Wavw worms

[bostonwhaler]

Went fishing this week with a pretty experienced bass hunter, He is a big fan of wave worms, but when we fished he never used one.
Said the Ottawa was to murkey for them, ( lapasse/Waltham). any truth to this? or did he just not want to show me the colours he uses?

[Fisherman_and_fisherboy]

If I'm not mistaken, murky=brighter colours and clear=darker/natural colours. That's the simplest explanation. Fluorescent colours like chartreuse, orange, bubblegum and white are good for murky waters while brown, deeper greens, black and blue are good for crystal clear waters.
Here's a couple of links to check out

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/store ... subcatID=0

http://www.livestrong.com/article/40009 ... ng/#page=1

The pic a lure chart is a great reference chart. Just google it you will find a bunch of stuff on it.

I hope this was helpful

[lape0019]

Could be a little bit of both I guess but you probably won't get the answer here.

It doesn't matter what colours he was using as worms will typically catch bass provided you use the right one (I mean chartreuse for stained or natureal colours for clear water as stated above). He may just not have any faith in the colors he likes on the ottawa. If you wanted to try them out for yourself and he says the water is too murky, grab some of the colourful ones next time you go out to stock up and try them for yourself. I personally have never used chartreuse until this year on the rideau, and it works great for those overcasts days where that extra blast of color seems to work wonders.

Adam

[Basspad]

I've had success on the Ottawa with pearl white and different pinks. When there's a need for it, there's always a stick worm that can do the job. Just have to play with the color is all. Also on some of the tougher days I'll drop the worm down to a 4" or even 3" to get the picky ones to bite.

[beachburger]

Went fishing this week with a pretty experienced bass hunter, He is a big fan of wave worms, but when we fished he never used one.
Said the Ottawa was to murkey for them, ( lapasse/Waltham). any truth to this? or did he just not want to show me the colours he uses?

I'll let you draw your own conclusions but as someone who has lived on this section of the river for about 15 years and has caught thousands of bass using colors of Wave Worms (and Yamamoto Senkos and Yum Dingers and and whatever BPS calls their senko knock off) from black to bubble gum, I'd say they work just fine.