Day and night plug colors

[mikebanks]

Fish are colorblind. We just have the need to have more colors and spend more money........makes us look better to other humans who are not colorblind....(speaking about the masses)

[GattaFish]

I was always under the impression that Stripers see shades of Grey because of the Rods in their eyes... this may be true at night but during the day He implies they have ADAPTED to see or recognize these colors. Maybe why Yellow is such and effective color during the day.

This little except is from an article written by a guy smarter than me,,,


This graph shows early results from Horodysky's fish-vision experiments. The width of the black bar shows the visual range for each fish species; bar thickness indicates peak response to specific colors. Click image for larger version.

Horodysky's preliminary results provide basic insight into how Bay fishes see the world. The results show that some species, like striped bass, are adapted to see large, swiftly moving prey in daylight. Others, like weakfish, are adapted to see small, sluggish prey at night.

He is also comparing the types of prey that fishes are adapted to see with the prey items that are actually in their stomachs— with some surprising results that could hold important implications for fisheries management in coastal waters.

Horodysky's research shows that striped bass are most sensitive during daylight hours to a wide range of colors from blue to red, with a peak at chartreuse. They have a "flicker fusion frequency" (essentially the "shutter speed" of an eye) of around 50, relatively fast for a fish, which allows them to track large, quick-moving prey like menhaden.

[numbskull]

My experience has been that color can make a difference (more so by day than night), although a white plug has a decent chance of working anytime. Just to confuse matters, I think I recall reading some advice from Danny Pichney advising the use of dark plugs on bright sunny days. At night, if given a choice of white or black, I'd take yellow.

[BigFish]

My belief is also that fish see shades of grey, light vs. dark or the contrast of a dark color next to a light color as in the contrasting color changes on the plugs. They add motion when the plug is moving.....the more colors to contrast the more action or motion....less colors such as one color...less motion/action.