Here's something I've been pondering on lately. I would like your input on the subject as well.
Several yrs ago there was a craze with red fishing line. The selling point behind it was that red disappears in the water column and fish can't see it.
Now there is a craze with red hooks, and the selling point is that fish can see the red and are more apt to strike at it.
So the question is...which is it? Does it disappear in the water or does it make something more visible?
Here is a little cool info to it. Since we've started crappie fishing a lot...crappie are known to be extremely picky when it comes to colors. Just yesterday dad and I were fishing and I put on a red and green glitter lure...and began catching fish. Dad tried several colors of the same style bait and didn't catch a single fish, until he changed over to the red/glitter one. This happened while crankbait trolling as well...I had read a tip on changing out the hooks to red ones...and I began catching crappie 5 to 1 to dad. I tossed him a crankbait the same color as the one I had...only it had the factory hooks left on it, non red. Same result. Mom had some red fingernail polish in the boat for some reason and dad "doctored" his crankbait and put red gill plates on it and colored the hook...let it dry and threw it back in there. He started catching crappie then.
So I think it has something to do with them seeing it. As a side thought...what if the red is actually disappearing in the water, and thus making the lure look more "natural" since the hooks would not appear to be invisible? Or is it just the red is attracting them. Your thoughts?
Several yrs ago there was a craze with red fishing line. The selling point behind it was that red disappears in the water column and fish can't see it.
Now there is a craze with red hooks, and the selling point is that fish can see the red and are more apt to strike at it.
So the question is...which is it? Does it disappear in the water or does it make something more visible?
Here is a little cool info to it. Since we've started crappie fishing a lot...crappie are known to be extremely picky when it comes to colors. Just yesterday dad and I were fishing and I put on a red and green glitter lure...and began catching fish. Dad tried several colors of the same style bait and didn't catch a single fish, until he changed over to the red/glitter one. This happened while crankbait trolling as well...I had read a tip on changing out the hooks to red ones...and I began catching crappie 5 to 1 to dad. I tossed him a crankbait the same color as the one I had...only it had the factory hooks left on it, non red. Same result. Mom had some red fingernail polish in the boat for some reason and dad "doctored" his crankbait and put red gill plates on it and colored the hook...let it dry and threw it back in there. He started catching crappie then.
So I think it has something to do with them seeing it. As a side thought...what if the red is actually disappearing in the water, and thus making the lure look more "natural" since the hooks would not appear to be invisible? Or is it just the red is attracting them. Your thoughts?