Red line v red hooks??

[tprice]

Got to thinking while I was on the water today. I use the Cajun red line on some of my reels and the claim is that you can not see it underwater but we also see bleeding/red hooks and "they" (mfg's/experts) claim the fish like the red hooks better or is it that supposedly the fish can not see the hooks either as opposed to the other colors??

I always thought the theory behind the bleeding hooks was that the fish were attracted to red or I am mistaken

[fluketamer]

action catches fish, color only catches fishermen

[Fluka Brasi]

You are not mistaken, the theory is mistaken. It's all in the marketing. BTW- if red disappears first, when does clear disappear?

[STRIPERMAN]

From a scuba perspective I know that it takes some depth
before the red wave length is filtered out, maybe 30 or 40 feet but I can't remember exactly, could be even deeper. At shallower depths red is still visible to the HUMAN eye.
But something red does NOT disappear, it just doesn't look red anymore. For instance, I have nicked myself while diving deep and the blood was blue looking if I remember right. Fluorocarbon or clear mono would be much more "invisible".

[baypro21]

I really don't know but this is what I have heard. There is a differance in clear red (fishing line) and something solid that is painted red (hooks). Theory is if light can pass thru the clear red becomes invisible.

[fishnfl1957]

the only line that I can't see underwater is quattro I can see fluoro not sure what that means as far as fish vision goes, but it's the way my eyes see it. I have speared fish and the blood coming out does not appear to be red

[HEDJUG]

fluketamer - 5/12/2006 6:41 PM

action catches fish, color only catches fishermen

Not true. Some fish have excellent vision (stripers) & require you to "match the hatch" Some could care less (bluefish).This is hard to prove when the fish are not active, or when the bite is wild. But, we have tested different colors of the exact lure on active schools of stripers on the Chesapeake. They may hit some different colors in a all out blitz, but they usually hone in on one color. On most days, Chartruese(shad) will outfish all other colors 10-1. Even with rattletraps & poppers, sometimes they will only hit the silver/blue(herring) vs. all other colors.

[Ludicrous]

To test this red theory I would like to see the Mythbusters dive into a pool of hungry Great Whites wearing a red scuba suit.

[The Dude]

I don't buy into the sales pitch that red line is "invisible." As others have mentioned, red does not "disappear" under water but instead looks gray at depth. No one has ever been able to explain to me why translucent red line would be any less visible than translucent gray line, or clear line for that matter.

[reefhunter2]

I don't know, I use brown colored lines.

I tried red hooks years ago, when they first brought them out for steelhead fishing. We couldn't tell whether the hook attracted the fish, or it was the egg sack it was tied onto. Personally I think it was the roe itself. If I was a fish and saw red in the water, I'd flee.

[YoungersGhost]

baypro21 - 5/13/2006 3:09 AM

I really don't know but this is what I have heard. There is a differance in clear red (fishing line) and something solid that is painted red (hooks). Theory is if light can pass thru the clear red becomes invisible.

This would be incorrect.