White Rod Invisible To Fish?

[S Hovanec]

Those white rods still throw a shadow!  Don't let my comment make you think that I'm against white rods though. Actually, I'm gonna build myself a couple once I get caught up.  Only because I think they look cool looking

[TBendBassin]

Somebody kill this thread please!!! This is just ridiculous

[JohnnyRebTX]

I'm resurrecting this old thread for a different reason. I have considered switching to all white blanks because I fish a lot at night. I fish for catfish and bass from the bank, and I can see the white rods better under the moonlight. 

I use minnows on bobbers, and chicken liver a lot.

[NYWayfarer]

1 hour ago, JohnnyRebTX said:

I'm resurrecting this old thread for a different reason. I have considered switching to all white blanks because I fish a lot at night. I fish for catfish and bass from the bank, and I can see the white rods better under the moonlight. 

I use minnows on bobbers, and chicken liver a lot.

You would see a Berkley Glow Stick at night even better.

 

http://www.berkley-fishing.com/berkley-rods-casting-rods-berkley-glowstik/berkley-glowstik-casting/1405223.html#start=1

[JohnnyRebTX]

Thanks. I own one Berkley Glowstik, and the rod stopped glowing after one year of use. I wished that part lasted longer. Otherwise it's a decent rod for mid to small cats. I own the old version, and I see they updated the rod since. I may give the new one a look.

Otherwise I'm considering Ugly Stik Catfish, Okuma Battlecats, and Team Catfish Thundercat spinning for their white blanks for catfishing.

Then Abu Garcia Veritas, Duckett Ghosts, and Shimano Sellus rods for their white blanks for bass.

[Deleted account]

On 3/6/2013 at 10:50 AM, Felix77 said:

A friend of mine bought the Duckett and Veritas rods on two separate purchases.  He said he is slowly converting to white rods because the fish can't see it.  When the fish looks up it sees the sky, clouds or the waves which all have white tones to them.  As opposed to a *** which shows up as a big contrast in the sky.

 

IMO it doesn't matter what color the rod is.  All of them will contrast against the sun exactly the same and look black.

 

Who's right?

 

What's your take on this idea?

It's actually a thing, but he's got it backwards, most fish will see a rod against a green, brown or other neutral color. Unless its deep and straight up and down which will negate the effect anyway. I have spooked fish with a cast before, and white is way more visible to fish than darker more neutrall colors. It's really only an isue in secluded clear water locations though. 

[Further North]

On 3/6/2013 at 10:09 AM, J Francho said:

It's a VERY silly notion.

A-yup.  Just nuts...

 

Fish don't spend a lot of time swimming around looking up through the water's surface for fishing rods...

 

...but if it boosts his confidence and helps him catch fish...don't tell him...it'd be mean.

[Turkey sandwich]

I was hoping this thread would turn to rival the Sasquatch thread.  I'm sorely disappointed

[Falkus]

So....White Rods are the "FAD" of today's fishing ? 

 

 

 

Im sticking with my black rods. They are just like ninjas, gotta keep avoid detection using a variety of the stealth approach. 

 

[FishDewd]

Lol this is funny!

 

There is a problem with the logic proposed by the OP's friend, based on what physics tells us. I would think if anything that a white rod would stand out more more than a black one. Allow me to explain. Colors do have characteristics when it comes to light and heat. Light colored surfaces (namely white, chrome, etc) are known to be poor absorbers of heat/light but good reflectors. Darker colors (black, brown, dark greens) are the opposite. These are good absorbers and poor reflectors. So when it comes to contrast: both would create a shadow looking up from below the water since the rods are going to block a tiny portion of sunlight, but the white rod could also possibly be reflecting light back down onto the water, and/or at angles from the rod, through subtle movements from the wielder, causing a shimmering light effect. This is why the white rods are easier to see at night, as stated earlier.

 

With this said, do I think it would matter? I really don't think so... I mean, I don't consider fish to be completely stupid, but how would they know what a fishing rod is? Would they have the intelligence to link the pole to the line to the lure that caught them? I'm pretty skeptical of that personally lol. But... whatever floats his boat I guess! Confidence can be useful. I own 2 white rods and 2 black rods that I use a lot for various fishing, but I have never once considered either one to be more or less "invisible" to a fish looking up.