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11-01-2005, 11:17 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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Interesting so many like purple. It turns out that purple light travels the furthest in salt water. (factoid of the day)
In my veiw, color is not that important (I think profile and swimming action/presentation and contrast will be picked up and trigger a strike before the color differences, since at night, bass can not see color (physically impossible), during the day, they can see color but their day vision is so poor that I doubt it matters much. (the sets of rods and cones in their eyes actually change over at dusk and dawn) I read someplace that their night vision is something like 90X better then their day vision ), that said, here are my preference for color picks, (I feel most confident fishing (1))
Needles:
1) Olive/white
2) Black/purple
3) Green
Poppers
1) yellow
2) white
3) Olive
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11-01-2005, 12:05 PM
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 211
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As for needles black/purple or solid black with red eye at night, eel in brighter conditions. Pencil popper all white or yellow over white has been best for me.
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Tight Lines!!!!
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11-01-2005, 01:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 677
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Another color combo that I have heard as being in demand is parrot.
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11-01-2005, 02:55 PM
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#4
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EVERY FISH COUNTS!!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: south plymouth, MA
Posts: 727
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pencils-yellow,white,white belly with blue back
needles-blurple,black
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todays schoolie is tomorrows keeper,todays keeper is tomorrows cow,practice catch and release!!!.
GOD BLESS THE NRA!!!!
ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!
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11-01-2005, 03:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: marshfield,ma
Posts: 833
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I never really understood why people are picky about colors of poppers. The fish can only see the belly 99% of the time.
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11-01-2005, 03:35 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
Posts: 3,476
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olive/white
olive/gold/white
olive/pink/white
mimicks everything.
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live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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11-02-2005, 03:28 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Pacifica, California
Posts: 357
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Originally Posted by riverrat2
I never really understood why people are picky about colors of poppers. The fish can only see the belly 99% of the time.
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Couple of reasons, one is contrast, stripers see in shades of black and white hence a color that is different shows a contrast. Black and purple are deadly not because of the two colors but because the contrast between each other.
As for a popper not showing, the top color 98% of the time. Well its more like 75% to 25%. The top color during the side to side motion you give does turn on its side a percentage of the time So the plug does indeed flash the top color underwater giving a contrast. And finally certain conditions make it harder for you to pick up your plug from the surroundings. A different color that sticks out from the surroundings, helps you keep an eye on your plug. Havinng eye contact with your popper allows you to make adjustments in how you work the popper. |
Its only art if it don't catch fish!
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11-02-2005, 03:32 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
Posts: 1,025
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yellow
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11-01-2005, 03:38 PM
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,574
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Daytime its hard not to go with a "Chantilly Lace Pink" although "Sea Glass Green" just does something for me. Red Dusk fills the bill for me at sunset. When I go out in the evening Tuxedo Black over Friar Plum really tickles my fancy. Thanks for your interest John. 
DZ |
DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
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11-01-2005, 03:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
Posts: 21,500
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Originally Posted by DZ
Tuxedo Black over Friar Plum really tickles my fancy.
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Back in the corn and soybean field of Iowa, we'd call that blurple 
-spence |
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11-01-2005, 04:24 PM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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good one spence...
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11-01-2005, 06:11 PM
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: its an easy guess
Posts: 197
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Blurple at night and when I infrequently fish a needle during the day its usually yellow. Yellow/white for poppers.
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11-01-2005, 06:37 PM
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surfcasting is NOT a crime
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 792
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Needles : night , blk/gold
blk
parrot (full moon)
Day : , olv/wht
blu/wht
parrot
Poppers : night , blk
Day : , olv/gold/wht
yellow
blu/wht
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11-01-2005, 07:09 PM
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The Director of Fun
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Long Island, NY (south shore)
Posts: 214
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Needle - Eel & burple at night
Pencil - white
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the full moon looks orange sometimes when it rises because the light has to pass through more of the atmosphere then when the moon is higher in the sky. the blue light waves scatter but the red light waves pass through...... if you were wondering.
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11-01-2005, 11:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Pacifica, California
Posts: 357
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White pencil popper day or night
needle I will leave that to you good eastern folks as I think they are all painted invisible out west.  oke: |
Its only art if it don't catch fish!
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11-01-2005, 11:59 PM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,281
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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
...In my veiw, color is not that important (I think profile and swimming action/presentation and contrast will be picked up and trigger a strike before the color differences, since at night, bass can not see color (physically impossible), during the day, they can see color but their day vision is so poor that I doubt it matters much. ...
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I agree 110%.....
Although I'm partial to BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.............   |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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11-02-2005, 12:19 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 4,449
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Day:
Yellow top, white bottom.
Nite:
Blurple, well, then again... Never do well at night. 
Usually me and Mikey's out carousing then.
Later,
Rick |
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11-02-2005, 01:01 AM
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GrandBob
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 3,561
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more colors
needles: black, blurple, olive/white, parrot, pink/white,white, black/gold/white, black/gold/orange (later fall, late night killer)
pencils: redhead/white. redhead/yellow (both far and above the others, which seems to surprise just about everybody), white, yellow/white. pink/white
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11-02-2005, 02:21 PM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The Sack Of Mass
Posts: 2,357
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I like needles red/white candy cane stripes with orange flames coming from the front set of eyes. The rear eyes will be purple glass eyes and lie just behind the jointed portion of the tail. Black fog with gold glitter around the eyes and a long orange tail tied to the siwash.
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11-02-2005, 07:19 PM
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WTF
Join Date: May 2004
Location: wareham
Posts: 1,367
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needles-
night: blurple, black, dark blue/ white
day: olive/ white, yellow
poppers-
yellow, yellow/ white, blue/ white, purple/ white
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