Green pumpkin, the best all around color? 2024
TriStateBassin106 reply :
The title really says it all, almost every body of water I go to I'll always have luck in the soft color category with green pumpkin, if it's a swimbait or a jig or a Finesse worm the color just catches fish.
What is it with green pumpkin? I've fished stained water with it and caught fish, same with clear water.
What is it with the color that gets bass to strike?
tander reply :
I don't know if it is the number 1 color but I sure have caught a bunch of fish using green pumpkin. About the only other color I throw is junebug. Between the 2, one seems to always work.
Mikeltee reply :
Whatever color no one else is using
Darren. reply :
In general, it is probably one of the best, though for me
it has always been variants of GP (chartreuse tail, or
GP/Gold flake, etc.).
My own experience has been varied, with Watermelon
Magic probably atop the list, followed by Junebug.
Jrob78 reply :
Green pumpkin and black and blue are 1a and 1b for me.
OnthePotomac reply :
Bass Master Magazine did an angler survey several years ago on the most popular color and green pumpkin was it.
JediAmoeba reply :
I agree about its versatility, but when you go somewhere inundated with Shad, white is hard to beat
Mike L reply :
Keep in mind, plastic color is dictated by conditions and prevalent bait.
Down here it's mostly Junebug for me.
When that slows I'll change to anything with a little red.
Green Pumpkin is always last.
Mike
OkobojiEagle reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 2:59 AM, tander said:I don't know if it is the number 1 color but I sure have caught a bunch of fish using green pumpkin. About the only other color I throw is junebug. Between the 2, one seems to always work.
...add blue pearl flukes and swimbaits to fish in the top 1/3 of the water column.
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TriStateBassin106 reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 3:22 AM, JediAmoeba said:I agree about its versatility, but when you go somewhere inundated with Shad, white is hard to beat
Green pumpkin and some form of a purple flake is all I throw in places with no shad, best bluegill imitation in my opinion
2tall79 reply :
Black is never wrong.
NYWayfarer reply :
In my neck of the woods Green Pumpkin colored baits rule! Nothing else comes close.
Fishin' Fool reply :
The green pumpkin watermelon laminate senko is about as good as it gets colorwise in my opinion. That way the bass has its choice of what color it's going to eat 
N Florida Mike reply :
I tend to do best with watermelon colors , June bug, grape , red shad. Green pumpkins good but not best where I fish.
Y'all try the Alabama craw color .It’s half June bug and ( I think ) half pumpkin. I don’t know if it comes in other brands besides Yum dingers but that’s my hot bait right now. The fish absolutely clobber it on top, reeling thru or on top of grass.
Todd2 reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 4:57 AM, 2tall79 said:Black is never wrong.
I mostly agree but this morning I made the switch from black to purple in the same worm and the bites doubled if not tripled. I talked to a guy at the ramp who stayed with black and he didn't do nearly as good. Now next week I'm sure it'll change.
Dvo509 reply :
I use to buy all the colors but now it is pretty much down to 4. Green Pumpkin, Junebug, Watermelon, and Black&Blue. I with mix the flake colors up a little bit too.
DHP reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 5:26 AM, Fishin' Fool said:The green pumpkin watermelon laminate senko is about as good as it gets colorwise in my opinion. That way the bass has its choice of what color it's going to eat
Same here. There’s a dark/light watermelon laminate with red flake that I bought but haven’t really tried. It looks a lot like the Cali Craw TRD’s that I do well with. But the green pumpkin/watermelon laminate senko is my confidence bait.
813basstard reply :
Still never figured out where the pumpkin comes in. They never have orange in them..whatever, they work.
Jrob78 reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 11:10 AM, 813basstard said:Still never figured out where the pumpkin comes in. They never have orange in them..whatever, they work.
Pumpkin colored baits are orange, green pumpkin is green. Pumpkins are green before they turn orange.
clh121787 reply :
all fish eat smaller fish. a bait fish pattern will never fail. even blue gills in muddy water will be silver in color. a shad pattern will always work. so will a green pumpkin. im convinced color is least important putting a bait in front of a hungry fish will get bit
Mike L reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 6:00 AM, N Florida Mike said:I tend to do best with watermelon colors , June bug, grape , red shad. Green pumpkins good but not best where I fish.
Y'all try the Alabama craw color .It’s half June bug and ( I think ) half pumpkin. I don’t know if it comes in other brands besides Yum dingers but that’s my hot bait right now. The fish absolutely clobber it on top, reeling thru or on top of grass.
In clearer than usual water in scattered grass down here, a Alabama Craw colored Rage Bug can tire you out!
Mike
MickD reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 2:54 AM, pondhopperNJ said:What is it with the color that gets bass to strike?
I think you'll have to ask a bass.
Yup, if I had to use just one color, that's it.
AlTheFisherman313 reply :
I think it just has to do with it being a semi natural color. I never do well with crazy colors. Literally most of my baits are white, black and natural. For softs green pumpkin, black and blue, white or bluegill if it’s a swimbait, seems to work out pretty well.
In michigan fish, also seem to love anything black and gold.
Pickle_Power reply :
Overall, I'd say watermelon w/ red flake is most effective for me where I fish.
Shimano_1 reply :
Green pumpkin and black & blue pull about 95 percent of my duties for plastics. Used to buy tons of other but over the years I've simplified it to mostly these 2. Besides finesse worms, morning dawn is my go to
Revival reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 6:00 AM, N Florida Mike said:I tend to do best with watermelon colors , June bug, grape , red shad. Green pumpkins good but not best where I fish.
Y'all try the Alabama craw color .It’s half June bug and ( I think ) half pumpkin. I don’t know if it comes in other brands besides Yum dingers but that’s my hot bait right now. The fish absolutely clobber it on top, reeling thru or on top of grass.
I think you are referring to Bama Bug which is green pumpkin/junebug. Bama Craw is more of a green pumpkin /orange
Team9nine reply :
On my waters, I’ll take Junebug over GP any day, but GP variations are a good backup
cgolf reply :
For the waters I fish water red and motor oil red are 1a and 1b and these two colors catch them in all water colors for me. Straight green pumpkin just doesn’t get bit for me, but Green pumpkin purple gold does well for river Smallies, so I do use a variation of it sometimes, but don’t carry it in the boat anymore.
greentrout reply :
my mileage ... the zoom green pumpkin is winning the day for me where i pursue the lmb ...
not even close ...
good fishing ...
BassWhole! reply :
GP is a good color but I personally like the Zoom Watermelon Candy, which is darker than the regular watermelon better. If I had to have only one color (like in those silly pointless hypothetical winter threads) it would be purple or black. 3-5 colors is really all one needs 99% of the time.
reelfast reply :
Most pros agree black and blue is the best color. Black and blue is optimal if the water is stained making it more versatile.
For me, black and blue is the clear winner if I could only choose one color. Green pumpkin is a great color, though.
Alec McMillan reply :
In my neck of the woods I stick to 5 colors. Black/blue, okeechobee craw, bama bug, junebug, and green pumpkin.
If I had to choose one color I would choose Okeechobee Craw.
N Florida Mike reply :
On 7/29/2019 at 12:46 AM, Revival said:I think you are referring to Bama Bug which is green pumpkin/junebug. Bama Craw is more of a green pumpkin /orange
I did struggle to remember between the two.
Mobasser reply :
I've given grn pumpkin a serious shot, but it really hasn't worked that well for me. I don't know why either? But, I've had the most success over many years on grape, mine but and blue
Jaderose reply :
On 7/28/2019 at 3:03 AM, Jrob78 said:Green pumpkin and black and blue are 1a and 1b for me.
This.....
Bankbeater reply :
Earlier this summer it was all about watermelon red. About a month ago is when green pumpkin plastics started working. I think it has something to do with the color of the crawfish in the water I fish. They turn a brownish green later in the year.
TOXIC reply :
I can tell you that Yamamoto’s top selling color is 297 Green Pumpkin/Blk Fleck hands down. I personally have caught fish in gin clear water to coffee colored water to the dark tannic water in Florida on that color. There are other colors that may work better on different bodies of water like a red fleck in the Potomac or a Natural Shad color on St Clair but for “all around” versatility it’s hard to beat. The other major factor that gets forgotten.......confidence. Throw whatever color you have confidence in. That will usually produce the best. It’s like Gary Klein once told me, “I don’t know if confidence catches more fish but I guarantee you that if you throw a color/bait you have no confidence in, you won’t catch fish.”
drscholl14 reply :
Green Pumpkin and Black/Blue flake for me. Probably actually lean towards Black/Blue Flake
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