treble hook colors

[eastCoastbassin]

I like the bleeding shad look. i notice i tend to hit more bass when i have a shiny red hook on a minnow or worn jigged off the bottom. i got to thinking..."i could put some red colored treble hooks on my crank baits!" so which ones do i replace? front, back or both or am i just wasting my time? could use some tips! thanks

[B A S S E R]

i usually switch out the back

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I replace both the fronts and backs on mine. On my shallow cranks I'll sometimes use a Sure Set hook like is on some of the rapala jerk baits. But that's just me.

[Bluebasser86]

I switch all my hard baits to red trebles, confidence thing for me.

[Hot Rod]

I change my hooks out but not for color.  Do it more to improve hook up/catch ratio.

If you think red is getting you more bites the logical advice says just put the red hook on the front since you want them to hit the front hook.  You don't want them just nipping at the back of the bait andgetting the back hook.

Where I fish I haven't seen red hooks helping as an attractant.

[Vinny Chase]

If it will help your confidence in the bait then do it...I personally have never seen a difference in hook ups. If I have some extra red trebles, I will throw them on the back of a bait

[Vinny Chase]

I replace both the fronts and backs on mine. On my shallow cranks I'll sometimes use a Sure Set hook like is on some of the rapala jerk baits. But that's just me.

I would recommend using stingers or triple grips instead of the ss hooks...I have some nightmare stories about ss hooks snapping on big fish..They can also do some damage to the fish with the extended hook getting caught in the gills/throat. 

[bass or bass ?]

I put them on both ends, Owner Stingers.

[Grey Wolf]

Red hooks = waste of time. JMHO

[B A S S E R]

Red hooks = waste of time. JMHO

Whats your evidence to support that? I have both normal and red hooks (trebles and ewgs) and honestly tend to lean towards the black ones because the red comes off easily and then the gold is exposed. I was just wondering if you had any evidence to say that.

[Grey Wolf]

Red hooks = waste of time. JMHO

Whats your evidence to support that? I have both normal and red hooks (trebles and ewgs) and honestly tend to lean towards the black ones because the red comes off easily and then the gold is exposed. I was just wondering if you had any evidence to say that.

Based on my experience with the red hooks which I used over a two year period and coming to the conclusion they didn't attract any more strikes than the regular hooks. As I said in my earlier post , JMHO.

[NorcalBassin]

I switch out the fronts with red and backs with black on my cranks pretty regularly. KVD advocated it in his book andallegedly does this with many of his cranks, but I haven't looked closely at his 1.5 and 2.5's he's been using in tourneys lately to see if he's still doing it. I haven't noticed a big difference one way or the other, but if you're switching out hooks anyway, why not?

[Crankhead]

NorcalBassin has it right. A few years back KVD was fishing w/stick baits...I think it was on BPS "The Bass Pros". He was talking about how he experimented with & without red trebles to see...did it make a difference? If it did how many red trebles would work best? He was using the same stick bait & it had 3 trebles. The results were that he caught 50-60% more bass when he changed only the middle treble with a red treble...of course they were Mustad Triple Grip trebles. But I also agree w/Bluebasser86 & Vinny...if you think it helps do it. Then again a few days ago I was watching another BPS "The Bass Pros" show & KVD was talking about how using a feathered treble on topwater lures is a must. I usually use a red treble (Lucky Craft) on the front of my cranks (except the natural colored cranks) and a feathered treble for the rear...again...a confidence thing.

[Luke at Gouldsboro]

In my experience , I feel as thought I don't get as many fish using red hooks, so I don't use them. But if it works for you keep at it.