red, charteuse, gold, black, bronze is all just for the fisherman and not the fish?
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flymoron
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red, charteuse, gold, black, bronze is all just for the fisherman and not the fish?
thanks
flymoron
I never felt that hook color makes a difference. Like you stated it is for the fisherman not the fish.
If it gives one confidence in the hook because of the color then you will fish harder and longer so they just might make a difference.
nope
I say maybe just might if it is a gold shiny hook. Dropped an empty in the water one day to reach for something and thump it went. Fish struck the flash of the hook
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:popcornI am waiting for the guru's opinions too. I have the best luck with bronze and black. Black nickel always on my jig hooks, can't say why except I seem to catch more on black nickel.
I believe a huge percentage of terminal tackle catches at least as many fisherman as fish. The differences are probably more psychological than real. I know I have bought plenty of stuff just because I liked the look of it. Later on I either swore by it or swore at it.
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I am not a believer in specific colors of heads, feathers , bodies and certainly not hooks . But if it gives you confidence then go for it .:twocents
I have actually caught bluegill on a little gold hook when they were beddingQuote:
Originally Posted by catchNgrease
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I’ve poured a few thousand red hooks into jigs and after using a lot of them I don’t think it much matters. Those days when they want flash it may but I won’t swear to it. A red hook has to be gold plated first to make it bright and as the red gets scratched off you get a gold hook anyway. I like the black nickel cuz I think the extra coating makes em a bit more durable.
:hesaid Black nickel for the winQuote:
Originally Posted by rojoguio
No
Yes
Maybe
I don’t know
Do the fish care????
I am trying red hooks this year. So far I think it does.
The black nickel sickle hooks have hooked me. Doubt the fish care but I like 'em.:)
Why because red is invisible in water or red looks like blood? :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Kenl
Crappie love sickle hooks! Wait that’s me!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gabowman
I don’t think it matters, but I prefer the red hooks.
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I started with a bunch of red hooks and now I don’t like them. I’ve broken more red hooks than any black nickel.
I have used red and gold and bronze hooks, I have not seen any difference between them.
you stop it mister I only use the red hooks guy ....:RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by longhunter
here I sit not ketchn fish as I type and wonder ......AND I aint got a single red hook in the arsenal ....go figure ...:Rofl
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?
Red is the first of the color spectrum to dissappear the deeper it goes under water.....is that a good thing or bad :dono
no !
to our eyes yes , to a crappie .....not so sure is my native american name .....rotflQuote:
Originally Posted by tlefire
don't think so
If that is true then why do fishermen use red baits ?:Rofl Colored hooks just another gimmick for bait sellers to make more money off gullible fishers .:twocentsQuote:
Originally Posted by tlefire
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 .Quote:
Originally Posted by flymoron
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Originally Posted by Kenl
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.
I have a lot of good memories from there
My exact same experience
Skeetbum
My exact same experience