01-23-2003, 09:35 PM
[cool] I haven't tried colored hooks. By the time you decorate the jigs with a piece of "flavoring", and with the flash and vibration...and color of the basic lures...colored hooks might be costly overkill.
I know guys who use colored hooks on their worm harness rigs for walleyes and claim to notice a positive difference. They may also improve the strike attraction for fishing worms, eggs and bottle baits, especially when the hook is partially exposed. Wherever fish are subject to a lot of angling pressure, it can be a good thing to show them something they have not seen before. I have had a mental picture of big smart old fish watching a lure going by and saying to each other "That Whatchacallit #4 in Firetiger finish is what got Big George last summer."
Despite what some "experts" would have us believe, I personally feel that many fish are sensitive to subtle shades of different colors. Anyone who has ever been skunked while fishing "the wrong color" lure or bait, right next to someone else who was knocking them dead on the right color can relate to that theory.
In some instances, it is more a matter of what is most visible under prevailing light and clarity conditions. Fish are easier to attract if they can see your offerings better. And, "natural" colors may sometimes be the worst choice, if you want to get bit. That's why I always carry "attractor" colors, such as bright white, yellow, chartreuse or hot pink. Don't know why fish get excited over these colors, but I'd rather catch a few fish on wild colors than blank while "matching the hatch".
If you wanna decorate my little jigs with colorful hooks, you just go head on 'til your head hurts. No patent or copyright infringement here.
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I know guys who use colored hooks on their worm harness rigs for walleyes and claim to notice a positive difference. They may also improve the strike attraction for fishing worms, eggs and bottle baits, especially when the hook is partially exposed. Wherever fish are subject to a lot of angling pressure, it can be a good thing to show them something they have not seen before. I have had a mental picture of big smart old fish watching a lure going by and saying to each other "That Whatchacallit #4 in Firetiger finish is what got Big George last summer."
Despite what some "experts" would have us believe, I personally feel that many fish are sensitive to subtle shades of different colors. Anyone who has ever been skunked while fishing "the wrong color" lure or bait, right next to someone else who was knocking them dead on the right color can relate to that theory.
In some instances, it is more a matter of what is most visible under prevailing light and clarity conditions. Fish are easier to attract if they can see your offerings better. And, "natural" colors may sometimes be the worst choice, if you want to get bit. That's why I always carry "attractor" colors, such as bright white, yellow, chartreuse or hot pink. Don't know why fish get excited over these colors, but I'd rather catch a few fish on wild colors than blank while "matching the hatch".
If you wanna decorate my little jigs with colorful hooks, you just go head on 'til your head hurts. No patent or copyright infringement here.
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