Water depth and colour loss
Submitted by piston broke on Sun, 2011-03-20 12:50
MY question is perhaps for you divers out there. It seems to me that theres little point using Red , Orange or Yellow soft plastics in 30m (100ft ), because those colours of the spectrum are lost at that depth. I suppose what I really want to know is (from your experience) what colours do stand out at 30m +. cheers Pete
thesupervisor
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pearl and white seem pretty
pearl and white seem pretty good to me
getting the bottom line final answer from a bunch of blokes that use false names and put smiley faces at the end of paragraphs is not the best place in the world to get the information you seek.
hlokk
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I've had good success on red
I've had good success on red jigs (knife and octa). Although by 40m its going to be black not red, it doesnt really matter as most fish cant see colours anyways. Its mostly the shade that works.
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Green is the colour that is
Green is the colour that is the most seen at 40m ,but i think shape and action are the thing that gets the fish.
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piston broke
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Thanks for all that info
very interesting. cheers Pete
riptide
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contrast not colour
below 30mtrs you won't have much colour except blue-green. so what you want for your jig or SP is something that creates contrast to the background. that will be anything except blue and green, so you can go with white, black, red, yellow and orange.
cheers
chris
hlokk
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I've caught lots of fish on
I've caught lots of fish on blue jigs and also on plastics that were mostly transparent. Some days you want your jig/sp to blend in rather than stick out. The fish can still see it, but by blending in a bit more perhaps they may think of it as a real fish thats well camoflaged and hit it. Also, even if the jig is blue or green does not mean it wont stick out at all. If the background is dark and its a light green it will stick out and vice versa. If the fish is looking up, it may just be a silhouette.
Almost all colours work, its just a matter of being confident with them.
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Do the Glow in the dark style
Do the Glow in the dark style sp's, actually glow at that depth ?
till
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Yep, its how the
Yep, its how the leatherjackets can find them so easily ;)
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lol mate
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
till
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They are totally idiot fish.
They are totally idiot fish.
At the derwent awhile back, I left a jig hanging in the water while I grabbed a drink and saw the line pinging, They were eating the assist hook off and had taken a few good chomps out of the line itself, just above the swivel - lucky I got it back.
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Did some experimenting about
Did some experimenting about 15 yrs back using plastic eels for dhu etc. out in 60 to 90 mtrs. Kept logs and all. Black was our most consistent colour, yellow not far behind.
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my thoughts!
Pete, dark colours will stand out as silhoette, bright colour as a contrast. I prefer golds & blue/silvers in pirate style jigs and baitfish jigs and as for SP I prefer pinks & chartruesse etc but have great results in other colours. Most importantly is "type of jig, weight of jig & action departed......paramount"!