Underwater Lure Color Experiment - Made Me Rethink My Color Choices

We also need to consider that a bass has a different type of eyesight then we do,, they have been around for millions of years and have adapted and are very good predators so even though we probably can’t see a color from a certain distance that Doesn’t mean that a bass can’t see it from that distance or greater ,, we gotta be opened minded

It would have been nice to have used this in conjunction with blue filter from your other videos showing the way the fish see the colored. Thanks!

Vibration/rattle may be more important than color in muddy water.

Clarity or visibility depends on two factors: algae (summer) and/or sand/mud (due to rainfall/river influx) So does this apply to both situations? These colors are americas favorite bass colors. In Europe we are more and more experimenting with ''your'' colors on our fresh water species: yellow perch, northern pike and zander (type of walleye). We tend to use more contrasting colors e.g. transparant, black etc. White is a very popular color for river fishing on zander when the water levels are high. Another popular color scheme are the ''UV'' colors. Especially in Germany, these colors are immensly popular. When you shine an UV light on lures with that color, they lighten up. These should be also extremely visible for fish, altho they dont look that flashy: motoroil is the most commonly known one. Especially with low light situations, these seem to work great. This German legend did an experiment with those colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzrhandKSPw&ab_channel=UliBeyersK%C3%B6derkunst Don't mind the strange language but it is an interesting topic. Thnx Steve!

Awesome video. Today I was fishing a muddy pond, throwing a black and blue wacky rigged stick bait. Caught a couple and had a couple more bites. I lost the worm to a fish, so i nose hooked a white fluke and started catching bass like crazy. Even the crappie were eating it.

I would LOVE to see these images with the blue-color blind filter. 🤔

Glad I found this channel. Great content...awesome underwater footage. Dont change your formula and keep it up!

This really blew my mind a little bit. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this one. Definitely changes the way I will fish stained/dirty water.

Fish swims right by!!!

I’m so glad I came across this video. Thank you so much for sharing.

SUPER COOL test and you are very well spoken which makes your videos a pleasure to watch.

Thanks for the test. I will have to try more white!

Great test, Steve. Be safe and have a great day!

I love your content & I've learned alot from it thank you...

Thanks, Steve. Very interesting.

Thanks for all the good info.

Love your channel by the way.

Best videos on the web....thank you sir....the underwater video is solid proof....changed my way of thinking

Thanks Steve.. terrific food for thought.. I hope you get a chance to do a part 2, and document what you see with the baits moving.. maybe also from different vantage points such as the comparisons from underneath the lures like a bass looking up at a target. This could possibly change the conversation from "match the hatch" to matching colors to water clarity. Many of us don't reach for white, or light color variations if we are fishing a body of water that has no Shad forage. Fished a tournament yesterday. Very clear water. Spring fed lake.. Used mostly natural colors , and couldn't catch a cold even though the bass were schooling throughout the day, and busting the surface, sometimes in a frenzy. Team that won eventually found bright blue, and blue/ white combinations to do the trick even though we saw no evidence of forage with that kind of shading.. Strange day.. frustrating for sure.. Thanks again for the insight.. your channel is far, and away the best out there

I think the darker colors work well in stained water best if you are fishing them shallow. They show a better silhouette in the sun than lighter colors if the fish are looking from below. Fishing deeper I would go with the lighter colors as shown here.