How Is This Working?

[Squirmin Wormin]

I know we have our tb full of various colored lures ,but did you ever take a lure that didn't match the hatch or the conditions you were fishing and did just as good than if you did have the conditions and color met for catching your fish.That lure,color shouldn't be working under the conditions by your thinking and methods of fishing but is working anyway.

[Catch and Grease]

No, I don't tie something on if i dont think it will catch fish.

Color only matters when it matters BTW haha

[SirSnookalot]

Sure do, I use a pink crippled herring, no pink fish around here but it catches fish all the time.

[wisconsin heat]

No, I don't tie something on if i dont think it will catch fish.

Ditto. But if I am fishing with my dad, sometimes he will tie on something ridiculous and catch a fish on it

[J Francho]

Because.

[Team9nine]

Yeah, I've tried it. I like doing little "fun" on-the-water tests like this. My conclusion: As C & G said, color only matters when it matters, which is a lot less of the time than most people probably realize. If you stick with the basic "tried and true" colors in any given bait, you'll catch your share of fish more days than not. Here was the set up:

 

I jumped into my buddies boat after work and go bass fishing. I only brought one rod and reel, but two tackle boxes. One of those tackle boxes was completely empty. The other was filled with a myriad of crankbaits, mostly shallow runners and squarebills - about every bait and color I owned. Here's the test.

• I fish from the back of the boat only.
• I only use 1 outfit the entire time, spooled with 10lb. line and using a snap tied to the line to facilitate quick lure changes.
• Pick one crankbait to start with and fish it until I catch a bass, any size.
• After catching a bass on the bait, I immediately remove that bait from the snap and place it into the empty box.
• Reach back into the main crankbait box and grab another (different) bait to add to the clip and try and catch another bass.
• Repeat.

More rules: I could use multiple same baits from the same manufacturer (for instance, several different Bandit 100's), so long as I use a different color pattern every time and don't repeat any one color pattern for that bait. I can also use multiple similar color patterns (for instance, several different firetiger colored baits), so long as they are from different manufacturers and not repeated.

 

When all was said and done, I managed 25 bass on 25 different baits in about 150 minutes. However, I did actually have 2 baits I tried that I couldn't get bit on. Doesn't necessarily prove anything, but if you try the same thing sometime, you might not worry so much about color or brand the next time you're out on the water.

 

-T9

[Raul]

I know we have our tb full of various colored lures ,but did you ever take a lure that didn't match the hatch or the conditions you were fishing and did just as good than if you did have the conditions and color met for catching your fish.That lure,color shouldn't be working under the conditions by your thinking and methods of fishing but is working anyway.

 

99.999999999999999999 % of the times my lures do not match the hatch.

[J Francho]

99.999999999999999999 % of the time, nothing a bass is eating is hatching, lol.

[Mike L]

Sure

I've caught fish at night with a light colored worm/crank, and during the day with a blue bird sky useing darker colors.

Caught fish with a pink plastic, and caught fish a solid navy blue crank.

As far as I know no food source for anything that swims is hot pink

Mike

[annexation]

Is it alive?

Does it fit in my mouth?

 

These are the question a bass asks before inhaling the pink monstrosity at the end of your line.