Bass Anglers Favorite Soft Plastic Colors
by Ken Sturdivant
Southern Fishing Schools Inc
The first plastic
worm came from the Creme Lure
Company of Tyler, Texas in the early 1950’s. No one ever thought that these
baits would change fishing forever. Unknown at the time the soft plastics has
changed
fishing forever. George Perry had already taken the world record fish in 1932
on a wooden lure. But what will the next world record fish be caught on, maybe
a soft plastic?
When fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass or
smallmouth bass there are a few basic colors that will work. New and
even veteran anglers
have found some basics soft plastic colors work all year in all waters.
When water temperatures are very hot or very cold or rising or falling,
these are
great “go to” colors. Green pumpkin anything from tubes to lizards is a great
all year color. This bait color seems to work best with a clear water applications.
From small finesse worms to large craws, green pumpkin is a must have in the
tackle box.
Pumpkin or pumpkinseed is another color that works
all year. This color was first offered to the market by the Zoom Bait
Company as a lizard.
As a test color at Zoom it was almost discarded. The owner of the company
almost tossed out the entire first batch because he thought it was
just plain ugly.
Some local anglers saw the "ugly" bait in a trash bag and the rest is history.
Take the red shad color in worms and lizards anytime
you go bass fishing. This color is the number three color bass anglers
buy. Almost every soft
plastic
lure company makes a red shad something. One tactic that adds color
and scent to these
baits is dye. Dyes come in lots of colors and some have scents added
and some do not. The best dye color is chartreuse and the best scent
addition
is garlic.
Mix these
together with any soft plastic and fish really seem to like
them.
