Black Plastic Baits?

[sparky241]

Hi guys, just wondering about the black plastics I hear you guys talk about, any idea why they would work over something maybe watermelon or green?

[zachb34]

Very dark water or low light conditions it casts a silhoutte better than other colors.

[papajoe222]

Because when I'm throwing a black worm, I'm not throwing a watermellon or green one......................IDK.  I've asked the fish, but despite what some of the pros tell you, the fish don't tell you Jack.  I do know that a very good, big bass, angler relied very heavily on a black worm.  So much so that he even said so in his book 'Giant Bass'

[Marty]

Black is one of my main colors for both plastic worms and Senkos and the color seems to work under a variety of conditions.

[Munkin]

So black is one of my main colors and I use it as much as watermelon. My Guage is water clarity for selecting colors. How deep in the water can I see the bait when it is dropped over the side of the boat? For 6 to24" I use GP anything more I like watermelon any thing less I go with solid black.

Allen

[F14A-B]

When in doubt.. Choose Black.... Heck, I have a hard time even finding it... And with bass pro & cabelas within 45 minutes... Go figure...

[RB 77]

IDK.  I've asked the fish, but despite what some of the pros tell you, the fish don't tell you Jack.

 

This is golen! HAHA.

[Catt]

Black-n-Blue & Black Neon

[Raul]

In jigs any color is fine as long as it is black, in worms any color is fine as long as it is black, add a chartreuse firetail just to make you feel better.

[Bluebasser86]

I like black better in heavy stained to muddy water because it provides a more defined target for the fish. I've had excellent days in clear water with black baits too though. It's possible that the fish aren't sure what it is so they strike out of curiosity, or maybe they think it's a portion of a prey item and the rest is hidden. I'm sure they don't see black in clear water often either, which probably doesn't hurt. 

[senko_77]

Honestly, I think the color black works so well because you stop worrying so much about the dam color and actually on fishing the bait properly.  A tournament was won on Lake Oconee a couple years back fishing a smaller tournament while I was on the same lake fishing a BFL.  He caught just under 20lbs while everyone else struggled throwing the standard green pumpkins, watermelons, june bug.  The point is, color really doesn't matter.  Concentrate on the fish's location, the speed of fall they want, and the action they want out of the bait.  If you are worried about color, you better have those fish DIALED IN!

 

Good luck, bud.

[Pz3]

I think its because the fish have imagination.

Seriously. They dont see color so they assume it is their favorite color and they attack it

I really have no clue.

[Marty]

There's a lot of talk of black providing a silhouette during night fishing, or in stained waters to the human eye, but I've caught fish at night in dark water with a white worm before. I think we as humans will sometimes start thinking that fish share the same vision/cognition as we do, and until we can figure out how to ask a fish if they can see black worms better at night vs a white worm, we'll never really know.

Nobody knows if fish can even see in color.

Always keep in mind that we as fishermen do not have bass completely figured out from a scientific perspective. Hell, for all we know, a bass' vision may be able to pick up pink at night better than black. We'll never know for sure, and the real world experience of fishermen is a very helps tremendously, but is most likely not the end-all-be-all.

I'd like to see some controlled experiments to see how much of what we think we know to be true is really true.

 

You seem like they type of guy who might enjoy Knowing Bass, by Dr. Keith A. Jones. He gets into a lot of scientific stuff about the bass's senses.

[sparky241]

ok thanks everyone for the helpful hints