Favorite Worm Color

[anyfish]

There is probably old posts about this, but oh well, here we go...

I ordered the 10" ribbontail worm mold today and the plum x2 colorant.  These will both be new to me and got me thinking what color of worm do you prefer?  Does it change throughout the year? 

For me, I have never fished any worm larger than 7" (and only made worms 6" or less) and I have never made a plum worm.  That is all about to change.  For colors, my go to colors have always been black, green pumpkin, or junebug.

I'm excited to expand out a bit.

[Fishermanbt]

Motor oil (changeable) semi transparent with or without purple and/or green flake; green earthworm (MF color) with black flake (small and medium); brown semi transparent with a chartreuse yellow or chartreuse green tail.

[Lamar]

  The 10 inch worm for me is a good summer bait off shore on the humps. It's a big bite bait. The colors I use are Plum, Black and Watermelon Brown. I fish it on a 5/8 oz shaky head with a 6/0 hook. I make long casts so I use a 7 ft rod with 20 lb fluorocarbon.

[Muskygary]

My favorite color is green pumpkin with black or red flake. I know that most of the guys that fish deep (around 15 feet) use plum. Black with blue flake and watermelon with red flake are my other two go to colors.

[basscatlildave]

JuneBug down here. There was a special color made by Lil Hummer Lures many years ago. I want to duplicate it but I have not tried YET.
The color was called Blue Plum.

[brennan.chapman]

Green Pumpkin, Black, Black w/ Blue tail for me.

Once I've found the first post-spawn fish that have slid out, I start throwing Plum at them right away and it becomes a mainstay all the way to fall. Some wait for the warmer water temps in the summer months before they think of Plum where I won't disagree that it shines, but I keep it honest right after spawn and it's paid big for me. Plum Apple and Fire & Ice are sneaky Plum alternatives too. Fire & Ice example below.

[anyfish]

Very cool all around.  Thanks for sharing.  I like the looks of that fire and ice a lot. 

[bassinfool]

10+" worms are a summer time mainstay here in the South.  My go-to colors are plum/plum apple, green pumpkin, and black.

But I will tell you a little secret: every now and then, when the conditions are just right, throw merthiolate.

[Les Young]

Plum apple, watermelen red & junebug for me but i have thrown a bunch of the old culprit fire & ice worm & smoked them on it.

[bigjim5589]

I've not really fished big worms much since moving to SC, but know that I should. I used the big ribbontail worms, even some that are 14" long,  a lot for targeting Striped Bass when I lived in MD as they can imitate small Eels very well. In some of the rivers I would catch LM bass on 7 1/2" ribbontail worms.

My colors, Black in any version, greenpumpkin in any version, Watermelon in any version, Culprit Eel, Black Shad, Red Shad and any dark purple I could find were always good colors. Of course I have other colors too, and do have some trick worms in lemon/lime & merthiolate. I have some in motoroil too, but they're mostly 4" worms. 

[Lines]

I poured this color a few years back, and have had very good luck with it. It's sort of a medium plum with chartreuse and Canadian blue flake.
I failed (my bad) to record the recipe, or I would share. I have good luck as well in the spring with motor oil w/gold flake, black tails.
I think you picked a good mold and a good color to try it with.

[anyfish]

For bass, I have only ever caught largemouth and smallmouth.  That 14" worm has to be gigantic.  I like the looks of that worm color Lines.  I'm horrible at writing stuff down so I get it. 

Thanks again for all the input.

[efishnc]

Berkeley Camo (motor oil with read and green glitter) was a long running fave in my box before I started shooting my own... now I make a little of everything, but I still have the most confidence in motor oil mixes (followed by green or black).

[bigjim5589]

For bass, I have only ever caught largemouth and smallmouth.  That 14" worm has to be gigantic.  I like the looks of that worm color Lines.  I'm horrible at writing stuff down so I get it. 

Thanks again for all the input.

I think that I got all black 14" ribbontails from a guy selling on Ebay. I fished those big worms for Stripers on jig heads and single hooks and they still would engulf the entire worm and hook. A friend of mine used live eels for some of the fishing he did, that were much larger than that 14", so for stripers I never got concerned about them not getting hooked.

I've caught even small bass on the Zoom Ole Monster worms, but used the 7 1/2" worms most often.  I like the fat versions of worms and grubs better than thin, as I think I get better results with them.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

After my first several years as a tackle crafter, I decided to stick to mostly natural colors.  I make colors that are natural to whatever I'm imitating.

Years ago I switched my thinking on all worms.  Here it is:
Fish don't think Our "worm" lures are worms as in Earthworms or Nightcrawlers.  In their mind, they see an Eel when they see Our "worms".
Eels.  American Eels, mostly.

Color variations of American Eels range from Tans, Greens, Browns, Grays, and Black.

I typically only shoot baits in unnatural colors (like Junebug) for use in dirty water or if I just want to use up a scrap color I have a bunch of (or both).

The possible color combinations of unnatural colors are endless and sticking to mostly natural colors is much more simple and conserves plastic and other components.

Some of my colors may not be true to a particular imitation, like a Green Pumpkin or Black  Shad, but I'll occasionally do that to address dirty water.  Often, topwaters get a dark or opaque color so they silhouette against the sky.

Worms are actually Eels, so I apply them as such.