !!! Fishing here in Rochester is def a challenge lol . thanks for the tip,neighbor!!


fishing user avatarprimetime reply : 

Green water I usually go with Green Pumpkin or GP with some red flake, junebug or black and blue, or watermelon blue flake...

 

Red shad almost always catches fish for me when the water has any color.

 

I do have a theory that in green water I like to use a green/brown color so it looks natural, and then go with some flake for contrast if a plain Green pumpkin worm is not working, although GP seems to always work, so does watermelon red.


fishing user avatarKtho reply : 

Whether it's green, blue, brown or any color if there's some sort of clarity I'm going green pumpkin, I like GP red flake and black flake as well. If it's really clear and sunny I'll also use blue fleck, margarita mutilator etc bright purple/pinkish colors. For creature baits I'll use the Alabama craw color, green pumpkin top with orangish belly. But GP variants are my favorite. 

 

If visibility is really really poor I'll use black variants.


fishing user avatarTOXIC reply : 

Usually the formula is the darker the water, the darker the bait.  The only place I've seen this change up is Lake St Clair where in 15 years of going there this pattern has held:  Sunny skies Yamamoto 297 Green Pumpkin Black Fleck.  Cloudy skies Yamamoto 308 Baby Bass.  308 is noticeably lighter colored.  




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