Original Rapala/Fav. Bait question

[walkeraviator]

When we refer to original rapalas, we are referring to the original floating twitch bait. Not a specific color, but that style bait. However, with that said your post has been discussed on a different board here recently and the argument always comes down to... we arent fish so we dont really know what they see, but we can study the anatomy of their eye, which does possess the parts needed to distinguish color. We can also study the physics of light in water which states that as you go deeper into the water column certain colors are filtered out more than others. This is also affected by water clarity... Basically, the shorter wavelength colors filter first, then the deeper you go the higher frequencies start to disappear. This is why Red fades to gray so quickly. At night these conditions are amplified due to the lack of light present. This is why most people swear by Black lures at night, to give them the most contrast against all teh shades of gray.

My personal belief is that color does indeed make a difference during teh day, and even more so in clear water, but only to a point. Basically the whole bait needs to be easily visible in the present water conditions so the Bass can locate and attack. Painting scales and stuff on a bait moving as fast as a crankbait is a waste of time as teh bass will never even get that good of a look at it.

[BassBest]

When we refer to original rapalas, we are referring to the original floating twitch bait. Not a specific color, but that style bait. However, with that said your post has been discussed on a different board here recently and the argument always comes down to... we arent fish so we dont really know what they see, but we can study the anatomy of their eye, which does possess the parts needed to distinguish color. We can also study the physics of light in water which states that as you go deeper into the water column certain colors are filtered out more than others. This is also affected by water clarity... Basically, the shorter wavelength colors filter first, then the deeper you go the higher frequencies start to disappear. This is why Red fades to gray so quickly. At night these conditions are amplified due to the lack of light present. This is why most people swear by Black lures at night, to give them the most contrast against all teh shades of gray.

My personal belief is that color does indeed make a difference during teh day, and even more so in clear water, but only to a point. Basically the whole bait needs to be easily visible in the present water conditions so the Bass can locate and attack. Painting scales and stuff on a bait moving as fast as a crankbait is a waste of time as teh bass will never even get that good of a look at it.

Thanks, but I know what you are talking about. Maybe I asked the question in the wrong way. What was the color of that favorite lure everyone speaks of. I'm wondering how many were white, grey, silver, black, or mixture of.

[walkeraviator]

I am pretty sure the orginal colors were Silver/Black, Gold/Black, and Silver/Blue. None of them had red on them. The red under the nose was added later on.

[BassBest]

OK thanks