Line Color....Does it matter?

[MOPanfisher]

For my fishing it has made no difference what so ever.  I used to use clear, green, black, camo etc.  until eyesight changed, then switched to bright colors like Stren Gold and Fluoroscent Green Pline etc.  Made no difference at all for me catching fish, have since switched to braided line, mix of fireline and now Nanofil, again I can tell no difference in catch rate, and everyone I fish with has switched to braid as well.  I have even tried a mono leader with the braid and am currently at 0 for 2, two lost fish and one lost Shad Rap when the knots failed, both blood knot and an Albright knot and have gone back to tying the braid directly to the bait again.  (It was a short lived experiment, maybe I am just a bad knot tier).  While I don't fish TR, I have fished some very clear waters both in lakes and streams where I could see the fish come hit the lure/jig.  What I do think makes a world of difference is what the person who is using it thinks/feels.  just like crappie jig colors if I don't like a certain color I don't fish it the same and don't have confidence in it and won't catch fish with it, same with crankbaits or other baits.  If the fisherman has confidence and likes it they will catch fish. I fought with braid for a couple years before I committed but will never go back I don't think, and if I can ever get the leader thing figured out I might try again with momo/fluoro leaders, but at $10 a pop for a lost shad rap, I may be tough to get to try it again.  This is all only my opinion and is worth well nothing to anyone else.

[Gavin]

Usually use high vis yellow or chartreuse braid with a rod length leader when spin fishing for just about anything...Trout, or bass mostly. Makes no difference as long as you have a leader. 6-9 foot is enough if spin fishing. 7-18' needed if fly fishing. Fly line smacks down pretty hard in comparison to conventional stuff.

 

[moguy1973]

I think for larger reaction strike baits it doesn't matter a bit even in clear water.  For gosh sakes look at the A-rig, it has big metal wires attached to the baits and fish go crazy over that thing when they are in the mood.  You could throw that thing out on an anchor rope and catch fish.  That one pro even attached a GoPro to it and got top notch video of fish attacking it in TR a couple years ago.

For finesse fishing with small bait things like the Ned and smaller jigs it may make more of a difference to have a clearer, less obvious line.

[merc1997 Bo]

i will be odd man out here because i use a fluorescent line night or day, and have not found it to be a detriment to catching bass here on table rock.  i have fished table rock since 1963 and have logged a lot of hours on the lake in that time span.  line size type and diameter do affect your fall rate or how deep you can get a crank bait down. if a bass could reason that fishing line is something wrong, then it could surely reason that a hook is bad and would be much more of a danger than fishing line and therefore would never bite anything with a hook.  so, how is it that fishing line would ever keep a bass from biting your lure?  if they see your line, they see the hook or hooks just as well.

cameras mounted to a-rigs pretty much tells the tale that fishing line, big wires, big swivels, big hooks, do not keep bass from biting a lure.  they will follow an a-rig for a long way and swim around looking at it from all angles and still bite it.  same can be said for big crankbaits.  they follow them for a long ways also.  they also have hooks all over and a big plastic bill that is also very visible, but they still bite it.  why?  because it was going at the right depth at the right speed to create a reflex bite.  even dead still is a speed.

just my opinion.  use what you have confidence in.

bo

[Old plug]

4 hours ago, merc1997 said:

i will be odd man out here because i use a fluorescent line night or day, and have not found it to be a detriment to catching bass here on table rock.  i have fished table rock since 1963 and have logged a lot of hours on the lake in that time span.  line size type and diameter do affect your fall rate or how deep you can get a crank bait down. if a bass could reason that fishing line is something wrong, then it could surely reason that a hook is bad and would be much more of a danger than fishing line and therefore would never bite anything with a hook.  so, how is it that fishing line would ever keep a bass from biting your lure?  

WOW A post that is 100% pure concrete information. 

[Champ188]

15 hours ago, Old plug said:

I know it is not LOZ. So tell you what Champ. IF and when I ever get this body back into functioning order. Maybe I can come down there and we can go out for a couple hours just you and me and I will use braid and you will use whatever.  It would be interesting to see how they compare. We use the same lure and in the same way. OK.  Would be interesting to se what would happen. Right now I got a to get myself together. My schedule is for 7 more rad treatments, pre OP for knee and a MRI for shoulder on the 15 of June, then a replacement of the failed replacement on the 19 th. Now about a week after that I will learn if I am in the 80% or 20% group.. If that is all there is then I might get down there in September. For a little testing.

Plug, you certainly have a lot on your plate. Prayers that all goes well and that by September you are back in fishing shape. You are certainly welcome in my boat anytime you want to make a trip down here. And I hope you catch more than me.

[OldMillRoad]

Like anything else, I think it boils down to the circumstances on a given day and current conditions.  I have been out drop shotting on several occasions where line size and color made all the difference in the world.  I was using 6 lb. flouro and my partner was using 8.  I was catching 3 to his 1, same bait, same depth.  We swapped rods and he started out fishing me.  So I would say at times it does make a difference.

[dtrs5kprs]

If they are snapping a reaction bait it doesn't matter. Soaking plastic baits I want every advantage in my favor, including line color.

[Old plug]

Dave I been what you call soaking plastics for sure. I have done it with everything especially plastic worms. There  only thee things about the line.  If it floats or sinks and the dia. As that works into the presentation. My presentation takes into account the line the weighs if any the hook and how the worm sinks in the water according to what and where I will be fishing it.