Bass Assassins - What's your go to colors

[bountyhunter]

I carry just about every color I think they make and use a lot of the different colors with good results depending on the water color and time of year. On those tough days when the fish seem to be lock-jawed I tend to either fall back on Pumpkin Seed & Chartreuse or Space Guppy. So what are y'all's go to colors?

[FlatoutFishin]

Off colored...pumpkin seed is good.

But for all around color...I stick with red shad as my go to bait, and this mount is all I have to say about that.

28 1/2 East G-Bay 8.5#...when that red shad hit the water, this baby came out of the water a good 2' when she busted it.

[bountyhunter]

Yep, that make me stick with a color also, even if I never caught another fish on it....

[FlatoutFishin]

Yep, that make me stick with a color also, even if I never caught another fish on it....

Year before that I caught a 28" 8# on the South shoreline of East with the exact same color...I could see it chasing glass minnows in about 8" of water and it wouldn't take a corky or a topwater, but when I threw that red shad...she was all over it like trout candy!

[coachlaw]

I don't usually fish for Bass

[aqua pimp]

My all around go to color is Plum/char. This bait works for me in muddy water, clear water, and milky green water. If they don't eat this bait they ain't eat'n!!!!!

Other baits I like for certain conditions would be Morning glory (black), Redshad, and Limetreuse ( mainly for dirty to off-colored water conditions).

Firetiger, bone diamond, and diamond chartreuse for really clear water applications.

A few others I like are chickon on a chain, space guppy, pumpkinseed/char, roach, and dayglow char.

My biggest Trout on Bass Assassins have been caught on plum/Char and Red Shad. Those two baits always seem to catch the big ones. The Red Shad I like to dip the tails in Flo Orange.

All baits rigged on 1/8ounce to 1/16 ounce. Nothing heavier.

AQUA PIMP

[Explorer21]

GREAT! I guess I better head to Academy again The employees are going to start watching me, since I end up going once a day!

AP, thanks for the advise.

[Milkjug]

I use the gulp jerk shads in the fire tiger color (green top, orange bottom). Ran out last weekend and switched to new penny and caught a fat trout on that too.

What retrieve do ya'll do? I've been having luck pulling it medium fast ~3' up into the water, then letting it slowly fall with tiny twitches. Love to feel that "tap" on the fall...

I'm also on a 1/16 oz jighead kick. I think the slow sink really helps out when they are not biting strong. I'll sacrifice the extra casting distance and contact with the lure.

[FlatoutFishin]

What Pimp say's..

Plum/chartreuse and space guppy are two I carry also.I also concur on the lighter jigs. The only time I use 1/4 to 3/8 is when drifting in higher winds.

Also, When fishing springtime around the Seabrook Flats, I generally throw white but tail dipped chartreuse. I don't know what it is about that color and the Seabrook Flats, but I've had some very good luck there with it. I mean 23 -25" trout when no one else was catching squat.

Although I like assassins, lately I throw nothing but sand eel jrs and brown devil eyes with rootbeer or similiar colors being my faves. They're a little more resiliant on aggresive trout bites

[majek_maniac]

Although I like assassins, lately I throw nothing but sand eel jrs and brown devil eyes with rootbeer or similiar colors being my faves. They're a little more resiliant on aggresive trout bites

I feel the same way, those are my go to soft plastics. I love them!

My go to color (the one I have the most confidence in really) is Plum/Chartreuse tail. I always seem to get a hit or two on it. I also like to throw Pumpkinseed/Char Tail sand eels and Black/Char tail. Those are my main three, but there are a few others I have started fishing with a lot more recently. Down south, Red/White tail, period. Murders 'em everytime, no matter what bait it is! Good luck.

M.M.

[bountyhunter]

Year before that I caught a 28" 8# on the South shoreline of East with the exact same color...I could see it chasing glass minnows in about 8" of water and it wouldn't take a corky or a topwater, but when I threw that red shad...she was all over it like trout candy!

You know I do have favorite colors for where I'm fishing also.
East Bay would be darker colors like Red Shad but also Morning Glory.
Seabrook is White/Chartreuse tail
Jones is Space Guppy
SLP is Pumpkin/Chartreuse tail or Electric Chicken (Pink Corky in the spring).
West Bay has to be Woodpecker, specially in the winter, but Plum/Chartreuse tail is a close second
TC area is Punpkin/Chartreuse tail (DayGlow Corky this time of year)

Man come to think, I have many go to colors depending on where I'm at....

[Gilbert]

I almost always start off with pum/char or plum/char in the 5" swimming shad.

[lurefisher]

Sneekypetes got me hooked on 10w40,calcashu brew and a few others.But like gilbert when i fished nothing but chocolate ther were days you had to have that pumkinseed/char or you didnt xcath anything.

[caz]

i dont use them alot as devil eyes, ttf and gulps take up most of my soft plastics... but if i do its red/white

[TTU Wader]

The plum/char is definately my confidence bait. Like the Pimp said it seems to work well in all water conditions. I also like red/white and I'm starting to use the 10w40 now