The Fishing Industry DOES NOT Want You To Know This!

[@brkyq]

39 years of tournament fishing and this video is solid advice. I carry regular sharpie markers and customize any soft plastic on the fly if need be.

[@GonzaloLeyva-d9l]

You explain everything well. You dont over explain. I like the Chanel. Thank you 👍🏿

[@FinsAndPhotos]

FWIW, many years ago I was at a local B.A.S.S. convention where Tom Mann (maker of the Jelly Worm) was the featured speaker. He was asked about his favorite worm color and said that he just grabbed whatever worms were in the reject bin at the warehouse. He also added that while his baits are designed to catch fish, tackle companies make lots of colors to catch fisherman.

[@FrankSancimino-pp9nr]

Tom was a rebel wooooo. That's an old story I promise you you fish a yellow worm I fish Junebug or pumpkin you will have the hurt put on you. Back in the Jelly worm day black and purple was about all he had lol

[@TherealBrandonHatcher]

I'm convinced a Senko Green Pumkin black flake will catch any bass in any body of water in any part of the country.

[@neiljohnsen276]

Facts!

[@TimothyMiller-s6d]

Absolutely the best fish catcher of all time. Anywhere, anytime

[@Emkaido93]

Senko sucks worst bait ever doesn’t even look like a worm jk it’s my favorite bait I have to many colors 😂

[@CytoplasmicGoo]

I completely agree, I mainly use Senko green pumpkin with watermelon and then I ran out and started using the black flake at the bottom of my bag and it crushes fish just as well. I don't know why anybody else would use a different color except it's too easy and you want a little more of a challenge.

[@jawnmorrison110]

As much as I don’t think colors are the trick sometimes in dirty water or during/after rain a firecraw color worm kills.

[@matthall8378]

Unfortunately winter gets boring around here so I buy more colors than I need. I have multiple colors of trick and finesse worms. My soft plastic bags consist of trick/finesee worms, uv speed craws, christie craws, chunks, flukes and paddle tail minnows. I usually keep it simple with basic green pumpkin or black/blue flake but if certain baits work I will buy other colors. I have noticed color make a difference some days but other days they dont care as much.

[@williecolon9678]

I caught some crayfish in PA and alot of them had that blue/turquoise color on them and some had some orange on them. I've had alot of success with green pumpkin/turquoise blue on my beavers and creature baits.

[@crackericeproductions]

What do you mean beavers if you don’t mind?

[@zBradie13]

Can you do a video where you go to Walmart and get baits and tackle box for under like 50 or 25 or something and go fishing? Love the videos btw!

[@smelltheglove2038]

Those baits work sometimes. They are cheaply made though so they fall apart quickly. You actually spend less money buying higher quality because they last longer. Like my old man used to say, "I'm too poor to buy cheap tools"

[@emstar421]

Budget baits that work: Strike king Yum Net bait Big bite baits Zoom Berkley Colors: green pumpkin, white, green n blue, black n blue, red, perch colors, blue gill colors, black Specific baits: Yum dinger Strike king shimme stick Big bite trick stick or wacky stick Strike king rage craw and baby rage craw Net bait paca craw Net bait paca craw jr Zoom fluke any size Zoom salamander Zoom trick worm Zoom finesse worm Berkley general Berkley pit boss Berkley flat nose Berkley flat worm

[@BrandonAdams1010]

Size 3 ewg, worm weights, senkos or zoom finesse worm. Texas rig

[@gjordan8800]

My 3 favorite colors are black and black and black!

[@umairfaizuddin3429]

Straight facts

[@ukstorm2727]

Needed this video 10 years ago lol

[@ericbarger3552]

🤣

[@thethrill2877]

lol 😂

[@brianathern9154]

More like 30-35 here when I was mailing away half paychecks to Johnny Morris and his band of Springfield MO troops. They got plenty before I started thinking like this

[@rumcoke9123]

Amazing video. I have wasted a lot of money on useless plastics. I now realize, 3 and 4 inch paddletails. Green/white/grey depending on colour of water....all that you need. For sea/ocean surf...all you need are a few chrome spoons and a few surface lures..thats it

[@kellymiller3136]

Nathan I enjoy your simplistic approach to fishing. I wish I could stay that focused but I’m starting to think more like you each episode you put out. Keep up the great work.

[@GodGunsGills]

I already do this! Went crazy years ago with every soft plastic, but very quickly went to Senko, Craws, fluke, & beaver only with pumpkin, watermelon w/ red Flake, pearl/translucent, Black with blue Flake colors and that's it.

[@kevinbeaudean704]

Thanx Nathan. Everyone says color isn't important until they run out of their favorite color. I fish tidal Maryland and stock up every year with green pumpkin blue.

[@phantomf4747]

This is going to sound a little crazy, but I still have (bought out a local dealer once and got everything he had) are Creme 7" paddle tail worms. black, purple and red. My other favorite for my area (Northern California) is a color called "Rotten Tomato". A custom color I get at Fisherman's Warehouse. It's swirled black and made by Missile Baits. They have a Spunk Shad in that color but I have never fished it. The Sacramento delta is a world class fishery and has hosted many pro tournaments with the biggest stars in MLF. Besides Clear Lake up north, it's my go to and flipping jigs with craw trailers is the way to go. Great information. It makes a lot of sense. Tight lines friends!

[@scottowens7552]

This may be the best fishing video I’ve watched. I fell into the color trap before, but follow the 2-color rule now. Thanks!

[@Miketown-s1z]

Excellence video Nathan. I think most of us have more plastics and lures than we'll ever use. I put packages together for kids and the local high school bass fishing team with my extra lures. Keep up the good work.

[@TrueNorthOutdoorAdventures]

YEAH but that 'Green Pumpkin Watermelon Flake w/a Vanilla Tail' is a MUST HAVE in Lake OsheeBooshee... One of the best Vids I've seen in a while, preach it Bro! I catch 90% of my Bass, using 3 Baits & 3 colors. New Sub from Indiana.

[@dann.294]

I generally agree about color, however if most guys are using the same general color in the area, I think it does make a difference to use something different.

[@TAStormChasing]

I have so much fun buying various colors & molds though 😅 Thanks for the advice 👍

[@buffalobob870]

I’m somewhat colorblind and have always thought in terms of bright, dark and natural… size/profile being the most important consideration … water visibility being the starting point

[@LayLow83]

I agree with you on much of what you’re describing. However I fish Northwestern Wisconsin. The lake I fish can be said to be Gin Clear or at slightly green ting do to algae. In a goof I bought some Bubble Gum Zoom Super Flukes, Holy Cow did that color light the fire into the LM Bass & Pike up. Another hot color for Crappy, Bass & Pike is a Red & White Mini Tube Jig. I have caught my PB LM Bass 23 inch fishing for Crappy on. Red & White Mini Tube Jig. Why these 2 colors are hot I’m my area I don’t know, but I sware by them.

[@davidbrown-55]

Great vid boss. Let’s see your bait collection.

[@MrJohnB-qs6dp]

Great video Nathan!!! Thanks for those soft plastic tips!! Hopefully I can put the river tips into good practice here in PA. Thanks again!!!! Happy New Year!! Stay Safe & God Bless!!! 🤠👍

[@robertchadwick2925]

Great advice. Keeping it simple is hard to avoid and takes confidence & self control.

[@michaellopreato8162]

Green, white, black…. Use whatever shape you want…. Just check your size (3 to 5 inches covers it)…. The end. Great video

[@chipseiler1766]

Way to describe my tackle box Nathan! Perfect! Thanks for sharing....

[@scottvaughn9565]

Color matters. Not to the degree some go to but I've tested this with my fishing partner for years and years. But yeah you can def decrease your loadout a lot.

[@nawinchester]

Great vid. I'm guilty of over buying baits

[@leleayala1583]

Doug hammen said colored lures matter in different water clarity

[@cyberflexx953]

Doug was a master, gone too soon..

[@raygissendanner1476]

Thank you I just started bass fishing last year and I bought multiple packs of plastic baits but I did not get the crazy colors

[@Kendrix1]

Live in Central Florida and agree with gold and June bug. Red disappears unless the water is really shallow so I have not had much luck with that

[@burneracc2567]

Red, white, blue all day baby!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Also watermellon, black, chartreuse and sometimes gold. 3 mandatory colors and 4 optional.

[@DevinHoyt]

"You might catch a fish if you go fishing..".. -This guy 😂😂😂

[@mikecarr1378]

LOL

[@JoshDeSellier]

I am never wiping my butt again. I learned a lot in this video. Thank you.

[@bruceschelot8667]

Try a 4 inch curly tail power worm in camo on a Carolina rig , drifted in moving water, northwest smallmouth bass cannot resist

[@Tommy-h4b]

Thank you very much for the video sir

[@bassdojo]

Would love for you to go through your soft plastics that you carry on the boat!

[@tieturkington7885]

I always use pink danios on super sunny days here in Ontario and they slam..🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jawnmorrison110]

Keep up the good work!

[@guermeisterdoodlebug7980]

I still have some of my red worms and black eels from the late 1950s and early 1960s. I think nothing made today, shapes or colors, will outfish them for bass.

[@TheJoebarrett]

Depth and speed of the lure are 90% of thesecret to success

[@TrueNorthOutdoorAdventures]

Truth!

[@Garminrules]

Seen that when I got livescope, retrieve was way too fast.

[@donnieblackketter7897]

I live in Oklahoma and the craws now have a light blue color on body and claws.

[@vasleygreen1346]

bubblegum color is the best

[@JadooBassin]

Profile before color for sure. I let the forage base dictate the shape, and the water color dictate what color I’m going with. Color variation is all confidence but not the determining factor like you said. Awesome video as always

[@bobking4031]

Yea good one seppo

[@WitkowskisFishingSickness]

5 inch green pumpkin or watermelon Senko catches all my Personal best fish

[@RoosterCogburn2112]

Lol,,, I'm in the process as I watch this video of going through my stuff and scaling it down and posting it up for sale. It's going on Mercari pretty soon, keep a lookout folks!!!

[@desertedgoatgaming]

I've had eyes chase my hot clown and then not take when they got close because full moon and clear water, swapped to white and route was on. Different night, clear water but no moon they only would chase and hit green, mirky water no moon another night and the hot clown was the ticket. During the day a more natural colour profile like emerald shiner or goby gets the bites. Colour is definitely an important factor. I've had trout do the same thing with bead and floating worm colours, sometimes they love pink or sometimes natural orange/brown and sometimes green/yellow.

[@jcgaming8989]

Can you talk about bug soft plastics like stonefly or dragonfly larvae or crickets?

[@jcgaming8989]

Or tadpole

[@Altered76]

But if you aren't confident (believe in the lure) its really hard to go want to throw it all day. And if you get a horrible day out of it you really will ever want to throw that again. So yeah I do like to try different stuff sometimes its the shape, sometimes its the action, and sometimes its the color. But if I think it looks really like what a fish would want I am almost certainly going to fish it longer and probably harder thinking it has to work and generally it will produce because I believed in it and put the work in.

[@madtownangler]

The only worms that I use are three inch senkos dropshottted. I use the pink ones and the brown/clear ones with flake inside, can't remember the color (green pumpkin flake?) I use them shore fishing along the weed edge on a dock. Mostly I fish for giant channel catfish. They gotta be at least twenty pounds for me to get any excitement Little five pound bass are boring to catch.

[@cyberflexx953]

Watermelon Red Flake catches a ton for me.. Blue Black Flake is hit or miss.

[@kerrycooperfishing2732]

Your thoughts on the 6th Sense judge? Have you done well with it ? Thank you

[@mikeg2738]

I'm in Australia. Never caught a fish on a lure.😆

[@gregkuhn7123]

LOL!

[@MrSoarman]

Fishing gear is designed to catch fishermen not to catch fish.

[@Altered76]

90% of it I agree.

[@IncogNito-gg6uh]

It worked. I was hooked and fileted.

[@iMadyyy]

can you do a similiar video but for the target species Perch or Zander?

[@kerryschallon8879]

Nathan. Have you fished any of the Ozark lakes?

[@nikkiblack5073]

Yamamoto says it all

[@mikecarr1378]

What ever the popular trend is is what EVERYONE wants !

[@yakfishin4912]

Culprit baits #1 Zoom #2

[@DavidParker-n9b]

Berkley blue fleck all you need in Texas

[@stevenbartell8065]

Informative video. In Florida what time of year would you recommend fishing The Judge?

[@theimpaler5034]

Color doesn’t matter it only waters in Cristal clear water for salt water fishing mainly and cheap luster work just as well as expensive lures

[@rudyreynosa748]

Can fish even cheaper buy high-quality hooks and terminal tackle then use live bait. It literally catches everything. Worms of all types, any soze fish, crabs, shrimp, clams, bugs, so on they work.

[@jeffparish4645]

Kind of funny when you're tournament fishing and certain colors trigger the bite and not lure type!

[@egomaniac247]

Light or dark is what matters IMO. You can't tell me that a fish can tell that my lure has blue glitter flake in it at the 12 feet down at the bottom of a river with 2' of visibility at the surface.

[@alexm1841]

Bassmasters will have multiple colors shapes and sizes so that’s what I’m modeling my approach after

[@rcdegruttola5089]

I always assumed that fish really only see in black and white. I try to match the hatch but stay away from the colors Mostly.

[@JohnDillon-zh7js]

To me worms look nothing like bluegills.You should try ten to twelve worms. 55 years of worming. Works for me.

[@RogerHowell-i1b]

Color is a aid only

[@jamesdelaney3797]

Black, red tail period

[@stevethet1962]

Purple is the only color you need

[@williecolon9678]

Reaction Innovations Beaver bait

[@Yuh_Blokes]

Honestly anything that’s a sexy Shad color works all the time for me

[@ronmatson5502]

I tried about 6 different green senkos at a mabey 1 acre farm pond and thise fish were on fire for watermelon red or black flake,they did not care for non translucent colors or less natural glitters.

[@GOTCHAPARK]

Great video, but I have caught fish on bubble gum pink color when no other color worked and out fished all my buddies that day ... just saying.

[@ichabod13]

Where is the neon green or yellow or pink colors you talk about!? 🤣I have learned it is better to have 5 different glitter colors with the same base instead of 5 different base colors with the same glitter. Cheaper to buy bulk packs of baits like the yum dingers.

[@derekjackson1039]

Many just say white and black

[@maxbusinessprofitssergiode5747]

Though I don't necessarily agree with you 100% on colors in Florida Fisheries especially South Florida I do believe your spot on from most everywhere else including Florida to a certain degree. One color I use for worms and I use a lot of it and I catch a lot of fish on it is white. A white senko, either wacky rigged or Texas rigged is one of my go-to's in Darker Waters or darker days believe it or not. I think it stands out a lot and if you move it the right way it can out fish a purple worm or purple senko. I also use white flukes and paddle Tails quite a bit even in saltwater and they tend to perform some of the other colors. Honestly even in my jigs and hard baits White, gray and silver do work well. I know you mentioned gold flake and most of my stuff is silver flake and it works really really well. Let's not forget bass or opportunists and a white worm, plug, or Swim bait if moved to correctly is a target for them. I haven't tried a white or light colored craw. Not even sure if they make them LOL. One thing I don't think I heard you mention is the size of these baits particularly what size paddle tails or Swim baits you think is a good overall size. Again bass are pretty opportunistic and I've caught six inch bass on 8 inch worms and 6 lb bass on 6-inworms. Opportunists. Like to hear your opinions on the size of these baits.

[@joncooke9515]

The fact we buy colors that don’t exist naturally in nature shows we’ve been conned.

[@Joe-bh4vz]

Color does matter. But it’s really easy because it’s a dark and light color thing. Depends on the species too.

[@jordangourley3955]

Green pumpkin all day every day.

[@alf3071]

marling baits literally caught bass on blocks of wood so that should tell you something

[@XxNiteStockerxX]

So you’re saying a rage craw is the same as a beaver? One big difference-one has action

[@mattfleming86]

Folks tend to focus on "color" eveh though bass have a much more limited perspective of color than humans do. Instead.. focus on brightness vs darkness, opacity vs. translucency. Color can sometimes make a difference.. but usually the change comea from dialing in just how much a bait does or doea not "stand out" for a given condition. Many colors in moat peoples bags are quite redundant from that perspective....

[@andybales7318]

As a lure junkie, i need to buy all sizes & colors...OR, i twitch, drool, and have seizures...

[@Bassingtv]

Bro the black Yamamoto catches anything even caught me a wife

[@moncorp1]

Lure and action, ie presentation first, size and shape next, finally color of lures. Black, white, blue, green, red are all I've ever used. I've never had too much trouble catching them. Getting caught up in different shades of green, or any other color for that matter, is all just nonsense.

[@wolverinex4243]

This video is good, not great. It's biased and lacking. The concept of simpplifying is right. The choices are terrible, even the colors. Right idea, bad presentation.

[@cashhunter4851]

I was told a few years ago from someone who worked for Rapala that most of the colors they paint are designed to catch fishermen, not fish.

[@Vanzgardian1]

Fish don’t see color so there is that.

[@RoadLifePursuits]

If it aint chartreuse it's of no use !

[@c.w.a9781]

Great info. Looks like you've lost a lot of weight? Hope your doing ok.

[@sejtan212]

Bro- seems you like you dropped over 50 lbs. Hope all is well. What’s your secret if it’s intentional?

[@Bass_Fishing_101]

He really has

[@eric7939]

Gulp in any color works best anywhere.

[@funkymojo111]

I respect your professional opinion but disagree. Color can play a very important role at certain times of the year and when they are keyed on prey specific for that time of year or their water body, especially if it is a small pond. If color wasn't so important then the other creators on YT wouldn't bother advocating for certain color specific baits. Many of those anglers are honest and not just trying to get you to use their links so they can get some pocket change; some are but not all.

[@johnpaul-zq2wi]

Started out saying color doesn't really matter....cmon man.....u know that's not true

[@toddlester8063]

How about this statement instead.... Color is the last thing that matters. Profile, weight, action, etc (literally every other factor) matter before color.

[@christopherstockman3635]

Started out dropping facts thank him when you grow up

[@burneracc2567]

Color only matters depending on how stained the water is. Action is more important because if you can work it the way that imitates the bait that fish are feeding on then you will 100% get bites.

[@scottshepley7619]

Never used 6 scent baits looks like your promoting them must be your sponsor I’m not sold on them

[@cappystrano1]

If you don’t live close to the water and only fish occasionally, you will never know the process of finding the right bait in your lake. We’re so disconnected from the land, that’s why it’s difficult to figure it out so spend your money open your wallet and go back fishing!

[@PHATBASSASSASSIN]

Dang your channel has really taken off

[@robertavila4810]

😂😂😂