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The main point of my post was how light and why light behaves the way it does under water not if . I did not know that red was absorbed because it was warmer . I speculate that a lot of membbers here did nit know that , Sorry if it went over some of your heads .

This is not my narrative , this is science narrative . A fish can be completely blind and light waves will remain the same .

Yes , us are humans . It makes no difference how good a bass can see , they cant change the laws of physics

Catt you stubborn old cajun , LOL the evidence tells us that in order for an object to reflect its color then the wave lengths of that color must hit the object . That is science. I didnt make that up . Google it

I didnt compare the way humans and bass see light .I didnt suggest colors or lures to use . I reported the way light waves penetrate under water .I did not get the info from fishing articles .

Of course Raul , there are a lot of variables . My post was only about one .

I have done a lot of reading on the internet on how light behaves underwater , its been quite surprising . Remember a lure can only reflect its color if that wave length reaches it . Visible light has different wave lengths . Red and orange the longest , yellow and green in the middle , purple and blue the shortest . In perfect conditions with "clear " water one would think that the red and oranges with the longer wave lengths would penetrate the deepest but they dont . The reason being is they are the warmest light and the water quickly robs them of their energy , so those wave lengths disappear first ., followed by yellow /green and last blue/ purple . Blue is the coolest visible light and will reach the deepest . In fresh water bass fishing we encounter stained water most of the time and light behaves differently ,depending on how much suspended particles are in the water . In stained water blue / purple might be the first to go because their short wave lengths do not penetrate through the suspended particles as well . Red/ orange might penetrate slightly deeper but their warmer colors are quickly robbed of energy and the middle wave lengths of green and yellow penetrate the deepest . So most of the stained water we encounter the middle wave lengths of yellow/green are the last to disappear . Some fish can see UV light . UV has shorter wave lengths and is cooler than blue . UV light penetrates the deepest in gin clear water but is the first to be filtered out in stained water . Fluorescent fishing lines take advantage of this . The important point here is "it is not what bass can see but what is available too see ."

The past few years I have been having quite a bit of success on the Luck E strike RC crankbaits .

I think firetiger is the most versatile color made . Shallow to deep , clear to stained , its always a good starting point .

I've had a lot of luck with black trailer on brown jigs and vice versa .

I'll take the Norman .

I use x-raps when bass are just flashing on other baits and it will usually work . Dont know if the feathers help or not .

If Bass can see UV's then some lures may reflect it at deep depths . I just dont know . Theres not a lot of scientific info out there that I could find .A lot of UV lures have been manufactured hoping that bass can see them better. It could be that a brown worm with red flake reflects UV better than a brown worm with black flake or vice versa .

My post did not even suggest that color makes no difference . I stated the deeper the water the less importance . Reds catch fish in deep water . I caught a lot of 20 foot deep bass on a strawberry Jelly Worm . Caught them on every other color too . They dont become invisible because they quit reflecting light . This past summer my two biggest bass of the year was night fishing during a full moon on a red crawfish pattern crankbait . Being I had good luck with it I will fish it again at night . I fished with a local at table Rock lake one night . He gave me some brown worms with red fire tails and said it was the hot bait for night fishing . I didnt have any luck with them and caught fish on straight black that night , but I dont doubt that he has caught a lot of bass on that worm .

It makes no difference what animals eyes . If a wave length is filtered out then that color will not reach the eye of whatever animal . This is not difficult to understand . If a person doesnt understand it , that ;person is not trying very hard .A bass may see into the ultraviolets and infrareds , but if those wavelegths are filtered out they will not reach a basses eyes . The light " has " to reach the eye to be seen .

Stop the presses . Rewrite the science journals . Bass can see what is not there .

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/red-color.html

Tilapia would be a good color for a DD22. It is light with dark bars .

I will go with science on this subject and it is perfectly logical . http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/red-color.html

A red crankbait absorbs all light except red , which makes it appear red . If red light is filtered out before it reaches the lure then it will no longer appear red red . It will appear black , which is not bad . A white crankbait with red bars would be realistic looking at that depth .

Light waves get blocked . There comes a point where that color no longer exist no matter what eyes are used .

The deeper a crankbait dives the less important color is . Browns turn green , reds turn black...

The same thing . I use the same lures for soft and hard bottoms . I fish in water so silted in that if you tried to wade in it you would get stuck . I still use weighted T-rigs .

No but I am going to now. That should be a killer on the brush piles and downed trees .

South Fork is an interesting place to fish .