Old plug Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 It has been proven that fish can see ultra violet and infared. This is one of the big reasons I am not a great follower of all the different shade etc of lures. I would love to see one of scientists guys do a study of what colors appear as under ultra violet or inferred. I have a notion all green for example that all green lures will not appear as green. Even colors of the same shade may not to be the same because of the chemical content of the paint or whatever is in the plastic. I do not know this and is why I am wondering. That said over the past 65 yrs I have just seen far to many times when presentation of the lure, size,speed and plain getting the thing into the proper zone with the fish have been the controlling things. I do not believe you can fool a fish no matter how well it is painted or decorated. Some of the new plastic worms are so pretty they would be nice hung on a Christmas tree as ornaments.
J-Doc Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Totally agree with your perspective of presentation getting the bites, not the realistic appearance. I mean what fish would think a hot pink worm was real? Still.....it gets the bites. Need marine repair? Send our own forum friend "fishinwrench" a message. He will treat you like family!!! I owe fishinwrench a lot of thanks. He has been a great mechanic with lots of patience!
kjackson Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 OP-- Give the Tightlines-UV website a try for some images. I've done quite a bit of research on UV, and whether or not fish see it depends upon a lot of things. Some fish see it, but others apparently don't. Some see it at certain stages of the life cycle. Some have the ability, lose it but regain it later. Some fish use it to find food, and some use it to find mates. Some fish, notably bass, apparently don't see the UV end of the spectrum, yet lures that reflect UV light often enough catch fish better than similar lures. Some very popular lures reflect UV but don't advertise the fact... What ultraviolet reflectance comes down to, IMO, is that the lures are more visible to some fish some of the time. It could be that some fish are conditioned to react to UV-reflecting baits because when they were very young, the food they ate reflected UV. And I think we all realize that just because a fish can see a lure doesn't mean it will hit the thing. The owner of the Tightlines-UV company did a lot of doctoral research on UV and fish, and that is why he is selling lures that reflect different colors of UV.
mjk86 Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 Yup...color doesnt matter at all just so long as there is some purple in there.
WeekendWarrior Posted September 17, 2015 Posted September 17, 2015 It has been proven that fish can see ultra violet and infared. This is one of the big reasons I am not a great follower of all the different shade etc of lures. I would love to see one of scientists guys do a study of what colors appear as under ultra violet or inferred. I have a notion all green for example that all green lures will not appear as green. Even colors of the same shade may not to be the same because of the chemical content of the paint or whatever is in the plastic. I do not know this and is why I am wondering. That said over the past 65 yrs I have just seen far to many times when presentation of the lure, size,speed and plain getting the thing into the proper zone with the fish have been the controlling things. I do not believe you can fool a fish no matter how well it is painted or decorated. Some of the new plastic worms are so pretty they would be nice hung on a Christmas tree as ornaments. I have plenty of ornaments hanging in them trees ?
Old plug Posted September 17, 2015 Author Posted September 17, 2015 MJK..... That sounds like a personal preference. That is ok but it is not crucial. I get hung up on brown green and green/brown or gray heavy jigs in the fall but iris only because.i m confident in them on this lake. J DOC .....I got a quirk about hot pink. It just seems to work now and then like recently I been flipping giant trick worms on a heavy drop shot rig. Yes I said flipping with some success. Only reason I was is because I could not get the brown or green stuff to work. its like a third choice. Even when it happens like that I m reluctant to believe it's the color more so than I have just moved into the proper holding area. I am goiing to read the Tightline site stuff but probably will not know what ll the technical stuff means.
mjk86 Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Totally agree. It's all about what you have confidence in.
Norm M Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 proper depth and speed control in the proper location is always my most important consideration . color is well down the list what a long strange trip it's been , put a dip in your hip, a glide in your stride and come on to the mother ship , the learning never ends
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