Attraction Colours

[AdamK]

Hi Guys and Girls,

I just have a question in general... Do certain fish get attracted by certain colours. I love catching bream but I am not sure what colour lures to get. Could anyone please advise me.

Cheers

AdamK

[fishguru5]

stick to natural colours ay. bright colours like nuke chicken in a creek just dosnt seem to gel if you know what i mean.

pat

[nadders]

depending on species of fish of course,

but i like to use mainly whites/clear natural colours, as a lure maker I have access to plenty of colours and I've done best on the natural ones. Of course there are the exceptions, flathead for example I've found like all sorts of bright colours, same deal with estuary cod.

Been a while since i've specifically targetted bream on lures but the natural tones are what I did best on and I get a few as bycatch on natural whites/silvers

cheers

Dan

[Keen-as-fisho]

As guru said mate, natural colours are the go. When I buy hard bodies/poppers I like to get colours that are similar to prawns so clear brown, clear orange etc. I find the brighter colours to be a deterent, just my oppion.

[hooked_on_trout]

fishguru5 wrote:

stick to natural colours ay. bright colours like nuke chicken in a creek just dosnt seem to gel if you know what i mean.

pat

Don't know when all this happened? I have caught a tonne of fish on nuke chook in the river and surrounding creeks.Its one of my favorites as is lime tiger.

cheers

[Scope]

Yeah I try and stay natural in the clearer water and when the sun is high. Very rarely get the fluro colours out anymore. In saying that though I still keep a few packs round for when the occasion arises.

I do like the more natural hardbodies and plastics though.

[chonna]

lure & plastic colours are generally to catch the buyer, not the fish

as far as i know, i think fish only see black & white, with brighter colours obviosuly being brighter to them

[51MPL]

i think fish have a more limited spectrum for light but i don't think it's limited to black & white

[HookedOnTackle]

personally i like blondes, brunettes and redheads. oh wait, what's the topic?

personally i think fish see a silhouette more, especially in murkier water. you know that thing you can do with light where you put it through a prism and it splits it up into the ROYGBIV spectrum, water absorbs light starting at the red end of the spectrum. so twenty meters down, red is just a grey.

the glow aspect of some gulp colours will come into play as well.

i have heard anecdotal evidence that certain fish wise up to colours, like bream with banana prawn shrimp, but then would take an older colour quite readily in hard fished areas.

the general consensus amongst quality fishing guns is to go natural in clearer water and dark or really bright colours in the dirtier stuff or at night. and always try match the local bait.

[dhess]

Gold is the gun lure colour for jews. Closely followed by silver.

[Keen-as-fisho]

This topic makes me think of the line colour we use too, eg bright yellow or orange, pink etc. They say its invisable in the drink but I doubt it would be totally invisable.

[Mr FeLiX]

To behonest, most of the bream i've seen caught on lures have come during the twilight hours, and all were on black lures.

I think black would provide a better silouhette?

Otherwise, natural tones my friend

[AdamK]

Thanks guys for all the Comments.... Has really helped me