Mastering Soft Plastic Bait Selection: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Colors That Catch Fish 

I hope everyone reading this catches their pb this spring!

This really is the whole enchilada on color strategy! Fantastic video, Ike!!! I LOVE those Spike It markers. LOVE THEM - If you have 5 minutes to try something - grab a green pumpkin swimbait and use the chartreuse marker to make yellow perch bars on each side... then touch the bottom in a couple spots with the orange marker and you have instant yellow perch!

Very well done.

Doooooode, the Pit Boss is my #1 soft plastic. It's given me many, many 50+ fish days!!!

Green Blumpkin

Ike you’re a nut job, (Your thumbnail pic are hilarious!), but I love your videos because they make me a much better Angler! “I Like Ike”

What are you keeping in your fish tank? Things a little low on water 😂

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You're scaring me!

Thank you Mike for the help. I am a shore fisherman Once the lakes by me weed up in late April early May 90% of my fishing is with weedless T-Rigged soft plastics Weedless Flukes being #1 Was at Bitters Tackle Co and they offer OVER 200 different colors JUST for flukes alone Mind boggling indeed I found myself overwhelmed trying to decide on what colors to buy and was very concerned on just how quickly I could end up spending $75 or $100 just on 3 maybe 4 colors for 5" and then 7" plastic flukes alone Now add in different colors and 2 different sizes for speed worms Senko's Trick worms and it adds up to $300-$400 just in soft plastics real fast now add in buying two or three different hook styles (EWG, OS, Tlock) for soft plastics in #1, #2, 2/0, 3/0, 4/0 and 5/0 then tungsten weights in 1/16, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4oz and it gets scary scary expensive Now I do exactly as you recommend Match the hatch equals six different BASE colors and variants of those and contrast colors equals four different colors Match the hatch colors in flukes is: For shad/minnow base colors Ghost shad Albino shad Smoking shad Baitfish For panfish base colors Watermelon red flake Watermelon RF pearl Bluegill Flash Baby bass Mar Di Gras For contrast Sight Fish tail dyed Chartreuse Peral Chartreuse tail Pink I dont often need to use dark black blue contrast color's with flukes as the water in the lakes I fish is quite clear and I can clearly see my bait up to about 3' down I do use darker black/blues in my worms and creature baits though with great success And as you recommend I carry a color stick in orange blk and Chartreuse as well as a small jar of Chartreuse and orange luer dye and all three get used every trip and results prove they definitely help me get a few more fish every trip Great Advice Mike Like to add was just fishing a week ago and bluegills were on thier beds it after 5pm was mostly sunny water clarity was 3'+ or max for this lake mild WSW winds I rigged up a 5.25" Zoom Super Fluke in Watermelon red flake pearl and I used my orange marker to mark up the belly side of the entire fluke and dipped tge last .75" of the tail in Chartreuse luer dye Absolutely murdered the bass that trip.

In a pond full of generic anglers- Mike adds color & contrast!! Thanks for another great video!

Always a pleasure watching your videos. Here in Florida it's always a battle to pick the correct color.

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I appreciate this video man. Sometimes i just throw a bunch in my backpack because I don’t even know what color the fish want. Sometimes the pond will be smashing and sometimes not a single bite lol. I’m going to keep this in mind with my color selection on my baits and see if it helps with the hook ups.

Awesome video, Mike. I'm all about the California 420. I also love a redbug in hot water, like dragging a worm in 8'-15' or in the evening. What are your thoughts on redbug?

I have a small pond with brim,catfish and largemouth bass in NC,plus tons of frogs and turtles. Water is usually fairly clear with a tannic tinge. Recommendation?

What size EWG hook do you use in the Powerbait Gilly?😮

Does anyone know if the spike it pens work as good as the dip?

What's the best way of rigging these baits?

Great information Ike.

Wish the pit boss had more colors

I like your chicken

Awesome video!!! Thanks for sharing the info!!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!!!

Hey mike. Im from ur neck of the woods. Huge fan since atleast '02 '03. Wat would u recommend for the rancocas in the Burlington county areas

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Junebug and or watermelon candy ! Great colors !

Have you done or can you do a video like this on hard bait color selection as well?

Thank you Sir! This is Gold!

Good info Mike love your Channel

Excellent, thank you.

Mike thanks for all the tips.

Awesome now I got to be an artist lol I like it

Will that apply to hard baits as well

Awesome video

Gracias Mike ❤

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