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Ok, this is probably a commonly asked question, but I always forget. I just want to know the color selection of your lure for different situations. Water color, daylight, and anything else that plays a role in the color choice. I know that when it is dark, you want a dark lure, and when it is bright, you want a brighter lure, but I want to know how water clarity affects color, and say if it is sunny and clear water vs. cloudy and clear water. stuff like that, thanks
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WATER CLARITY: This is the number one factor to consider when choosing your lure color. For the sake of discussion, dirty water will be visability, less than 18 inches, stained water - less than 3 feet, and clear water - 3 feet and deeper. As the water clarity decreases the more you want your lure to stand out. So if you are fishing dirty water you want to choose a bright or a high contrast color; Colors like chartruse, Red, or black are all good choices in dirty water. In contast, if you are fishing clear water, bass can see everything and see it quite well. In this situation I choose colors that match the available cover or the bottom. Colors that looks more natural like watermelon, green pumpkin, browns, baitfish or craw colors are all good choices for clear water. For stained water I throw the same colors that I would in dirty water
Each color in the light spectrum has it's own distinct wavelength pattern. When light enters water those wavelengths break apart, because water acts like a prism and refracts light. Each wavelength behaves differently in water, depending on amplitude of the wavelength, water clarity, current, etc. As you can guess, baits with colors whose wavelengths fall out of the water column earlier or at a faster rate, than others, and won't be as visible the deeper you go. The fish won't see the color red as you and I see it in daylight at a certain depth, because red's wavelength dissipates in water first (at a faster rate) out of any other color in the spectrum. Purple is one color that has a "strong" waveleangth and is visible deeper in the water.
in sunny-clear, use a bright lure(try blue)and in clowdy-clear try dull colors.
Agreed with swilmot1 and + 1 for you sir!!!
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WATER CLARITY: This is the number one factor to consider when choosing your lure color. For the sake of discussion, dirty water will be visability, less than 18 inches, stained water - less than 3 feet, and clear water - 3 feet and deeper. As the water clarity decreases the more you want your lure to stand out. So if you are fishing dirty water you want to choose a bright or a high contrast color; Colors like chartruse, Red, or black are all good choices in dirty water. In contast, if you are fishing clear water, bass can see everything and see it quite well. In this situation I choose colors that match the available cover or the bottom. Colors that looks more natural like watermelon, green pumpkin, browns, baitfish or craw colors are all good choices for clear water. For stained water I throw the same colors that I would in dirty water
Each color in the light spectrum has it's own distinct wavelength pattern. When light enters water those wavelengths break apart, because water acts like a prism and refracts light. Each wavelength behaves differently in water, depending on amplitude of the wavelength, water clarity, current, etc. As you can guess, baits with colors whose wavelengths fall out of the water column earlier or at a faster rate, than others, and won't be as visible the deeper you go. The fish won't see the color red as you and I see it in daylight at a certain depth, because red's wavelength dissipates in water first (at a faster rate) out of any other color in the spectrum. Purple is one color that has a "strong" waveleangth and is visible deeper in the water.
in sunny-clear, use a bright lure(try blue)and in clowdy-clear try dull colors.
Agreed with swilmot1 and + 1 for you sir!!!
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