civicdx Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 anyone know of any softplastic that would work in crystal clear water im talking about almost 30+ smallmouth and largemouth are in the lake but mostly smallies i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassnG3 Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 I like to carolina rig 4" finesse worms in junebug, redbug or watermelon in gin clear water. Dropshotting is another method with the same worms. Those are my favorite clearwater colors. BassnG3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Drop Shot Store Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Usually, in water that clear, transparent colors work the best. The exact colors would depend on the available forage, although clear pepper, transparent watermelon pepper, or cinnamon pepper with a hi lite color or micro flake in a color that matches the forage would work. Sometimes a touch of charteuse at the tail will improve the bite. Figure out what the bass in your lake eat, then find out what color the food is, then start pouring to match the food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civicdx Posted September 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 thanks alot guys the main forage is herring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted September 21, 2003 Report Share Posted September 21, 2003 Smoke white & black flake, or smoke purple & black flake for grubs and tubes. Hard to beat a brown and purple jig with either a smoke purple & black flake or cinnamon purple flake twin tail. Straight blue hi-lite pearl is awfully good on 3"-5" curl tail grubs for vertical fishing and swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 I use a c-rig & drop shot cotton candy french fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlizard Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 What is smoke white? Do you you have a picture? Dont know if I have ever heard of a smoke white. Thanks John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra0718 Posted September 22, 2003 Report Share Posted September 22, 2003 We use Tube Jigs w/rattles... and the best tube that I have found for up there is Dark Melon Seed (BPS Flipping Tubes). Cast out on a 1/4 oz head wait a few mins for it to hit the bottom and start bouncing the tube off of the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 What is smoke white? Do you you have a picture? Dont know if I have ever heard of a smoke white. Medium light smoke with large white hex flake (call Dave at LC, not in catalog) and 0.035 (med LC) black flake. Gives a different flash than the more common silver or hologram glitter. Also a good color in tubes and finesse worms. Looks (to me anyway) much more like the loose scales you see floating around shad schools. White flake is pretty cool, just not used much. Zoom used it in "cinnamon rose". BPS uses it in a melon colored flip tube. I like it in a green pumpkin base, "green fish". Think there may be some pics of it on my yahoo photo page http://photos.yahoo.com/dtrs5kprs . If not I can post some. Have done very well with this color at T-Rock on drop shot and single tail swim grubs, fishing for deep kentuckies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlizard Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Dave, I wondered if there was white flake out there somewhere. Thats cool. I couldnt find any pics, so if you could post some that would be great. This adds another dimension to colors for me. So many possibilties now, thats all I needed....lol Thanks for the tip I will call LC and get some ordered ASAP. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 John, Go to my photo site and look in the album "soft plastic baits" and the pic "drop shot baits". Doesn't show up that well in that pic, but that is the one I have. Will be pouring some grubs for vacation at T-Rock soon...will try to get a better pic. I like to run a lot of white flake when using it, more than you would use with silver, holi, etc. baits in the pic are also a bit darker than I like my smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrs5kprs Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 Sorry...forgot to add this: MF also sells white flake. Slightly different size/shape than LC's if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 For aggressive smallies, just about any of about 2 doz. colors will work in any color water. Colors I don't care for (but can't say they absolutely won't work), are kelly green, blue, red, purple, and methiolate. Most of the following colors work just about any time in grubs or short sticks: Chartreuse (with or without .035 flakes such as chart., gold, silver, pepper, copper or in any combo) Rootbeer (with orange, green, pepper flakes, gold flakes or any combo) small, black double-tail grubs smoke (with or without flakes) in grubs clear (with silver or red flakes) florescent yellow (opaque) florescent white bubblegum (flor. pink) grubs any of the above colors used as body/tail contrasts (grubs) Just to name a few that have worked in many waters I've fished, regardless of water color. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
