There Comes A Time

[Spoonminnow]

If they can't see it they can't eat it.

Proven wrong time and again. On moonless nights fish can and do feed. In the lab, blind fish can feed using the lateral line as they do at night. Not much (color) to see under those conditions.

Time for a fact check regarding color in water: Since when does color not change in water depending on light level, angle of the sun (am,pm), water color/ algae/mud or suspended particle filtration of light rays, depth (the deeper you go the less color is like that as seen above water to the point of turning gray or black). Color under the ice is not the same early or later in the day.

Fine if you're catching fish in clear water in less than 4' with a bright sun at midday, but another if you're fishing in muddy water, 8' deep at 5pm. Can you still catch fish with the natural color change or do fish have some magic ability to see all colors no matter what? An eye is an eye no matter the head it's in and what it sees is not always accurate.

When it comes to selecting what size fish to go for, there's no such thing. Fish bite what they are incited to strike no matter the lure. Small fish bite large lures; large fish bite small lures and vice versa. No different for certain lure types which at times catch most fish species on most outing - large and small. Gonna catch me some big slabs!, is based on a hope & a prayer and not much else unless you know the water fished.

Regardless, the proof is in the catching. Catch fish on many colors and shapes/actions consistently on any day and that's all the proof you need as illustrated by the hundreds of my posts on this and other forums.

Superstition rarely helps anglers catch more fish - knowing the facts and keeping an open mind does.