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re: Hook color? What say the OB?
Posted on 4/29/13 at 7:55 am to Boats n Hose
Posted on 4/29/13 at 7:55 am to Boats n Hose
quote:You may on to something..
ideal color would be invisible. doesn't matter
Invisible hooks, weights and string..
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Posted on 4/29/13 at 7:57 am to Cadello
Oh, marks-a-lot is your friend when offshore fishing. I had used them on crank baits for wahoo and tuna. Also on hooks.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 7:58 am to Capt ST
Offshore and inshore in crystal clear water, hook color matters. If you're bass fishing in S. LA, I have never noticed a difference in catch rate
Posted on 4/29/13 at 8:00 am to The Last Coco
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The Last Coco
Like your dog. A friend has one in training.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 8:28 am to fishfighter
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Like your dog. A friend has one in training
Thanks. She's a blast. I am excited to see how much she has progressed from last year (her first hunting season) to this coming up duck season.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 8:49 am to AlmaDawg
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Does hook color matter for you?
I don't know if it matters but I use red hooks with certain flukes and spinner baits and it seems to help a lot at certain times. At other times I can't really tell the difference between that and regular silver hooks.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:11 am to Tigerfan29
Red light is the first to filter out in water as you get deeper. So theoretically you should use red with all deep water presentations. But in reality it would just appear black then.
I use black owner and gamakatsu hooks and have some red ones I use intermittently. I have less confidence in the red ones but, I have never seen a catch rate difference.
I use black owner and gamakatsu hooks and have some red ones I use intermittently. I have less confidence in the red ones but, I have never seen a catch rate difference.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:13 am to AlmaDawg
I like red hooks. I even paint my spinnerbaits hooks 
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:15 am to Bleeding purple
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black owner and gamakatsu hooks
I'll try these. I use gamakatsu hooks all the time (that's what my red hooks are). I have never used a black hook. Where can I pick these up? I never see any black ones at Academy.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:16 am to Nascar Fan
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I even paint my spinnerbaits hooks
I have done this to some of my white spinnerbaits and it seems to work more times than none.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:19 am to AlmaDawg
if you want an invisible hook go with red. It is the first color to be filtered out due to its wavelength. Go find one of lsu hat's videos and watch red dissapear as he goes in the water.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 9:23 am to hardhead
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if you want an invisible hook go with red. It is the first color to be filtered out due to its wavelength. Go find one of lsu hat's videos and watch red dissapear as he goes in the water.
You cant see the color, but you can still see the object. So by your own argument, the red doesnt matter.
Ive used both with success. Black more than any other though for me.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 10:08 am to Langston
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Black more than any other though for me.
Where did you get them locally Langston?
Posted on 4/29/13 at 10:12 am to Langston
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Langston
Im not saying it becomes invisible, it is just harder to see
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:11 pm to Tigerfan29
Black is really gunmetal blued in most cases. Bass pro, wally world, academy.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:29 pm to Tigerfan29
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Where did you get them locally Langston?
I usually get my hooks at Academy. Like BP said, its prob what your using now but its not really black. Its just a dark metal, unlike typical white perch hooks or catfish hooks.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:33 pm to Langston
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I usually get my hooks at Academy
Ok thanks.
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its prob what your using now but its not really black
Ok. I see it now. I have been using some
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:34 pm to Tigerfan29
Figured. I had to think a minute when I first started reading this thread about what they were referring too. Ive never heard them called black before today, but its as close as it gets I believe.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:39 pm to Bleeding purple
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Red light is the first to filter out in water as you get deeper. So theoretically you should use red with all deep water presentations. But in reality it would just appear black then.
To expand on this, I think at around 15ft red is filtered out But I have read that it shows up as gray.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:55 pm to bbvdd
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But I have read that it shows up as gray.
That was my point. Just because you dont see the color doesnt mean the object isnt seen or is any more difficult to see.
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