Lure Colors

I thought this was interesting.

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Here's a good book on lure colors: "What Fish See: Understanding optics and color shifts for designing lures and flies" by Colin J. Kageyama

Thanks Camaro! I will look this one up.

This is one of the best and simplest analysis of lure color science that I have seen. Thanx for posting it. After years of my own struggles to figure this out here are the few things I know and trust about color selection.
1) for the most part it's how it swims that is more important than how it looks
2) lure color is meant to catch fisherman first, fish second
3) match the hatch, ( size, shape, action, and then color) still the most consistent policy
4) no matter what the color if you fish it with confidence it will catch!

my humble opinion thnx bodfish

bodfish wrote:This is one of the best and simplest analysis of lure color science that I have seen. Thanx for posting it. After years of my own struggles to figure this out here are the few things I know and trust about color selection.
1) for the most part it's how it swims that is more important than how it looks
2) lure color is meant to catch fisherman first, fish second
3) match the hatch, ( size, shape, action, and then color) still the most consistent policy
4) no matter what the color if you fish it with confidence it will catch!

my humble opinion thnx bodfish

I firmly believe in each of your points but #4 is to me the most valuable for me and my experience. So, so true.

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man what happens if your color blind
all my lure look the same lmao just kidding i just half blind but i can see colors lol

ed5000x wrote:man what happens if your color blind
all my lure look the same lmao just kidding i just half blind but i can see colors lol

Pink should be everyones go to color!! Just my two cents! Okay maybe Chartruese! Nah clear with a red fleck... Sorry internal argument

rootbeer it is with gold flake never lets me down

ed5000x wrote:rootbeer it is with gold flake never lets me down

Except last Saturday

Dano67 wrote:

ed5000x wrote:rootbeer it is with gold flake never lets me down

Except last Saturday

no no i caught that hali on root beer mullet with that lilgreen head jig

i love that color!!!

Root Beer rocks for sure! I also have been using a lot of the "Camo" in mullet and shads. "New Penny" that's a goodin too!


Ultimate favorite color for me especially for surf fishing is "Motor Oil" hard to find in the 4" mullet Berkely. Big Hammer motor oil with the various flake colors is great but I only find them in the 1" perch killers.