Cajun red line

[Fish Hound]

I bought my grandson a Zebco 33 outfit and it came pre spooled with Cajun red mono line on it. I have bought plenty of lures over the years that had a red eye, red gill plate, or other red paint schemes that was supposed to look like a bleeding shiner that the manufacturer claimed would attract fish.

If red on a lure attracts fish won't they see red mono line?  Should I pull this off and re-spool with some clear mono or floro?

Thanks

[KLiK]

My thoughts are fish drive off of instinct and not cognitive thinking so presentation and bait is of more importance than color of line.  

[moguy1973]

If fish bite an umbrella rig with the baits hanging off thick metal wires they'll bite a bait on a red fishing line.

[Old plug]

Color is very limited( that should start a arguement) the action of the lure and the presentation after you get into the right place at the right time is what does it. As far a the line attacting or repelling fish Ido not think so. What is on the end of the line and what it is doing is the important thing.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

The theory is that they dont see the red line because it is the first color in the spectrum to go away as you go down.  At least thats what they teach in scuba classes.  I could see things that were solid red no problem down deep.  Never took any fishing line down to test out that theory

[fishinwrench]

They see it just fine, whether it looks red to them is questionable.   Probably just looks gray.  

I mean if they see crawdad whiskers....

[Old plug]

They can feel the line I thonk as well by way of their lateral lines.  .I remembef WAY back a long ago when Garcia first started making  big waves. Old timer in the shop 

I ised to frequent and gauk a lot of the fosherman  did not like them becaise they saod they made to mich noise reeling.. They believed what ever noise the reel made was tranmotted down the line. I agree woth that.  Wish their was more study about the noise you create just realing in your line and what tht even matters. I think now days there is so much vibration going on in the water that it is like being downtown in a big city. 

[Al Agnew]

The Cajun Red line has been marketed on the totally wrong idea that red "disappears" at a given depth (depending upon water clarity).  It does NOT disappear.  It simply appears to lose its red color, and turns a dark greenish gray.  But it is most definitely still visible, and in fact is almost certainly MORE visible than something like clear or green or blue monofilament.  Whether this makes a big difference to the fish is another question.

Many anglers have little idea of how color appears underwater.  Suffice it to say that light only penetrates so far underwater...the clearer the water the more light that penetrates.  But as the light penetrates through the water, different color wavelengths fade and disappear at different depths as the water absorbs each wavelength.  The red wavelength is absorbed first, followed by orange and yellow.  Blue, green, and violet wavelengths penetrate much farther.  But at the same time, the water itself appears to be some shade of blue or green, so blue and green objects tend to blend into the background.  In murkier water, the water itself appears more of an olive color, or even brownish if somewhat muddy.  If we're talking about typical Ozark water color, the clearest waters appear blueish green when you are underwater looking sideways through a lot of water.  Somewhat murkier water, like 4-5 feet visibility, look more of a green, and murky water, 2-4 feet visibility, looks a bit on the olive side.  So you can see why blue or green monofilament (or even green braid) is less visible--it blends into the background.  Red line, even if deep enough for the red wavelength to be absorbed, looks like a dark line against the greenish background.

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Roland promoted the Color C lector

[moguy1973]

16 hours ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

The theory is that they dont see the red line because it is the first color in the spectrum to go away as you go down.  At least thats what they teach in scuba classes.  I could see things that were solid red no problem down deep.  Never took any fishing line down to test out that theory

But but but...what about those red hooks I paid extra for on my latest crank bait that the pros told it was made to simulate a bleeding baitfish?!?   Lol