Senko colors... why so many?

[Cbump]

If anyone on here who is a GY senko guy (like me) tries those bulk Bitters and they are just as good, let me know. $35 for 88 seems like a great deal. 
 

Ive tried the Yum Dingers and they just aren’t as good. 

[TOXIC]

As has been said, Kinami were exactly the same pours as the other Yamamoto baits but he did offer some different colors.  If I remember correctly you had to order a minimum of 700 bags to get a custom color pour.  I do not know if that option is available anymore but I can ask if enough want to know. 

[Boomstick]

It's pretty much to sell more senkos to people who want different colors. In all reality, I can pick a handful and that's all I'd ever really need, but someone else might think watermelon with black and red flakes is better than with just red flakes, so that exists too.

[Glenn]

Each and every Senko is unique and valid.  We should celebrate their differences rather than question why they exist.

 

[Choporoz]

On 7/16/2022 at 2:27 PM, QED said:

Intesting academic study on the effect of lure colour on bass fishing productivity:

https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10026.1/11441/1-s2.0-S0165783615001903-main.pdf;jsessionid=8D17D10EEE09E22E7D5E4136C73331DE?sequence=1

 

TL;DR - colour doesn't matter that much except in a couple of corner cases where: (i) certain colours work less well (e.g., firetiger on crankbaits) and (ii) certain colours work better for catching larger bass (i.e., "[i]n our study bright lure colours, orange and white [note: correlate with colours found on golden shiners], had a significant relationship with the total length...").

 

BTW, I didn't double check the authors' methodology nor the accuracy of their regression analysis, so if you have a beef with the study (or studies cited therein), then please take it up with their respective authors.

Good enough for me.  

But I was already on the 'color don't matter (much) train'.  Largely because of another study with pretty good methodology that showed that bass can can only distinguish a few basic colors.  (I'll link it if I find it again)

[Choporoz]

https://academic.oup.com/cz/article/65/1/43/4924236

 

Not just the typical discussion of rods and cones and what a bass 'should see'.  But a study of bass BEHAVIOR when trained to encounter certain outcomes based on color CHOICE.

Good reading.