drop shot color??

In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to distinguish
the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a bulkier size more
important than color?
Thanks
Ken

In very clear water blue is absorbed the least, the exceptions to the
color rule are fluorescents (meaning the are distinguishable deeper).
Blues and Greens would probably be the best. I like to use a contrast
such as Blue back / Sliver body drop shot shad or worm.

Chris
Ken Blevins wrote:
In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to distinguish
the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a bulkier size more
important than color?
Thanks
Ken

I have been doing good with some goby's i am making in clear with heavy blue
and gold flake, of course it's only about 15 feet that I'm fishing here



"Chris Rennert" wrote in message
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In very clear water blue is absorbed the least, the exceptions to the
color rule are fluorescents (meaning the are distinguishable deeper).
Blues and Greens would probably be the best. I like to use a contrast
such as Blue back / Sliver body drop shot shad or worm.

Chris
Ken Blevins wrote:
In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to
distinguish the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a
bulkier size more important than color?
Thanks
Ken

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:18:22 -0400, "Ken Blevins"
wrote:

In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to distinguish
the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a bulkier size more
important than color?
Thanks
Ken

This is not in regards to drop shotting as I've never really done
that...unless it was for catfish back when I was a kid and then I
still preferred the carolina rig.

But I've seen worm color make a difference at 40 feet. And in
that deeper water...the preferred color was blue (Bill Dance's
favorite color). And I do know that a long time ago...there was an
amazing number of tournaments won on a longer than average blue worm
in deep water reservoirs. (7" mann's straight tail)

The trick I've used successfully in clear deep water is to add a
small flash (oftentimes a small spinner) to the worm. IMO, in very
clear waters...it was the flash that they were hitting and not the
worm (ar at least, the flash was the trigger to the bte).

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"Ken Blevins" wrote in message
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In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to
distinguish the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a
bulkier size more important than color?
Thanks
Ken


I think color also depends on the lake. In Lake Oroville, where you may
dropshot 50' deep. Morning Dawn is the hot color for both shallow and deep,
Drop shotting or dart heading. But Morning Dawn does not seem to do well on
any of the other lakes in the Sierra foothills.

Ken Blevins wrote:
In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to distinguish
the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a bulkier size more
important than color?
Thanks
Ken



I'll share a little secret with you. 95% of the DS fish I catch come on
one color. And 90% of those come on one worm. Deep, shallow, dingy,
clear, still, moving, rocks, weeds, it's all the same to me and my
favorite DS worm.


The linked page contains a few bits of DS info, and a bunch of photos of
me an a few fishing partners with fish caught on a DS rig over the last
couple years. I just checked, and 3 of those fish were caught on
something other than that specific worm, and two of the odd-balls were
caught on something else in the same color. There are fish there from
rivers and from small natural lakes and big impoundments. From
Champlain, George, etc., as well as from little hole in the wall lakes
you never heard of. And they all bit the same thing. It's the only lure
that is pictured more than once.

http://www.richz.com/fishing/article...t_secrets.html

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:09:49 -0400, RichZ
wrote:

Ken Blevins wrote:
In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to distinguish
the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a bulkier size more
important than color?
Thanks
Ken



I'll share a little secret with you. 95% of the DS fish I catch come on
one color. And 90% of those come on one worm. Deep, shallow, dingy,
clear, still, moving, rocks, weeds, it's all the same to me and my
favorite DS worm.


The linked page contains a few bits of DS info, and a bunch of photos of
me an a few fishing partners with fish caught on a DS rig over the last
couple years. I just checked, and 3 of those fish were caught on
something other than that specific worm, and two of the odd-balls were
caught on something else in the same color. There are fish there from
rivers and from small natural lakes and big impoundments. From
Champlain, George, etc., as well as from little hole in the wall lakes
you never heard of. And they all bit the same thing. It's the only lure
that is pictured more than once.

http://www.richz.com/fishing/article...t_secrets.html

I have a nice big bag of those!

..
Harry J aka Thundercat
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"RichZ" wrote in message
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Ken Blevins wrote:
In very clear 30 ft deep water , do fish have enough light to
distinguish the difference in colors?? Green to blackor red? ETC .Is a
bulkier size more important than color?
Thanks
Ken

I'll share a little secret with you. 95% of the DS fish I catch come on
one color. And 90% of those come on one worm. Deep, shallow, dingy, clear,
still, moving, rocks, weeds, it's all the same to me and my favorite DS
worm.


The linked page contains a few bits of DS info, and a bunch of photos of
me an a few fishing partners with fish caught on a DS rig over the last
couple years. I just checked, and 3 of those fish were caught on something
other than that specific worm, and two of the odd-balls were caught on
something else in the same color. There are fish there from rivers and
from small natural lakes and big impoundments. From Champlain, George,
etc., as well as from little hole in the wall lakes you never heard of.
And they all bit the same thing. It's the only lure that is pictured more
than once.

http://www.richz.com/fishing/article...t_secrets.html

This is one of the all time best posts I have ever read on this group.
Thanks for sharing.

Jack in Tn.