Looks like everyone basically agrees that black and blue and green are the way to go. Based on the water color. Just keep it simple from what it sounds like.
Thought I was going to have to buy some new colors. Turns out I'm good to go!! Green pumpkins, brown and black and blue is all you really need to know!!
Great tips. I catch 80-90% of my fish on a black senko and occasionally black with blue flake. I haven't tried too many other colors but I will this year.
I try to keep it simple like most of these pros, but can't help myself when i see a new or crazy color. Im sure I'm not the only one with that problem though
I am not a professional angler but I have watched the greats from a child over 40 years ago. From fishing for bass from when I was but a kid I personally have found that red white and green to be the most productive. Bass see in the color spectrum green and red best so it makes sense and I’m keeping my white lol. God Bless
I like what the pros all said, keep it simple! I promise you though that all of those guys have certain other colors that they live by too. Just know better than talk about it publicly! All talked about water clarity. Only a few of them talked about temperature though. In my opinion, water temps are very important in color selection too!
A Talapia color stick bait is absolutely money with bass and watermelon seed for clearer water and a black, black and blue and black and purple for darker water always worked for me
Being colorblind I try to keep my color choices in lures and soft plastics as basic and simple as I can. For soft plastics green pumpkin, blue/black, translucent and a bright trick worm for visibility for me.
Great tips! One thing I found interesting was that everyone has the same basic strategy just with their own slight twist on it and that’s what Fishing is all about is taking that general knowledge of how the bass behave and what the bass are eating and fine tuning it to your own personal style of fishing, one of the best tips was “ throw what you have confidence in “ that is the best advice you could take from this video!
It's very important to know what colors are right. This has always been a struggle for me. This video has been a big help in making this decision for me!
Excellent tips. I grew up rock pit fishing in an active rock pit. The water was always a milky white/green. Black firetail culprit worms was all I needed to think I knew how to fish for Bass. Now that I am MUCH older, I am learning I know nothing.
Liked Palaniuk’s info on how contrasting the muddy waters is important. I will throw black blues and dark greens in muddy waters. Also a couple of guys mentioned that while color matters, what the fish are feeding on comes first.
I remember when I first started and I went with two colors. Black and blue and green pumpkin. Then I fell into the trap of trying to have every color on the planet and now I still use the two 80% of the time. The other 20 is a craw color or white and white/silver. Great video thank you for sharing!
I think Skeet Reese and Brandon Palanick had the best explanations for color choice. Missed an opportunity to meet Palanick at Nixon’s marine in Tacoma Washington. My club (Long Lake Bass Club) held our monthly meeting there and took an opportunity to get some pro-tips from Brandon and a couple other local pros. Would like to see more of that here in Washington. Thanks for the video.
Black and Blue for me at gunnersville next week. cloudy and raining with dark water.. Love the input from all those pros. Keep it simple best advice thx Brent Ehrler
I think I need to cull a few colors out of my box. The more colors I have the more I question what to use. Learning to fish back in the 70’s we used a black Mann’s jelly worm 90% of the time. I don’t even recall any “pumpkin and watermelon” colors. Basic green was about it. Certainly simplified life!
Sounds like we're doing something right! My boyfriend defaults to green pumpkin and I tend to use blue/black. Now I need to pay more attention to the water color. Thanks!
Contest: I watched this yesterday after looking for the release date for the kastking speed demon pro rod on ur website and it was good timing because I was asking people what I should use for a fishing derby in 2 weeks. Thanks for the info.
What a great video; to hear from the pros what they are using is great. They all had a common color set though, black and blue, green pumpkin, and a brown. That is awesome. Thank you for posting this!!!
Thanks for the great tips. It seems I always have trouble picking the right color. Whatever I pick, it seems they prefer a different color. This helps a lot. Thanks!
Very influential video. I know for sure that my tackle box will include green pumpkin color & Black & blue as well. Will pay more attention to weather & water colors. Will save this video for future reference.
Bruh. How in the actual helllll did UA-cam recommend me thins. I went fishing like a few days ago…at a cottage. Cuz there was a random fishing rod laying around. The last time I fished was 10 years ago….when I was 12. I didn’t even have my phone on me when I was at said cottage. So this is pure coincidence. Which is like, hilarious. Cuz this is the first fishing video I’ve actually had recommended to me on UA-cam.
Good info...sounds like they keep it simple for the most part. Except for those secret sneaky colors they don’t want to talk about. But, again, it’s about confidence.
Sounds like this is gathered towards soft plastics? Because hardbaits would maybe be a little diffrtent? Because fish looking up? And thinks like shiny colors, flashing is not talked about? Also one pro saying catching them on green pumpkin in muddy water, maybe because the lure had vibration flapping claws or something?
This is a great video on color selection the pros make and suggest to us everyday fisherman. Truly enjoyed the comment as usual. Another quality post on BassResource.com.
I watch a TON of fishing tip/pro videos. And this was such a simple video/question but it was awesome. To hear it from all them at once was cool to hear. Tips,tricks 1 secret bait some of that would be awesome also. Great job, really was a great video. A+
I basically stick to maybe 6 different colors for different conditions including, water color, sky condition, time, & temps. I may switch up on different flake color or none at all for my Soft Plastics arsenal. Hardbaits (crankbaits) I use maybe 5 total colors for the same conditions. Jigs I mainly stick to a Bama Craw, Green Pumpkin/Brown, or Black/Blue. Spinnerbaits, Chartreuse/White, Translucents, Dark. & I prefer a tandem willow/colorado setup for most conditions & double willow for burning it......blade colors really don't matter to me, if I can see the flash, so can the fish....
Fish and crawfish don't change color in dark waters, so I throw the same regardless of clarity. What I might change up is, I'll go from silent, to a knocker or rattler to help draw them in. Then once they hone in on the sound, they'll eventually see the target from further away because I stayed with a natural color as opposed to going dark.
J Schlosser bass and bluegill change color with water clarity. And the darker colors contrast in dirty water. Giving the bass a better chance to see it.
Looks like everyone basically agrees that black and blue and green are the way to go. Based on the water color. Just keep it simple from what it sounds like.
Thought I was going to have to buy some new colors. Turns out I'm good to go!! Green pumpkins, brown and black and blue is all you really need to know!!
2:19 **man standing in front he back eating ice cream**
Kai Maria cracked me up
Keeping it simple is good for my wallet lol.
Great tips. I catch 80-90% of my fish on a black senko and occasionally black with blue flake. I haven't tried too many other colors but I will this year.
Great tips, its all about water clarity for color. I have many colors. But for Indiana. I use watermelon seed, red flake, black and blue,
I liked how they keep it simple with green pumpkin and black and blue. That is some of the best advice on bass fishing I ever heard. Thanks guys
I try to keep it simple like most of these pros, but can't help myself when i see a new or crazy color. Im sure I'm not the only one with that problem though
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Patrick Macnamara -you are not alone sir.
I’ve always had great success with White soft plastic paddle tails with a chrome underspin. Green Pumpkin color is a must as well.
Great tip!
I am not a professional angler but I have watched the greats from a child over 40 years ago. From fishing for bass from when I was but a kid I personally have found that red white and green to be the most productive. Bass see in the color spectrum green and red best so it makes sense and I’m keeping my white lol. God Bless
Awesome. Thanks for the feedback @thelighthousefjcproduction5597!
Love Greg Hackney’s explanation... really did clear it up lol
I like what the pros all said, keep it simple! I promise you though that all of those guys have certain other colors that they live by too. Just know better than talk about it publicly! All talked about water clarity. Only a few of them talked about temperature though. In my opinion, water temps are very important in color selection too!
A Talapia color stick bait is absolutely money with bass and watermelon seed for clearer water and a black, black and blue and black and purple for darker water always worked for me
Being colorblind I try to keep my color choices in lures and soft plastics as basic and simple as I can. For soft plastics green pumpkin, blue/black, translucent and a bright trick worm for visibility for me.
You got that right! Thanks for watching, larry stokes!
Great tips! One thing I found interesting was that everyone has the same basic strategy just with their own slight twist on it and that’s what Fishing is all about is taking that general knowledge of how the bass behave and what the bass are eating and fine tuning it to your own personal style of fishing, one of the best tips was “ throw what you have confidence in “ that is the best advice you could take from this video!
Yes, absolutely Basspro_ dave! Thanks for watching!
It's very important to know what colors are right. This has always been a struggle for me. This video has been a big help in making this decision for me!
Good info. Start with the two base colors.
Green pumpkin and black work good
Excellent tips. I grew up rock pit fishing in an active rock pit. The water was always a milky white/green. Black firetail culprit worms was all I needed to think I knew how to fish for Bass. Now that I am MUCH older, I am learning I know nothing.
Green Pumpkin for the win!
Liked Palaniuk’s info on how contrasting the muddy waters is important. I will throw black blues and dark greens in muddy waters. Also a couple of guys mentioned that while color matters, what the fish are feeding on comes first.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Great tips, I used to try every color I could get my hands on but I’m pretty much down to 3-4 colors now
What are they
Color is very important and this video explains alot on different colors for situations.
Keep it simple a natural colour in clear and a dark colour in stained or muddy water. Love the channel and all the tips thanks BassResource!!!
Thanks for the support, Big Mike, and thanks for watching!
Love seeing these pro tip interviews. I also love how different the opinions can be as far as the tips go!
Glad you liked it The Fishmiser!
I agree with him about the forage species as far as color choice...
I remember when I first started and I went with two colors. Black and blue and green pumpkin. Then I fell into the trap of trying to have every color on the planet and now I still use the two 80% of the time. The other 20 is a craw color or white and white/silver. Great video thank you for sharing!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
I think Skeet Reese and Brandon Palanick had the best explanations for color choice. Missed an opportunity to meet Palanick at Nixon’s marine in Tacoma Washington. My club (Long Lake Bass Club) held our monthly meeting there and took an opportunity to get some pro-tips from Brandon and a couple other local pros. Would like to see more of that here in Washington. Thanks for the video.
Brandon is one of the easiest to talk to. Great guy, and he's from the NW!
Thanks for the videos. For me, I always try to keep it simple. Green Pumpkin, black & blue and white. Craw colors in the spring.
I have hundreds of green pumpkin and the blacks/blues in different styles, shades, fantastic article. Thank you
I agree but I also have a lot of luck with white, red and chartreuse for the baits other than soft plastic. Wheeler was the only one to mention that.
I agree with the majority and natural and light colors in clear water and black/blue or dark colors in muddy waters.
Glad you liked it Paul Walters!
Black and Blue for me at gunnersville next week. cloudy and raining with dark water.. Love the input from all those pros. Keep it simple best advice thx Brent Ehrler
Thanks for watching Ed LaFontaine!
Good video, along with greens, blacks and blues, I like to switch it up with a purple. Sometimes that little difference can turn things on.
Great tips. Definitely the confidence part as well. If you aren’t throwing it...they won’t bite it.
excelent info!
Green pumpkin for clear and black blue laminate or junebug for dirty
I often struggle with choosing the right lure color. This helps simplify it
I think I need to cull a few colors out of my box. The more colors I have the more I question what to use. Learning to fish back in the 70’s we used a black Mann’s jelly worm 90% of the time. I don’t even recall any “pumpkin and watermelon” colors. Basic green was about it. Certainly simplified life!
What they are eating, the weather, and clarity of water. Got it. Thanks for the info.
Thanks for watching Jeremiah Howell!
Great tips from the pros! Thank you!
Sounds like we're doing something right! My boyfriend defaults to green pumpkin and I tend to use blue/black. Now I need to pay more attention to the water color. Thanks!
Glad you liked it Stacey Oleinik!
Great video, Hard to go wrong fishing green pumpkin in the clear Northwest waters.
Enjoyed the Pro's tips on the colors they like to toss.
Contest: I watched this yesterday after looking for the release date for the kastking speed demon pro rod on ur website and it was good timing because I was asking people what I should use for a fishing derby in 2 weeks. Thanks for the info.
Got to meet brett ehler at a small ranger boat place in illinois it was a great experience
He's a great guy!
What a great video; to hear from the pros what they are using is great. They all had a common color set though, black and blue, green pumpkin, and a brown. That is awesome. Thank you for posting this!!!
Glad you liked it F.L.A.C!
Thanks for the great tips. It seems I always have trouble picking the right color. Whatever I pick, it seems they prefer a different color. This helps a lot. Thanks!
Thx for the video and sharing each thoughts from the pro perspective on choosing colors for fishing lake conditions.
You're welcome Jerome Dwojak! Thanks for watching.
I like the orange crank in spring in stained water...,any brown or green pumpkin jig will be $$$
Keep it simple,keep it simple and keep it simple. Green pumpkin , black&blue you’ll get bit!✌🏻🎣
To me it sounds like the pros really don't want to give away any secrets about the way they choose a color
Uhh it kinda seemed like they did 🥴
They are a pro for a reason
From experience, green pumpkin works in nearly any water. Black and blue would be my second choice. Red shad #3.
Stay vaguely technically speaking lol...Rule One, Do not give competition free rent inside your head...
Very influential video. I know for sure that my tackle box will include green pumpkin color & Black & blue as well. Will pay more attention to weather & water colors. Will save this video for future reference.
Great! Let me know how you do!
Good tips! Color has been a challenge in the past. Good reminders. Thanks.
I agree with Match the hatch like in fly fishing.
Bruh. How in the actual helllll did UA-cam recommend me thins. I went fishing like a few days ago…at a cottage. Cuz there was a random fishing rod laying around. The last time I fished was 10 years ago….when I was 12. I didn’t even have my phone on me when I was at said cottage. So this is pure coincidence. Which is like, hilarious. Cuz this is the first fishing video I’ve actually had recommended to me on UA-cam.
So...sounds like green pumpkin and black/blue will do for most times. Great tips. a
great bunch of tips
Great ideas just before the start of the season and a trip to the store.
My go to's are green pumpkin, black, or anything with some purple in it. Might have to experiment more after watching. Thanks!
Glad you liked it b.warrick3!
Green pumpkin always work!!
Great tips, just need to remember to put it to practice when on the water
Excellent video thanks
Green pump and watermelon (just a lighter shade of g.p.) are good on Toledo Bend for sure, according to these pros they must be good everywhere.
Good info...sounds like they keep it simple for the most part. Except for those secret sneaky colors they don’t want to talk about. But, again, it’s about confidence.
Yep, Navy Blue and Fuchsia are the secret killer combo! 😇
This really helped always wondering what colors I should get
Glad you liked it Adam Maternowski!
Great information! Thanks for all the input from the experienced!
Great tips on choosing a lure color. A lot of factors to consider.
Sounds like this is gathered towards soft plastics? Because hardbaits would maybe be a little diffrtent? Because fish looking up? And thinks like shiny colors, flashing is not talked about? Also one pro saying catching them on green pumpkin in muddy water, maybe because the lure had vibration flapping claws or something?
All good advice, just hard for me to remember all the info!! Thanks for all help.
Good stuff...as always.
Keeping it simple with color...water clarity and forage.
Great tips. Keep it simple and have confidence in what you use.
Good information will try this summer
Real Good Advise
This is a great video on color selection the pros make and suggest to us everyday fisherman. Truly enjoyed the comment as usual. Another quality post on BassResource.com.
Thanks for the support, William Schneider, and thanks for watching!
great tips and video
Color in particular for bass fishing is just important as any jig or lures u choose.
Yes, absolutely 30minforasn! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for clarifying color selection.
You're welcome Jim Hookey! Thanks for watching.
Thank for sharing excellent tips.
Glad I've been getting the two staple colors!
I watch a TON of fishing tip/pro videos. And this was such a simple video/question but it was awesome. To hear it from all them at once was cool to hear. Tips,tricks 1 secret bait some of that would be awesome also. Great job, really was a great video. A+
Awesome. Thanks for the feedback Luke Garcia!
Very Helpful
Matching the hatch, and the weather is important, but some lakes have a distinct color that works best.
This is true.
Black and green pumpkin are my two best colors, wherever I go.
Great tips. Gonna use them this weekend. Tight lines
I have it broken down to
Green pumpkin or brown
watermelon or baby bass
shad or white
black with blue or purple
That's some really good tips from the best resources
I basically stick to maybe 6 different colors for different conditions including, water color, sky condition, time, & temps. I may switch up on different flake color or none at all for my Soft Plastics arsenal. Hardbaits (crankbaits) I use maybe 5 total colors for the same conditions. Jigs I mainly stick to a Bama Craw, Green Pumpkin/Brown, or Black/Blue. Spinnerbaits, Chartreuse/White, Translucents, Dark. & I prefer a tandem willow/colorado setup for most conditions & double willow for burning it......blade colors really don't matter to me, if I can see the flash, so can the fish....
Yes, absolutely Frank Malek! Thanks for watching!
Good information will put it all to good use
Nice video. Nice hearing from pros on color selection.
I always use green pumpkin. If the water is dark stained dip the tail in chartreuse dye.
Yes, absolutely Michael Barnish! Thanks for watching!
Great info/tips on bait colors.
Great tips on lure color. I have retention ponds around me that look like chocolate milk. Will definitely use darker blue/black lures.
Thanks for watching Marc Hopson!
Learned some great tips from the pros.
I always follow water color. bright natural color when water is clear, and black when water is dirty
thanks for the tips on lures color
Great tips guys!! thank you again!!
Fish and crawfish don't change color in dark waters, so I throw the same regardless of clarity. What I might change up is, I'll go from silent, to a knocker or rattler to help draw them in. Then once they hone in on the sound, they'll eventually see the target from further away because I stayed with a natural color as opposed to going dark.
J Schlosser bass and bluegill change color with water clarity. And the darker colors contrast in dirty water. Giving the bass a better chance to see it.
Great tips , thanks for the video...