Yellow

[Mobasser]

Still digging through my stuff in preparation for fishing next month, I've found several yellow baits of different styles. Some of these are pretty old. I've found Shore Minnow pattern yellow Zara Spook, Hula poppers, curly and straight tail grubs, weedless spoons with a yellow feather tail, Ozark Woodchopper prop bait, and a couple of other baits as well. I caught fish on most of these baits years ago. Now, I rarely see yellow bass lures being sold much, or talked about much either. It seems like yellow has all but been forgotten these days. Anyone still fishing with yellow lures? Any thoughts or opinions?

[scaleface]

I  use a lot of chartreuse but thats not  yellow . Dont use it much anymore . The old yellow lures I threw were Pico Perch , Beetle spins , grubs , spinnerbaits and buzzbaits . I still have a yellow Pico Perch with black dots . 

[TnRiver46]

And they were all yellow........... man I hate Coldplay 

[Bankbeater]

I still have a yellow Little George, Lazy Ike, and Hula Popper.  Growing up I had a friend that always fished with a black and yellow spinnerbait.  I don't think he ever got skunked when he used that bait.

[scaleface]

7 minutes ago, Bankbeater said:

black and yellow spinnerbait

I used that a lot and black and yellow buzzbaits .

[KDW96]

SHHHHHH! Have you been rummaging through my stuff? Yellow doesnt work-nothin to see here.?

[Smells like fish]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

And they were all yellow........... man I hate Coldplay 

If the bites just right though you'll think you're fishing in para-para-paradise ?

 

 

[Bluebasser86]

yellow and orange cranks and jerkbaits. 

[schplurg]

5 hours ago, scaleface said:

I  use a lot of chartreuse but thats not  yellow . Dont use it much anymore . The old yellow lures I threw were Pico Perch , Beetle spins , grubs , spinnerbaits and buzzbaits . I still have a yellow Pico Perch with black dots . 

I can't tell yellow from chartreuse most of the time. Hopefully the fish can't either.

[The Bassman]

In Fisherman article mentioned that bass see chartreuse as white. I'd think that would apply to yellow as well. 

[zell_pop1]

I wish they still made the old school bus yellow spinnerbaits, I did better than with chartreuse.

[Jermination]

love that color. have some big zoom trick worms in yellow. after seeing this get pulled off of a snagged carp ive thrown it a hell of a lot more! 

[BassNJake]

2 hours ago, The Bassman said:

In Fisherman article mentioned that bass see chartreuse as white. I'd think that would apply to yellow as well. 

I always thought that the fish that told them that was lying. [/sarcasm]

[TnRiver46]

@Jermination, I have a video of my buddy trying to get one of those off the floor of an aluminum boat, it’s wildly inappropriate but man those things are fast!!!

[Jermination]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Jermination, I have a video of my buddy trying to get one of those off the floor of an aluminum boat, it’s wildly inappropriate but man those things are fast!!!

i have some pictures of it's mouth, i dont think i'd want to touch the thing it looks like the creature from the old movie "dreamcatcher"

[galyonj]

41 minutes ago, Jermination said:

love that color. have some big zoom trick worms in yellow. after seeing this get pulled off of a snagged carp ive thrown it a hell of a lot more! 

Zoom's got a color, bruised banana, that's like a dirty yellow/brown swirl that'd be a dang near perfect example of matching the hatch for…whatever that critter is.

I remember seeing it on the rack at my local Academy.

[Jermination]

1 minute ago, galyonj said:

Zoom's got a color, bruised banana, that's like a dirty yellow/brown swirl that'd be a dang near perfect example of matching the hatch for…whatever that critter is.

I remember seeing it on the rack at my local Academy.

it's some kind of lamprey. came out of good ole fort loudon down around louisville point lol

[galyonj]

4 minutes ago, Jermination said:

it's some kind of lamprey. came out of good ole fort loudon down around louisville point lol

Ahhh, Fort Dirty. I love it so. Never caught a single thing off Louisville Point. Pretty park, though.

[Log Catcher]

The only yellow bait I can remember having was an old Shannon Twin Spin spinnerbait. My brother and I both had them. I did see him catch a few bass on his. I never even got a sniff with mine. I may still have it in an old tackle box around here somewhere.

[Tennessee Boy]

There's very solid scientific research that shows that largemouth can't tell the difference between yellow and white.  People can tell the difference so yellow lures will still sell as long as they are labeled chartreuse.? 

[WRB]

There isn't scientific proof how bass interpret the color spectrum. Studies using the eye rod and cones assume how bass see color under controlled lighting conditions based on how humans see colors. 

Todays chartreuse is offered in a wide variety of yellows and yellow/lime green tones, very difficult to differentiate yellow from chartreuse in today's lure offerings.

Tom

[king fisher]

When I was a teenager in the late seventies, I red an article by Doug Hannon.  In the Article he had done some studies that he believed proved bass are repelled by the color yellow, and attracted to green.  I believed everything I red back then so I stopped using my very productive yellow sonic, and yellow spinner bait.  A few days after reading the article a friend of mine and I went fishing  at our favorite fishing hole.  He put a single blade yellow spinner bait on exactly like the one I owned.  Of course I had robbed a green skirt off of a Hula Popper and replace the yellow one on my spinner bait.  I then informed my friend that it was a scientific fact that yellow was the worst color to fish.  He landed four bass, to my zero.  You would think I would have given up on the theory at that point, but I was a little stubborn. My friend was just lucky.  The fish he caught hit out of a defense reaction, because they were so scared of the color, and had to strike out of fear.  I was sure it was just a once in a lifetime event.  After all, the bass professor had science on his side.  Science will win out over luck in the long run. I continued to avoid  all yellow lures.  The funny thing is I no longer believe yellow repels bass, but still avoid yellow lures. Some superstitions are hard to ignore.  I'm sure that friend still fishes yellow spinner baits and continues to have great luck.  I still have the yellow sonic, I'm going to force myself to fish it some time.

[Fishes in trees]

Call me bigoted, but while chartreuse & certain shades of gold are allowed in my boat, yellow isn't - at all.  Don't like that color - superstitious about it - no yellow baits, yellow line, yellow logos , won't wear yellow shirts or shorts, won't wear yellow hats - don't like nothing about that color.

 

I can't exactly describe the difference between chartreuse and certain shades of gold and yellow, but I know it when I see it and chartreuse & gold are ok and yellow isn't.

[Jermination]

1 minute ago, Fishes in trees said:

Call me bigoted, but while chartreuse & certain shades of gold are allowed in my boat, yellow isn't - at all.  Don't like that color - superstitious about it - no yellow baits, yellow line, yellow logos , won't wear yellow shirts or shorts, won't wear yellow hats - don't like nothing about that color.

 

I can't exactly describe the difference between chartreuse and certain shades of gold and yellow, but I know it when I see it and chartreuse & gold are ok and yellow isn't.

ah the ole banana on board superstition

[Steelhead]

I had a yellow and black Smithwick Devil's Horse that was a very good top water. Lost it on a big Smallie years ago. Also have a black and yellow Spence Scout that never did catch a fish. Never threw it much as I just didn't have the confidence in it.