Red bait........Invisible???

[aquafang]

Just wondering..........

There raises the question as to whether or not red bait (red maggots) are harder for the fish to see. Since it is said that red fishing line is invisible to the fishes eye underwater. Why would red bait be any different?

[peerchking]

good question I never thought of that.

[merkman]

Just wondering..........

There raises the question as to whether or not red bait (red maggots) are harder for the fish to see. Since it is said that red fishing line is invisible to the fishes eye underwater. Why would red bait be any different?

I don't think that red objects are invisible to fish.

If it were true, the classic daredevle would never catch a pike.

[crappieflop30]

it has to do with the way light bends when it passes through. a spike will not allow as much light to pass through it as fishing line. the concept behind the red line is that the red line will have a similar refractive index to water meaning that the light will pass through the line very similar to the way it passes through water. the more light bends as it passes through, the more visible it becomes. if an company can produce a line with a refractive index equal to that of water, theoretically, it will be invisible in water. sorry about the physics lesson, i has been a few years since i took it so there may have been an easier way to state this. hope it helps. See ya on the ice!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Red is still red in shallower waters. Try it yourself some time.. During the summer months I would suggest.. Go under water and look at the color red. its still red. But try taking a red lure like a dare devil and continue to drop it in the water deeper. It will turn less red and eventually look a redish grey.

The whole red line being invisible is a bunch of hogwash if you ask me.

I will say this though, if red spikes/Eurolarve were invisible and yet still gave off scent, I would be all for it.

[DTro]

lol, yeah me too Deitz.

I went just the opposite this year and bought some high vis line

[NoWiser]

I agree with Deitz, the red lind being invisible is a bunch of bologna. A red object doesn't disappear, the color red does. It turns into a grey after a certain depth. Different colors do this at different depths. I know while scuba diving red is the first color to go, and I don't remember the exact order of the rest. I believe the violets or blues were the last to disappear. I know that at about 85 or 90 feet down pretty much everything is grey, so I like to do the shallower dives. We did a dive at about 30 feet and I cut my knee on some coral. I couldn't quite figure out what the grey cloud around my knee was but you guessed it.....blood. I also agree that scent is more important than anything...

[pulleye16]

I agree with Deitz, the red lind being invisible is a bunch of bologna. A red object doesn't disappear, the color red does. It turns into a grey after a certain depth. Different colors do this at different depths. I know while scuba diving red is the first color to go, and I don't remember the exact order of the rest. I believe the violets or blues were the last to disappear. I know that at about 85 or 90 feet down pretty much everything is grey, so I like to do the shallower dives. We did a dive at about 30 feet and I cut my knee on some coral. I couldn't quite figure out what the grey cloud around my knee was but you guessed it.....blood. I also agree that scent is more important than anything...

I think you hit this right on!