color

"lurk" wrote in message
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can fish really see the different colors....I thought they see the
image thats dark from underneath......seems that pan fish hit
different colors but I have heard that fish don't see
colors...hmmmm how do the smart guys know for sure....maybe I
answered my own question......thanks


Do a little experiment for yourself. Tie on two flies of the same size and
shape with color being the only difference. Then go fishing and see if the
fish keep hitting one colored fly more than the other.

Then you will have the knowledge you seek young lurker.

"Hooked" wrote in message
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"lurk" wrote in message
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can fish really see the different colors....I thought they see
the
image thats dark from underneath......seems that pan fish hit
different colors but I have heard that fish don't see
colors...hmmmm how do the smart guys know for sure....maybe I
answered my own question......thanks


Do a little experiment for yourself. Tie on two flies of the same size and
shape with color being the only difference. Then go fishing and see if the
fish keep hitting one colored fly more than the other.

Then you will have the knowledge you seek young lurker.


I remember seeing either a TV show about a place where they test artificial
lures. I think its the Rapala factory in Finland, but they have access to a
lot of fish (trout, I think) from a hachery. They made a large oval fishtank
where they can troll their lures around. They introduce 3 or 4 fish that had
never been used before, and trolled several lures around to see what worked
and what didn't. They recorded how long each fish followed the lure, and how
many strikes each lure received. Then they released the fish to the river,
got a few new ones, and repeated the experiment. They were able to ascertain
what shape lures worked, determine the effect of color, speed, depth, etc.

Ummm, the worst part is that I cannot remember if they decided that color
played a role, but if anyone else saw this show maybe they can remember...?

--riverman
(not as helpful as he thought he'd be..)

"riverman" wrote in message
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I remember seeing either a TV show about a place where they test
artificial
lures. I think its the Rapala factory in Finland, but they have access to
a
lot of fish (trout, I think) from a hachery. They made a large oval
fishtank
where they can troll their lures around. They introduce 3 or 4 fish that
had
never been used before, and trolled several lures around to see what
worked
and what didn't. They recorded how long each fish followed the lure, and
how
many strikes each lure received. Then they released the fish to the river,
got a few new ones, and repeated the experiment. They were able to
ascertain
what shape lures worked, determine the effect of color, speed, depth, etc.

Ummm, the worst part is that I cannot remember if they decided that color
played a role, but if anyone else saw this show maybe they can
remember...?

1n the 1950's a professor at the University of Oklahoma in Norman ran a
color attraction study using largemouth bass. He used a large sheet iron
stock tank and placed several bass in it and casted the same topwater lure
(Jitterbug I think) but with different colors. He changed the bass in the
tank, rotated the colors and repeated the process. Red came out as the
number one color regardless of the cast and was significantly greater than
any other color. In other words they caught more bass on red lures
regardless of the cast into the tank.

Has anyone seen any more recent color studies?

Good luck!
John

Yes, fish see colors. To be exact, some fish see some colors. How fish
respond to color is well known for some species, unknown for others, and not
well known for most. Look at color changes during spawning. That will give
you some idea of the role color plays in that species' life cycle.

Many, perhaps most, and maybe even all, fish see movement better than they
can discern detail, shape or color. Experiments with, for example, sharks,
have shown that fish can be trained to target shapes and colors.

Because we can see color so well, we often attribute a fly's or a lure's
success or failure to its color when it was something that was responsible.

Fishing's a great mystery. If it weren't, who would waste time doing it?

Gary

"lurk" wrote in message
.. .
can fish really see the different colors....I thought they see the
image thats dark from underneath......seems that pan fish hit
different colors but I have heard that fish don't see
colors...hmmmm how do the smart guys know for sure....maybe I
answered my own question......thanks

"Me" wrote in message
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Fishing's a great mystery. If it weren't, who would waste time doing it?


I would.