Red ???????

[lilcraw]

Just a thought ???????? for the past few years they have advertised the RED hook, which is suppose to mimick a wound, OK we the fishermen bought it and alot lures were sold with RED hooks and a new and VERY profitable market was opened. Now they have come out with RED line and say it is invisable to fish under water ??????????????????

NOW WHICH IS IT CAN THEY SEE THE RED HOOK AS A WOUND OR NOT ???????? HE HE HE:lol:

I am puzzled, or have we been once again tricked by manufators advertising.

[dampeoples]

Red is supposed to disappear at a certain depth, 6 or 9 ft. maybe?

I don't buy into it, but I'd say it's the advertising, for sure.

[nova]

Talk to any diver and he will tell you that blood looks black underwater not red. Red is one of the first colors to fade out as it goes deeper.

As for the big manufacturers; we are not the only ones fishing for something. We fish for fish they fish for fishermen.

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[outcast]

EXACTLY !!!!! I think that we have swallowed the RED hook, RED line, and even a RED sinker !!!!! I have spent alot of time researching studies done on COLORS, and I'm not sure if anyone knows the answers. Supposedly, RED is the first color to turn to a shade of black, depending on the water clarity. I"m not sure about RED line, but if anyone ever wants to come wet a line with me, you better have some RED in your tackle box. I try to put RED gills on all of MY lures, ALL fish have RED gills and I think that they can relate to them no matter what color they see RED as. I need to spend less time researching!!!!!

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Is there anyone that has NOT caught fish on WATERMELON with RED flake????

[nova]

Has anyone tried black gills on deep diving cranks to see if it makes any differance?

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[lilcraw]

According to the late BUCK PERRY color means nothing it is DEPTH AND SPEED that triggers the bite. But we all get wrapped up in the color thing, don't we ?? Good thing too or going to the bait shop would be so drab...........

[Trim man]

I that the red catches the fishermans eye more that the fishes eyes.

[benny]

Lilcra, red hooks are solid and red line is transparent.A red hook is red at deeper depths than 10'.Red lines will become grey because of light transmission through. red lines are mostly for watching strikes above water then attaracting a strike. drop a red hook in a pool or a place where you can see greater then 5' and you will see

[One Sock]

Lilcra, red hooks are solid and red line is transparent.A red hook is red at deeper depths than 10'.Red lines will become grey because of light transmission through. red lines are mostly for watching strikes above water then attaracting a strike. drop a red hook in a pool or a place where you can see greater then 5' and you will see

Dead on reply. I am a big fan of red hooks, especially on wacky rigs. I don't believe in the whole bleeding bait thing, but I do believe it resembles the flash of a gill on a bait fish. I also believe in different colors on diffeent days. I was fortunate to be able to fish almost every day for years and have had numerous days where all I could get bit on was a certain color. But hey what do I know

[braveviper]

Fish must see color,why else would a yellow perch be so colorful?Some salmon turn bright red when spawning.Most of my fishing is done in less than 10 feet.I have yet to buy a crankbait with the red hooks though.

[Steve.D]

Maybe red hooks dissapear (hard to see) under 6-10ft?

[willie525]

that red line isnt worth a flip and red hooks scare fish here

[charkins]

Here in Southern Oklahoma, we have a lot of luck on baits with red. I would say that baits like red shad would outfish a shad 5 to 1. We use a lot of purple and red in worms and tubes as well. I don't care what the fish see. All I care about is what the fish hit.

[CrazyFish]

This has been a burr under my saddle for years. The color red, like any other color, needs a certain amount of light to actually be "red". Reducing the amount of light the color red receives makes it change color from brown and eventually to black. So, the factor that determines if red is actually red is the amount of light is receives. In clear water, red will stay red the deeper it is because more light passes through clear water. In murky water, it may stop being red after a couple of feet and turn brown or black. No color DISAPPEARS, it simply changes to a darker shade of that color to grey or black.

That being said, I use red hooks all the time, but I can't tell you if they make a penny's worth of difference or not. I just don't see how they might hurt, so I use them and in shallow and/or clear water I know the color will show up, so it might be useful in creating one more strike.

[nova]

Best explaination yet.

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[Dan_T]

I think red changes differently and at deeper depth depending on the color and clarity of the water. But so will the red blood and gills of real bait fish. I would think predator fish would know the hue or tone of red in even very deep water. Even if every thing appears to be in black in white there a lot of different tones.

[David Reid]

What you are concerned about here is having something in terms of colour that helps your bait stand out a bit rather than blend in or merge into the background and which help attract the attention of the fish. Its why I suspect colours like red and silver glitter and other glitter colours work quite effectively. Its why these hexagonal wobblers we use here in colours of red and silver work effectively and get hit very effectively when trolled. Red certainly does tend to merge into black over distance above or below the water. Its why hunters who wear red to stand out and camouflage colours as well often get shot over distance.