Tube Colors ?

[9LB]

Going to be on the lake for the next 10 days. Any colors that are hot ?

[dtrs5kprs]

Watermelon red, green pumpkin with orange will look an awful lot like the craws. A straight green pumpkin with a little orange dye is usually good also.

[Quillback]

I would certainly start with GP/orange.

10 day on the lake, that's great! Hopefully you'll let us know how you do.

[*T*]

What's the consensus on bass seeing the full color spectrum or is there none? I know you all have your stories about one color outfishing others, but is it a case of confidence colors, light vs. dark color, dull vs. reflective, contrasting colors on a bait, what has worked in the past or even recently, etc.

And as depth increases or water clarity lessens, colors do not appear anywhere near what you and I see in sunlight, as the spectrum of light reaching the bait and being reflected (color you see) is changed dramatically.

I had always thought that in clear waters with lots of light penetration, the success of colors like smoke, gr. pumpkin, watermelon seed, and some others was mostly because they blend in so well with the environment and appear to have softer, more natural edges to them as opposed to solid/dense colors (black) or flashy ones.

Just thinking out loud.

[9LB]

Thanks fellas and thank for the pic of the Craw. I will for sure keep you posted.

[Quillback]

As far as colors being perceived by bass, those who study such things say that bass Red/orange and green/yellow colors are what bass are most sensitive to, visibility and depth also are a factor. It's interesting to me that craws are greenish with red/orange highlights, it's a very visible combination, from a bass perspective.

You can Google "bass color perception" and get a whole bunch of stuff to read.

[*T*]

Yes, interesting is right. You would think that the prey would evolve away from colors most perceptible by their predators.

[Quillback]

Yes, interesting is right. You would think that the prey would evolve away from colors most perceptible by their predators.

Yeah that's a head scratcher, the easy to see craws should get eaten. My guess is the majority of the craws burrow in for the day, but either a few dummies scamper out and get eaten, or the bass that are eating craws root around on the bottom and get a few that way. Could be that a craw imitator like a tube attracts a lot of attention as it's the only "dumb" craw out in the open during the day and draws in hungry bass that we end up catching.

[Old plug]

Color means a lot less than it is cracked up to mean. Technique and fish habit knowledge Is the main thing. Right now I have about 200 10 to12 inch plastic worms in my locker. They are all in some natural brown color. They work just fine during this time if year and depth I am fishing for me.

[Grappling Coach]

The last two weekends, I have caught a lot of smallmouth in the dam area on the puke colored tube. Last Saturday a friend of mine that was fishing with me caught them good on a green pumpkin tube also. both seemed to work well.