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I always throw natural colors because bass get used to eating shad and crawfish so of course silver/yellow and red/brown matches what they’re used to seeing.
This was without a doubt one of the best videos I have seen about Bass Fishing in my 48 years of fishing. Your videos never disappoint and this one is no different. Your the morden day Doug Hannon.
I think this guy is colorblind because he keeps saying what they look like with the filter applied and he's saying the wrong colors. Like at 4:10.. dude said orange when it's pink, and then the next one is grey and he calls it greenish, and the junebug is black with electric blue and he says it's black and green
Agree with the other posters - this video is gold. Now I know why they say most lures are made to catch bass fishermen - ha ha. Man I could have saved some money on all the yellow I have 😂 . Well glad to know now, and this helps greatly in simplifying my gear. Thanks Steve!
I thought bass can see UV too, which we cant. Wouldnt that change how all these colors are perceived even more? Maybe incl UV, chartreuse doesnt go white but is something else? You give us a lot to think about, and lure makers heartburn. Love that part!
Thats what I have heard too, which is how they feed at night or really deep. UV rays are not blocked by the water as well as visible light rays, so as the water gets deeper we cant see anymore but UV rays are still getting thorough and UV colors still shine bright and visible to fish. But each UV wavelength is also lost at specific depth just like color, red being the first to go neutral starting at 10 feet.
The way that green pumpkin camouflages with the detritus underwater with that filter on makes you realize why so many aquatic critters have that color on them.
When I was a kid we went far north in Canada camping and fishing. We fished in lakes that had never been fished in before. The waters were very dark from tannin. Our best lures by far were fluorescent orange. We hauled the fish in. Mostly Northern Pike and Walleyes
Excellent video Steve! This one is most definitely going into my archives! I’m a big fan of swim jigs and your set up was spot on! If you should do a part 2 of this video, please consider different water clarities… crystal clear to muddy. It would be interesting to see which colors stand out when filtered🙏🎣
Yeah I thought everything green would stand out sense they have a green cone. But like you said, the blue flake in black& blue was green. Then the green backs on hard baits were light blue & green pumpkin was brown/pumpkin? Not what I was expecting but super interesting. So a white lure with a chartreuse tail is just to catch the anglers, not the fish sense it's all white to them...
I`v been watching fishing channels for a while now, but frankly speaking this channel and fishing with Nat channel are the two best fishing channels I`v watched so far, what I liked on both your channels is the clear, simple, great visual explanation, and direct to point approach (no unnecessary intros), thank you Steve, excellent content, much appreciated.
Love your videos Steve. You've produced so many great videos that change the way people think about what is actually going on under the water with regard to sight and sound. You get right to the point and everything is explained so well without all the useless chatter that others use to make longer videos. You put in so much more effort and it in my mind it makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep up the awesome work my friend!!!
Wow this really does make a difference as to what colors bass really do see. It is amazing as to how chartreuse is actually white and how the glitter stands out. Amazing video and thanks for sharing!!!
Best Video in 10 years. But I do agree with “fish nerd “the images need to be side by side. As well, thanks for showing us your favourite lure/colour and there was very little change. Nicely done Steve .Don’t stop.
This has me wonder about other fishes color perception. For some reason gold spoons are desirable for red drum & when the water is murky. Also, is the vision on a striped bass the same as a snook? What about sheepshead, gar, sailcats, bluefish, mackerel, musky, & others? I wished there was just as much knowledge on other species as there is on bass.
This really changes everything! If every bass angler saw this, lure companies would go broke! This proves that products catch fisherman, not fish! “Gotta have one in every color”! When someone says keep it simple, this is exactly what it means now! And I agree, one of the most informative and important videos ever! Think you should do one in different water clarity as well. Thanks Steve!
Your point well taken. But if i may, since Steve introduced this to me( but I read the science studies long ago). I played with this Dalton Lense algorithm. Just because you have a blue bait and or baits with some blue spectrum in it, the blue shades do not go invisible. That is important in my short research, because it just shades it differently presumably to the bass. If say your goal is to match the hatch as they say, then use the links Steve provided to upload photos or if your a Linux Vs Windows user you can write your own program and include the Dalton Lense algorithm and make bait choices accordingly. Example i went to 6th sense website or maybe tackle warehouse grabbed some screenshots and boom could see the colors that caught fisherman and what a bass might see after passing through dalton lens
This will change with depth I’m assuming as red is the first color we lose underwater with our vision anyway. Thats why divers use filters on GoPros so everything doesn’t look green
I used to walk with my dad at a popular place that happened to have a small stream stocked with rainbow trout. He would take a pocket full of fruit loops to toss in the stream and watch the trout. I'm thinking all the fruit loops taste the same however they wouldn't touch the blue ones. Since making that observation few blue lures have been added to my tackle box.
@@banjohappy I'm not surprised. It's a little bit off subject, but wild trout are often very picky about what dry flies they'll take. Getting the size right is critical. The difference between say a #22 and a #24 hook doesn't appear great to me, but trout will notice. Being off by one hook size can get you skunked regardless of how well it's tied.
Hey Steve, all great stuff! I recently came across your videos. Wow, I’m amazed at the different perspective you bring. I’ve learned a ton already! THANK YOU!
The red is overstated underwater. As any scuba diver knows, water filters out red light. Below about 10 ft deep there is very little red light left and it looks more like black to us. I suspect that for bass only green is left.
It was interesting how that light blueish-greenish showed up in certain situations. I would love to do some more digging around with that one, yet the blue flake looked bright green. Thanks for watching!
I have my monitor calibrated for my photography hobby. What you see as blue is actually more green on my monitor. I think manufacturers calibrate monitors to make it more pleasant for us. I learned years ago that I have to calibrate my monitors to reflect the actual colors in my photo images. Just my thoughts.
@@imnotimportantthat's true, as screen are calibrated with +blue highly, +red lower and most of them lacks -green by few points. Our brain loves blue to make world more natural (instead of grey), why we can see more shades of green than any other color (except for ppl in cold zones coz they see more blue shades than green... Like Alaska or Siberia). That's why night vision glasses (gogles/ thing that army murderers uses to see at night) show everything in green rathet than red or blue.
I've caught so many fish on the sexy shad color red-eye shad during low light. I always thought the key was the way the light blue back gave off a cool looking glow.. I guess not!
Chartreuse and/or white have been my go to colors for bass species including largemouth for many years. Sometimes they definitely prefer one color over the other. I even fish say white sometimes while my buddy throws chartreuse to see what they prefer that day. Also, sometimes white with a chartreuse tail out fishes all white or chartreuse. There's no way bass see them the same...
Great info Steve. I have seen similar video's talking about water depth and color change according light penetration. What do you think about that as an influence to what fish can see? Didn't read down, so if it's already been mentioned...Sorry!
Definitely the deeper things go the world becomes much more green. There have been some scuba divers on here mention that color change as they get deeper.
Really enjoyed this video, was well done. One reason i liked it is i read the studies on largemouth vision. Things i never understood is i thought red was first color to disappear under water? Its a stretch but Steve do you think with your underwater camera you can test color red at multi depths in human lenses and bass lenses ?
This was really interesting. It did teach me that many of the lures I have purchased were basically useless to catch anything but my wallet. Thanks for the information, and the presentation.
Great video Sir. Loved your gill swim jig example and found the green pumpkin soft plastic fascinating too. The in the water example really highlighted how it's devoid of negative cues when finesse is the game. Now think how chartrues highlights can be applied. I'll second the part 2 segment showing how different water conditions/color (opening a can of worms but wind and sun light too ???) can highlight or camouflage our baits. Maybe geeking out but this was cool. All the best.
Steve, I enjoy your videos and the approach you take to researching and presenting material. As a retired optometrist I was very impressed with the in for nation in this video, amazing info. Now you’ve taught us about things we want the dads to see. How about doing a video about things we don’t want to bass to see like line in different colors?? Thanks again
And this is why, "back in the day", most lures were basic colors. Reds and whites. I often wondered why a bass would eat a chartreuse colored bait, when I have never seen a chartreuse colored bait fish. So, in short, we look at what the fish are eating and match the colors that we see, and the bass will see the colors of the bait fish we are trying to mimic. All of these bizarre colors, especially chartreuse are just gimmicks to get fishermen to buy their product. And we all fell for it.
I use to throw chartreuse, blue back, crankbaits during summer, because they seemed to get more bites. I would use an all white crankbait during fall and winter, because that color seemed to work better than chartreuse blue back. I didn't really throw white crankbaits during summer, because they didn't seem to work as well as the blue back chartreuse color during summer. If chartreuse looks exactly like white to the fish, why does it make a difference? Do you think there is something we don't fully understand about a bass eyesight? Adding chartreuse dip dye to a white worm, like a old fashion swimbait body. It made a difference, I strongly believe.
What a cool video. I really like the scientific approach. I will use those filters myself to see how my baits may look to a bass. Thank you for the work you put in!
I absolutely loved this video! It hooked me on your channel-super cool and informative! I was thinking it might be really interesting, and probably valuable, if you made a similar video using photos of live baits like shad, minnows, crawfish, waterdogs, bluegill, worms, and aquatic bugs. For the crawfish, it would be great to show different color variations-like red, tan, light, or dark brown. You could even place lures next to the live bait they’re designed to mimic for comparison. One thing I noticed in this video: I found myself stopping and rewinding to bounce between different views. A side-by-side comparison would make it much easier to absorb the information. I’m planning to watch this video multiple times until I’ve got it memorized! You answered a question I’ve wondered about for a long time, and I love that you included underwater views. I had thought fish might not need blue cones because the water filters it out for them, but you answered that question also. This video is definitely going to make me a better fisherman. Thanks for making it!
What a great topic! I've known about bass not having blue cone cells for some time, but seeing a great analog of how bass actually see really changes things! Smallmouth are notorious for just smashing loud-colored lures like chartreuse or fire tiger. I wonder if all you really need is white.
I have been saying this for years. And this is why I think that you should divide colors into transparent or not tran. Also I think the flake or Crome reflects UV light and even though no study indicates bass see UV we know other fish and water foul do
Awesome video and channel! I just found your channel this morning and love the way you look at the different ways to go about bass fishing. I am in Minnesota, so I am starting to get excited to get on the water. I do not get to fish too often, but my Son likes to fish, so it gives us something to do together that we both enjoy. Just curious on what are the items that you use for your "Favorite" lure of all time towards the end of the video? Thank you for these videos, and please keep them coming! Have a fantastic weekend!
Thanks so much for watching! I will heading to MN in June again this year. Can't get enough of it. My favorite lure is a Strike King Tour Grade swim jig in bluegill with a Honey Candy Rage Menace trailer. I have so much confidence in that setup.
Lure colors really are designed to catch fishermen. They way chartreuse looked blew me away considering how popular it is. Then I thought maybe it was it's UV properties...But isnt white also UV reflective.... The mind wobbles...
Dont forget that the colored light rays dont penetrate very deep into the water, from red with just 3 m, yellow was like 8, green goes down to 20 m and blue was something around 30 m up to ultra violet with up to 100 m. the numbers may be off, since they are from my memory but shouldnt be too much. :)
This reminds me of red fishing line. On one hand they say it’s invisible to fish, yet also say use red lures. This seems to show they see red quite well. I expected it to just look black like a silhouette.
This was an eye opening video Steve!! I'm going to mess around with those websites to see what my favorite lures look like. I'm color blind myself and I find this fascinating. This will change the way I buy lures from now on! Can't wait for your bass behavior videos to come out. Thanks again for the great content.
I would love to see this information paired alongside how certain colors are reduced or lost at certain depths. Red, for example, loses it's color around 20ft. I wonder how other colors fair at different depths with the color filter on.
If anyone wants to know more about bass behavior, what they can see, hear, smell, etc then I highly recommend the book "Knowing Bass". It's out of print so expect to fork over some coin for it.
You just made every bait company in America mad😂😂😂😂. So basically what I saw. White , bama bug ( June bug and green pumpkin) and red is the only three colors you need. I catch a lot of fish on bama bug here in mid-south Ga. Awesome video!
You out did yourself on this one, wow, no one has thought about this topic the way you presented it. Outstanding knowledge benefit and quite entertaining. Thanks a Million Steve. 😮
I have the links for those sites in the description of the video so folks can mess around with them. Kind of fun to put your favorite colors in there and see what happens.
What about the glowing baits? The glow in the dark with various colors, there are uv baits and the new ones that have a light in them. Might want to put up a note stating all monitors may not show the colors accurately.
Would be nice if lure manufacturers actually made lures the colors the fish see so we had a more accurate picture of what the lure is replicating under water
I kind of use the black-blue flake craw as the best example. Those bright blue flakes turned bright green with the filter on. They have green cones in their vision so that would seem the green should stand out more, but definitely some of the filtered hues had a bluish tinge to them.
does this change with water depth and light decreases? I have seen color change videos as you descend in depths even at 10 ft and 20ft. up to 100ft. red almost disappears as you lose light anyways. it's either black and blends with bottom and no light or it camouflages well. would be interesting to see this experiment with depth and decreased light.
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Cool stuff!! But I found myself REALLY wanting more side by sides views rather than fully replacing the images.
Me too
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RIGHT! This should be top comment
And that's no bull shit @@ConsciousCannabisCultivation
I always throw natural colors because bass get used to eating shad and crawfish so of course silver/yellow and red/brown matches what they’re used to seeing.
You right bruh those are the basic colors the bass in GA love that Blue color with the flakes
This was without a doubt one of the best videos I have seen about Bass Fishing in my 48 years of fishing. Your videos never disappoint and this one is no different. Your the morden day Doug Hannon.
Thanks so much! That means a lot to me and keeps me going.
@@SteveRogersOutdoorsPlease do! U have literally saved me from yet...another FFS Rant from the "Intuitive Angling" channel. 🙏
I think this guy is colorblind because he keeps saying what they look like with the filter applied and he's saying the wrong colors. Like at 4:10.. dude said orange when it's pink, and then the next one is grey and he calls it greenish, and the junebug is black with electric blue and he says it's black and green
The only thing that I know for sure is that the bass aren’t commenting on this.
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...wrong, the one hanging on my wall told me this was all BS. not hyperbole, I heard him!
Yeah they got awfully quiet huh
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Thank u for not having commercials
Thank u 4 bringing this 2 my attention. I didn't notice this but...now that u brought it up, it is rather refreshing. 😎
Agree with the other posters - this video is gold. Now I know why they say most lures are made to catch bass fishermen - ha ha. Man I could have saved some money on all the yellow I have 😂 . Well glad to know now, and this helps greatly in simplifying my gear. Thanks Steve!
I'm glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
This video is 100% horse shit
I thought bass can see UV too, which we cant. Wouldnt that change how all these colors are perceived even more? Maybe incl UV, chartreuse doesnt go white but is something else? You give us a lot to think about, and lure makers heartburn. Love that part!
I need to do some investigating on the UV. Definitely feel like a part 2 video is in the works.
Thats what I have heard too, which is how they feed at night or really deep. UV rays are not blocked by the water as well as visible light rays, so as the water gets deeper we cant see anymore but UV rays are still getting thorough and UV colors still shine bright and visible to fish. But each UV wavelength is also lost at specific depth just like color, red being the first to go neutral starting at 10 feet.
The way that green pumpkin camouflages with the detritus underwater with that filter on makes you realize why so many aquatic critters have that color on them.
I think you need to include water clarity as well. The colors will filter out in different clarities of water and light conditions
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exactly, lure's work by being visible, not by being an exact replica of a bait fish.
This is great.. it did you ever think, what if the bass itself has a color blindness issue
Most of the documented lab studies show bass have dichromatic vision(color blind).💯
When I was a kid we went far north in Canada camping and fishing. We fished in lakes that had never been fished in before. The waters were very dark from tannin. Our best lures by far were fluorescent orange. We hauled the fish in. Mostly Northern Pike and Walleyes
which probly looked very close to that bright pink senko.
Excellent video Steve! This one is most definitely going into my archives! I’m a big fan of swim jigs and your set up was spot on! If you should do a part 2 of this video, please consider different water clarities… crystal clear to muddy. It would be interesting to see which colors stand out when filtered🙏🎣
Yes, it would. I am definitely planning to do a part two some time and will keep this in mind for sure. Thank you!
Also compare some different depths in the different water clarities!
Wanna shake up the fishing lure industry ? someone make glasses that show the colors that bass actually see.
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Omg that would sell like nothing els.
Yeah I thought everything green would stand out sense they have a green cone. But like you said, the blue flake in black& blue was green. Then the green backs on hard baits were light blue & green pumpkin was brown/pumpkin? Not what I was expecting but super interesting. So a white lure with a chartreuse tail is just to catch the anglers, not the fish sense it's all white to them...
Thank you for this. I get in arguments all the time with regards to yellow/chartreuse and blue colored baits.
You're welcome! It was a great one to work on and spend time with. Took a lot longer than I thought, but worth it.
I`v been watching fishing channels for a while now, but frankly speaking this channel and fishing with Nat channel are the two best fishing channels I`v watched so far, what I liked on both your channels is the clear, simple, great visual explanation, and direct to point approach (no unnecessary intros), thank you Steve, excellent content, much appreciated.
Thanks so much!
Love your videos Steve. You've produced so many great videos that change the way people think about what is actually going on under the water with regard to sight and sound. You get right to the point and everything is explained so well without all the useless chatter that others use to make longer videos. You put in so much more effort and it in my mind it makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep up the awesome work my friend!!!
I appreciate that!
Please do a video on how they see at night! I'd like to know how efficient fishing in the dark is. Great video!
That would be a great one. I will try to get that done.
Love knowing i can simplify my color selections. And the color vision in the video reminds me of Kratts Creatures from back in the 90s. Lol.
Wow this really does make a difference as to what colors bass really do see. It is amazing as to how chartreuse is actually white and how the glitter stands out. Amazing video and thanks for sharing!!!
Best Video in 10 years. But I do agree with “fish nerd “the images need to be side by side. As well, thanks for showing us your favourite lure/colour and there was very little change. Nicely done Steve .Don’t stop.
This has me wonder about other fishes color perception. For some reason gold spoons are desirable for red drum & when the water is murky. Also, is the vision on a striped bass the same as a snook? What about sheepshead, gar, sailcats, bluefish, mackerel, musky, & others? I wished there was just as much knowledge on other species as there is on bass.
Those are some great questions! Hopefully someone out there is working on that for sure.
This is quite revolutionary. I am curious to see what my favorite color "Morning Dawn" looks like to a bass. I appreciate the video!
Those are super interesting websites to work with. Let me know what you find out!
This really changes everything! If every bass angler saw this, lure companies would go broke! This proves that products catch fisherman, not fish! “Gotta have one in every color”! When someone says keep it simple, this is exactly what it means now! And I agree, one of the most informative and important videos ever! Think you should do one in different water clarity as well. Thanks Steve!
Thanks! I will definitely have to do a part two.
Your point well taken. But if i may, since Steve introduced this to me( but I read the science studies long ago). I played with this Dalton Lense algorithm. Just because you have a blue bait and or baits with some blue spectrum in it, the blue shades do not go invisible. That is important in my short research, because it just shades it differently presumably to the bass. If say your goal is to match the hatch as they say, then use the links Steve provided to upload photos or if your a Linux Vs Windows user you can write your own program and include the Dalton Lense algorithm and make bait choices accordingly. Example i went to 6th sense website or maybe tackle warehouse grabbed some screenshots and boom could see the colors that caught fisherman and what a bass might see after passing through dalton lens
This will change with depth I’m assuming as red is the first color we lose underwater with our vision anyway. Thats why divers use filters on GoPros so everything doesn’t look green
I used to walk with my dad at a popular place that happened to have a small stream stocked with rainbow trout. He would take a pocket full of fruit loops to toss in the stream and watch the trout. I'm thinking all the fruit loops taste the same however they wouldn't touch the blue ones. Since making that observation few blue lures have been added to my tackle box.
That is so interesting! Thank you for sharing that.
There's a youtube vid testing colors for trout and turns out white and pink are the best.
@@banjohappy I'm not surprised. It's a little bit off subject, but wild trout are often very picky about what dry flies they'll take. Getting the size right is critical. The difference between say a #22 and a #24 hook doesn't appear great to me, but trout will notice. Being off by one hook size can get you skunked regardless of how well it's tied.
Can they see dk green braided line? Or is blue braid better then, i hate adding FC leader line lol
I'm working on a video that should help with this question.
Hey Steve, all great stuff! I recently came across your videos. Wow, I’m amazed at the different perspective you bring. I’ve learned a ton already! THANK YOU!
Thanks! I appreciate you watching.
The red is overstated underwater.
As any scuba diver knows, water filters out red light. Below about 10 ft deep there is very little red light left and it looks more like black to us.
I suspect that for bass only green is left.
Interesting and helpful video. It would also be helpful to see what lures look like at depth in different water conditions.
Removes blue color, Everything looks blue now
It was interesting how that light blueish-greenish showed up in certain situations. I would love to do some more digging around with that one, yet the blue flake looked bright green. Thanks for watching!
I have my monitor calibrated for my photography hobby. What you see as blue is actually more green on my monitor. I think manufacturers calibrate monitors to make it more pleasant for us. I learned years ago that I have to calibrate my monitors to reflect the actual colors in my photo images. Just my thoughts.
@@Rooster0529its blue on my phone, my tv, and my laptop.
@@imnotimportant haha, you’re killin me. Must be your fish genes coming through. 🙂
@@imnotimportantthat's true, as screen are calibrated with +blue highly, +red lower and most of them lacks -green by few points.
Our brain loves blue to make world more natural (instead of grey), why we can see more shades of green than any other color (except for ppl in cold zones coz they see more blue shades than green... Like Alaska or Siberia). That's why night vision glasses (gogles/ thing that army murderers uses to see at night) show everything in green rathet than red or blue.
You make such interesting and informative videos!
I love this kind of stuff
Thanks!
I've caught so many fish on the sexy shad color red-eye shad during low light. I always thought the key was the way the light blue back gave off a cool looking glow.. I guess not!
Great video, Thanks for the information.
And thank you for watching!
Thanks, like you said very interesting.
Awesome info Steve..going to have to take this into consideration when airbrushing all the lures i do from now on.
Awesome info. Please go into more detail and colors. Will you be doing that in your bundle?
i seem to have the most luck on white or that bluegill color not much else 🤷🏼♂️
Those are two excellent colors for sure.
Great video! Please update this with side by side images of the differences.
Great content and well done. Thank you
Chartreuse and/or white have been my go to colors for bass species including largemouth for many years. Sometimes they definitely prefer one color over the other. I even fish say white sometimes while my buddy throws chartreuse to see what they prefer that day. Also, sometimes white with a chartreuse tail out fishes all white or chartreuse. There's no way bass see them the same...
Great info!!! Awesome video! Thanks again!!
Thank you!
Great info Steve. I have seen similar video's talking about water depth and color change according light penetration. What do you think
about that as an influence to what fish can see? Didn't read down, so if it's already been mentioned...Sorry!
Definitely the deeper things go the world becomes much more green. There have been some scuba divers on here mention that color change as they get deeper.
Fascinating and amazing ground breaking study as usual! Love that bluegill jig!
That bluegill swim jig has caught so many fish for me. Definitely my number one confidence lure for sure.
This is really interesting. We don't have Bass in England but I do a lot of lure fishing for Pike and Perch, so does it also apply to other species ?
Really enjoyed this video, was well done. One reason i liked it is i read the studies on largemouth vision. Things i never understood is i thought red was first color to disappear under water? Its a stretch but Steve do you think with your underwater camera you can test color red at multi depths in human lenses and bass lenses ?
I sure can give it a go. That would be really interesting. Thanks so much for the idea!
You said the tritanopia removes blue but in these it looks like it removes green so are you sure this is correct?
It was very strange with some hues. Like the blue flake in the black blue craw turned bright green, yet some others had a bluish hue to them.
Greetings from the BIG SKY. I find it interesting to see like a trout or bass.
This was really interesting. It did teach me that many of the lures I have purchased were basically useless to catch anything but my wallet.
Thanks for the information, and the presentation.
It was a really interesting video to work on. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Steve. Cool video.
Great video Sir. Loved your gill swim jig example and found the green pumpkin soft plastic fascinating too. The in the water example really highlighted how it's devoid of negative cues when finesse is the game. Now think how chartrues highlights can be applied. I'll second the part 2 segment showing how different water conditions/color (opening a can of worms but wind and sun light too ???) can highlight or camouflage our baits. Maybe geeking out but this was cool. All the best.
Great video. Now I’m wondering, without blue detectors do they have more red and green or do bass have more light detectors?
Excellent questions! I need to do some more research.
Well done!
Thanks so much!
Steve, I enjoy your videos and the approach you take to researching and presenting material. As a retired optometrist I was very impressed with the in for nation in this video, amazing info. Now you’ve taught us about things we want the dads to see. How about doing a video about things we don’t want to bass to see like line in different colors?? Thanks again
I am actually working on that very video right now. Hope to have it out soon!
And this is why, "back in the day", most lures were basic colors. Reds and whites. I often wondered why a bass would eat a chartreuse colored bait, when I have never seen a chartreuse colored bait fish. So, in short, we look at what the fish are eating and match the colors that we see, and the bass will see the colors of the bait fish we are trying to mimic. All of these bizarre colors, especially chartreuse are just gimmicks to get fishermen to buy their product. And we all fell for it.
Excellent video! Thanks for hard work!
Thanks! This one did take some time for sure so thank you for taking time to watch.
I use to throw chartreuse, blue back, crankbaits during summer, because they seemed to get more bites. I would use an all white crankbait during fall and winter, because that color seemed to work better than chartreuse blue back. I didn't really throw white crankbaits during summer, because they didn't seem to work as well as the blue back chartreuse color during summer. If chartreuse looks exactly like white to the fish, why does it make a difference? Do you think there is something we don't fully understand about a bass eyesight? Adding chartreuse dip dye to a white worm, like a old fashion swimbait body. It made a difference, I strongly believe.
I am guessing that the UV spectrum has something to do with it. I would love to figure out more on this one.
Awesome info. I always considered Bass were color blind and only see shades of white to black. Similar results for most colors
Each time I watch this I am amazed at how clear the red stands out. And like you said, a lot of the other colors are very similar.
Awesome I was told this years ago same thing you just said but I never seen it proven you've got it going on you just proved things
Thanks!
Really interesting video! Learned something today. Thanks!!
Glad it was helpful!
What a cool video. I really like the scientific approach. I will use those filters myself to see how my baits may look to a bass. Thank you for the work you put in!
Glad it was helpful!
I absolutely loved this video! It hooked me on your channel-super cool and informative!
I was thinking it might be really interesting, and probably valuable, if you made a similar video using photos of live baits like shad, minnows, crawfish, waterdogs, bluegill, worms, and aquatic bugs. For the crawfish, it would be great to show different color variations-like red, tan, light, or dark brown. You could even place lures next to the live bait they’re designed to mimic for comparison.
One thing I noticed in this video: I found myself stopping and rewinding to bounce between different views. A side-by-side comparison would make it much easier to absorb the information. I’m planning to watch this video multiple times until I’ve got it memorized! You answered a question I’ve wondered about for a long time, and I love that you included underwater views. I had thought fish might not need blue cones because the water filters it out for them, but you answered that question also.
This video is definitely going to make me a better fisherman. Thanks for making it!
I plan on doing the live prey version. I too think it would be really interesting. Thanks for watching!
@@SteveRogersOutdoors I can't wait and I plan on subscribing to your bass behavior bundle! You have created an incredible channel!
@@TruthDragon. thanks!
What a great topic! I've known about bass not having blue cone cells for some time, but seeing a great analog of how bass actually see really changes things! Smallmouth are notorious for just smashing loud-colored lures like chartreuse or fire tiger. I wonder if all you really need is white.
That is such a great question. I definitely plan on having more white options than I currently do. It was so fun spending time on this one.
Wish i knew if smallmouth see the same as largemouth
I have been saying this for years. And this is why I think that you should divide colors into transparent or not tran. Also I think the flake or Crome reflects UV light and even though no study indicates bass see UV we know other fish and water foul do
I definitely agree that UV plays some sort of role. I have still been trying to figure out how to do some investigation on that one.
Excellent video, I learned a good bit.
Great analysis, very helpful.
Thanks
Awesome video and channel! I just found your channel this morning and love the way you look at the different ways to go about bass fishing. I am in Minnesota, so I am starting to get excited to get on the water. I do not get to fish too often, but my Son likes to fish, so it gives us something to do together that we both enjoy. Just curious on what are the items that you use for your "Favorite" lure of all time towards the end of the video? Thank you for these videos, and please keep them coming! Have a fantastic weekend!
Thanks so much for watching! I will heading to MN in June again this year. Can't get enough of it. My favorite lure is a Strike King Tour Grade swim jig in bluegill with a Honey Candy Rage Menace trailer. I have so much confidence in that setup.
Lure colors really are designed to catch fishermen. They way chartreuse looked blew me away considering how popular it is. Then I thought maybe it was it's UV properties...But isnt white also UV reflective.... The mind wobbles...
2:00 red with greenish? I see blue and white! Am I color blind!?😮😮😮
Dont forget that the colored light rays dont penetrate very deep into the water, from red with just 3 m, yellow was like 8, green goes down to 20 m and blue was something around 30 m up to ultra violet with up to 100 m. the numbers may be off, since they are from my memory but shouldnt be too much. :)
Thanks for adding this! I appreciate it.
@@SteveRogersOutdoors no problem :)
Excellent video, one of the best and informative videos I've ever seen.
Thanks! It took a long time to put together but it was a fun one to do.
Ditto
This reminds me of red fishing line. On one hand they say it’s invisible to fish, yet also say use red lures. This seems to show they see red quite well. I expected it to just look black like a silhouette.
Can't go wrong with a Black/Blue jig or crankbait, especially mixed in with some silver.
This was an eye opening video Steve!! I'm going to mess around with those websites to see what my favorite lures look like. I'm color blind myself and I find this fascinating. This will change the way I buy lures from now on! Can't wait for your bass behavior videos to come out. Thanks again for the great content.
They are really interesting websites to investigate. I think you will enjoy putting different colors in there.
So colors are more to get people to buy them vs a bass to bite them ? Steve you killed it again . Thank you
I know when I walk down the aisle, they get me!
Yep. I finally figured that out a little while back and got rid of most of what I had keeping just a few basic colors
I would love to see this information paired alongside how certain colors are reduced or lost at certain depths. Red, for example, loses it's color around 20ft. I wonder how other colors fair at different depths with the color filter on.
That is a great idea! I will probably be doing a part 2 sometime that will try to experiment with a lot of these questions folks have had. Good stuff.
I think you have the most informative videos online. I appreciate all your content.
Thank you!
If anyone wants to know more about bass behavior, what they can see, hear, smell, etc then I highly recommend the book "Knowing Bass". It's out of print so expect to fork over some coin for it.
I have that book on my desk and read it constantly. Such a good one!
You just made every bait company in America mad😂😂😂😂. So basically what I saw. White , bama bug ( June bug and green pumpkin) and red is the only three colors you need. I catch a lot of fish on bama bug here in mid-south Ga. Awesome video!
Lol. It was crazy how that June Bug looked. It was really interesting to see.
You out did yourself on this one, wow, no one has thought about this topic the way you presented it. Outstanding knowledge benefit and quite entertaining. Thanks a Million Steve. 😮
Another great video Steve. I guess it's true that all you need is white, black, and red. Where did you find that color changing tool?
I have the links for those sites in the description of the video so folks can mess around with them. Kind of fun to put your favorite colors in there and see what happens.
What about the glowing baits? The glow in the dark with various colors, there are uv baits and the new ones that have a light in them. Might want to put up a note stating all monitors may not show the colors accurately.
Very true. Thanks!
This is a very cool video but an issue comes up with them being underwater. Because water will filter out colors as well
Do you know if this applies to walleye and other fish as well?
That is a great question. I do not know for sure how this applies across species. I will have to do some more research on that.
With science..I still find it hard to tell what any animals can see thru their owns eyes..I can’t see what a bass can see.It’s still speculation..
Most definitely it is. Super fun to investigate and think about though. Thanks for watching!
Brilliant! Love this content. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Very informative stuff big dog! This changes everything for me.
Thank you!
Man I really do miss the old diamond shad lipless baits….
Still have a bunch of them!
Green pumpkin in clear water and junebug for stained or tannic water. Thats all i ever use for worm colors
Truly great content!! Thanks Steve!!
Thanks!
Would be nice if lure manufacturers actually made lures the colors the fish see so we had a more accurate picture of what the lure is replicating under water
Interesting video. Are the vision color limitations specific to bass or does it apply across most fish?
That is a terrific question. I'm not sure. I need to do a lot more research across different species and try to find out some answers on that one.
Great video. Best bass channel
Cool video. Love seeing what bass see helps understand what makes them bite
Thank you!
Supper dupper interesting! So does blue or green stand out more to a bass? The bright green on top of one lure looks more blue with filter
I kind of use the black-blue flake craw as the best example. Those bright blue flakes turned bright green with the filter on. They have green cones in their vision so that would seem the green should stand out more, but definitely some of the filtered hues had a bluish tinge to them.
It still looks blue to me
Ik it looks blue
Whole new perspective on colors from the fish’s perspective 👍
Thanks. The black blue and green pumpkin ones really surprised me.
@@SteveRogersOutdoorsMe too. The Junebug color was very surprising and now I know why black n blue flake are more effective. Thanks for insight.
does this change with water depth and light decreases? I have seen color change videos as you descend in depths even at 10 ft and 20ft. up to 100ft. red almost disappears as you lose light anyways. it's either black and blends with bottom and no light or it camouflages well. would be interesting to see this experiment with depth and decreased light.
I agree. I need to do a part two with a couple of different factors like depth put in there. Thank you!
Good one Steve, interesting knowledge every little bit helps
Thanks. Some of these really surprised me.