SPINNERBAITS DEEP AND DARK!

[miket]

 

I don't know about you but there are so many factors to think about when I bass fish I tend to "over think" the entire situation by considering water temperature, clarity, depth, habitat, forage, colors and etc. Maybe it would be better to just pick a few major factors and pattern fish based on those. My home lake, Table Rock, is very clear, deep and contains many structure types but mid and late summer I prefer to fish ledges and rock walls... Why? .... good hang outs for larger fish. Since the water is clear, light tends to penetrate deeper and the color of our baits tend to fade out at various depths. The chart illustrates this point... reds go first and black and blues goes last and this and if the fish can't see the bait it makes them hitting it difficult! I would choose the two spinnerbait patterns displayed for this situation with their dark colors and one with a glow stripe for increased sight enhancement. The over-sized colorado blade provides a "thump" allowing the fish to locate the bait and also results in a lower rate of fall.
Visibility to the fish is important in other situations relating to light such as night fishing or fishing under large docks during the day. More night fishing is occurring due to day time conflicts with recreational boaters and I have changed some of my approaches based on these criteria. Just something to consider on colors and amount of light and impact on the fish.
Check out these baits and others at www.jigs4bass.com. Thanks, Michael

[Spoon Feeder]

I've seen these color charts before but it's interesting that the hottest spoon we sell for real deep stripers second to the White Many Shad is the Red Throat. You would think they don't even see the red. Maybe it looks black or gray at 60-80' ?

[miket]

I often wonder about that.. why not just use the color of the prey fish (like shad or bluegill). I think a lot of it is the confidence that the fisherman has in the bait or the color of bait and they tend to fish it harder or longer than others. Guess it could be a factor of more or less visible at depth?

[Kelroy]

Nice spinners, like that short arm design. Do they have any kind of rattles? I mod my night spinnerbaits with a 'clip-on' rattle in the eye at the tip of the arm.

 

 

[Gavin]

The chart is deceptive...The ability to perceive colors goes away the deeper you get but the ability to view the object does not go away.

 

 

 

[miket]

I agree with Gavin. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jpb2187]

Yeah, either I'm stupid or I don't understand these charts. Lightwaves are just frequencies right... so a lure that is red is just reflecting the red frequency back to the eye, and absorbs the rest of the colors. So when red "absorbs" you just stop seeing the red part of the light, and then you would see black. 

I question the whole thing though when you think of Scuba diving. These guys are well over 100ft deep, but you can still clearly see the yellow of the ropes/tank.

 

[jpb2187]

Edit- the florescent/uv colors last much longer. thats why you see the neon yellow.