Quote Originally Posted by RiceRocket View Post
What about line color , does it make a diff. ? To the Crappie that is .
... since I started using it, oh .. 15yrs ago, or so :p

Some think it might, in real clear water .... but, I don't fish water depths where I can see the bottom. Too many other things can spook fish in that situation, to blame it on the line color.

I've used lines of various brands, and the colors were : red, silver/grey, yellow, gold, chartreuse (more or less), dull green, bright green, clear/blu, multi-colored (camo), white, and black. Some were mono, some were braid ... but, I caught fish with all of them.

Currently I'm using Mr Crappie Super Hi-vis (USA made version) in 4lb test. It's the "chartreuse" (more or less) color that I mentioned. I'm using it, for the same reason I've used "colored" line for so many years .... "I" can see it (and since I'm casting or dock shooting most of the time, I need to see the slightest line movement)

I really don't care if the fish can see it, or not ... I doubt they're smart enough to know that it's a "danger sign" (until they've already hit my bait, and then it's too late .. for them :p ) The way I figure it, given the way I fish & where I fish, and the normal water clarity I fish in ... I'm better off being able to see the line, whether the fish do or not. I'd probably miss alot more fish, not being able to see the line, than what I might miss from them shying away from it ... and even if the color does spook the fish, it apparently doesn't spook them all :D

... cp