"Bob Rickard" wrote in message
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I have been meaning to mention this for some time: I personally believe that
the addition of some red on a lure can really improve catches at times in
shallow water, but... the most absolutely worthless, useless & meaningless
place to put that red would be on the hook, where it can signify nothing
other to a fish than: "Look! There's a teeney-weeney little bit of red on
that hook." And of course, that's only if fish were actually smart enough
to be able to think.

First, can we post in plain text in a non-binary group (Format, Plain Text).

I doubt the fish are smart enough to know what a hook is. If they were, I'd
think they realize that a spinnerbait looks very little like what they
usually eat for food. I'd not discount a red hook so easily. When a
crankbait is being reeled in, the treble hook would be pulled backward by
the force of the water and onto the underbelly of the lure. Perhaps this
would make it look like it was bleeding or wounded.