does HOOK COLOR make any difference?

[Ketchn]

here I sit not ketchn fish as I type and wonder ......AND I aint got a single red hook in the arsenal ....go figure ...

[Kenl]

I can say that it appears that after putting red hooks on the front of my cranks . Probably 95 % of the fish are hooked with red hook. Before I put them on most of them were hooked on the rear hook. And yes I replaced the front hooks with the same size hook. I am going to keep track for the rest of the year and see if that pattern holds true. Go figure?

[skeetbum]

I can say that it appears that after putting red hooks on the front of my cranks . Probably 95 % of the fish are hooked with red hook. Before I put them on most of them were hooked on the rear hook. And yes I replaced the front hooks with the same size hook. I am going to keep track for the rest of the year and see if that pattern holds true. Go figure?

I had the same result when I was trolling cranks. Changed a bunch of mine to a red front hook and they had the crank T-boned a lot more than before. If I put one on the rear hook and not the front, that was the one they were hooked on the most. I miss trolling cranks, doesn’t work here in Fl.

[Kenl]

My exact same experience

[Kenl]

Skeetbum
My exact same experience

[tlefire]

Red is the first of the color spectrum to dissappear the deeper it goes under water.....is that a good thing or bad

[Ketchn]

Red is the first of the color spectrum to dissappear the deeper it goes under water.....is that a good thing or bad

to our eyes yes , to a crappie .....not so sure is my native american name .....

[NIMROD]

Red is the first of the color spectrum to dissappear the deeper it goes under water.....is that a good thing or bad

If that is true then why do fishermen use red baits ? Colored hooks just another gimmick for bait sellers to make more money off gullible fishers .

[flymoron]

Nimrod,
I don't mean to stray away from my own topic, but everytime I see your name it reminds me of going with my grandparents and camping/fishing on lake "Nimrod". Are you old enough to remember when crappie fisherman up there used to use big snag hooks to drag for brushpiles before "sonar" was a thing?

flymoron

[NIMROD]

Nimrod,
I don't mean to stray away from my own topic, but everytime I see your name it reminds me of going with my grandparents and camping/fishing on lake "Nimrod". Are you old enough to remember when crappie fisherman up there used to use big snag hooks to drag for brushpiles before "sonar" was a thing?

flymoron

I fished there over 50 years . Years ago people tied markers ( styrofoam , jugs or bottles ) to them . Some lined up with trees or other land marks .Many just trolled with racks of bamboo poles and minnows . Tossed out a marker when started catching . Markers usually just chunk of styrofoam on trotline staging and a brick . Don't ever remember any one dragging a hook for the piles .