Quote Originally Posted by eagle 1 View Post
Awhile back I asked if any Considered white as a dark color ? Got the usual light in light , dark in dark , Been that way forever . Was fishing a not so clear ,actually muddy creek on Enid due to rain . Came across an old friend that ask me what I was using . Anybody that has ever fished with me knows that in Dirty water on Enid there is only one bait for me . PURPLE/CHARTREUSE ! I had a few and I ask what he was using and he said "white ". Since he had twice as many as I did I could not get it off my mind . When I asked him if he did not consider white as a light color, he replied only if it's transparent . The question now after seeing the "Richard Gene " video is why red/white rather than black /chartreuse, solid black ect ? Is the red/white more contrasting than Black /chartreuse ?
I would say red/white is likely no more contrasting than black/chartreuse .... in very dirty water. However, the chartreuse IS more transparent than white, all other things being equal.

If color was the only trigger for a fish to hit your bait, then a cube shaped piece of plastic with those colors would be the only thing needed to catch fish. The shape, size, and action (or lack of) also comes into play. I've seen it too many times when a "stinger shad" shaped bait wasn't getting bit, but a boot tail or tube bait of the same colors would get smashed ... and vice versa.