what colors fish can see - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

sixgunn · 11-02-2011, 02:23 PM

I may be wrong, but I think it is just that the color is filtered out, not because of the depth, but because of the density of the water, at depth. so if you were to introduce red light atdepth, it would still be seen, as red, but would not be seen from very far.... being a foreign color, it may elicit harder hits, when seen... don't know, just a thought, with no background to back it up, but I'm sure someone knows. I was always told, "use any color you want when you're fishing deep, as long as its green.", but that was not taking into account for self illuminated lures.

11-02-2011, 02:23 PM	#3
sixgunn Junior Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South Puget sound Posts: 17	I may be wrong, but I think it is just that the color is filtered out, not because of the depth, but because of the density of the water, at depth. so if you were to introduce red light atdepth, it would still be seen, as red, but would not be seen from very far.... being a foreign color, it may elicit harder hits, when seen... don't know, just a thought, with no background to back it up, but I'm sure someone knows. I was always told, "use any color you want when you're fishing deep, as long as its green.", but that was not taking into account for self illuminated lures.