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Oh no, just that blues and purples are further on an end of the spectrum that they have trouble discerning. It would look somewhat grayish to them. http://books.google.com/books?id=uKBd85BhyQYC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=largemouth+bass+vision+blues+purple&source=bl&ots=E2CyX8wsDu&sig=oVoWga8RmsIU7N0PFGD6iA2FkkI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0uCCUrKdKeKs2wXX_YDIBA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=largemouth%20bass%20vision%20blues%20purple&f=false http://aaronlesieur.com/bass-fishing-articles/through-the-eye-of-the-bass/

Am I to assume this to be an insult, if so then I would like to maintain the civility that this site is known for without the tasteless mocking taunts of typical youtube comment worthy banter. Lets not get this thread killed

Yes, scientists have in fact studied their eyes and through cellular studies of the organ itself have determined how they see there world. this is not a whimsical guess, it is science, precise science! do not slander the credibility of research based on your unfounded opinions!

we know based on studies of their eyes how they see the world. For example, they see red and greens the best.

Right after a new episode and no one has posted...SHAME!!!

It still surprises me that anglers use so many stained to muddy patterns featuring so much blue and purple, e.g. blue and black jigs, with the idea that these are "flashy colors," when these are the colors that bass are worst at seeing.

And cabin fever season begins...now. First day of frozen roads

One thing I'm surprised I don't hear mentioned in relation to bank fishing more often...pitching and flipping. Given how quickly you can make successive casts, it is a great method to cover water quickly.

And did you know i shot this buck last year The shot was roughly 1000 yards, downhill, around a corner, beneath a tree, in a cave, during blizzard, lightning storm hurricane force wind gusts, with a snub nosed .22 derringer shooting snake shot. Did I mention I did it blindfolded after spinning around in a circle for two solid minutes in the parking lot of a PETA center because they wanted to be rid of this "nuisance deer?"

See, this is just the kind of honest-to-god story I hoped to see, the rest of you need to stop exaggerating so much.

I need to move to Arizona...and start stalking you...until I find that pond.

Don't think she'll be back for awhile , sorta like Merle

x2 his sentiment

Thank you

We all have them, some true, some slightly exaggerated (now I now it is a hard idea to accept that anglers could lie, but I have slowly come to expect that we fisherman sometimes, albeit rarely, blow stories out of proportions.) So post any you've had or heard, be they true or lies. Mine occured when I had started fishing for crappie and baby bass. A small bass bit and as I was reeling him in, I could see him flare, and what I figured to be a log, suddenly darted and my rod bent double. The spines on the baby had caught in his throat I suppose. Just as I lifted him out of the water, I forgot that I was using 4 pound test, and I heard the most sickening sound an angler can hear. TWANG! She fell back to her world, never to be caught be me again. Sigh.

I never thought this topic would grow to be so large, haha.

There are not very many popular experiments concerning bass behavior. Most studies are observatory research, not experimentation to be be reviewed, nor are there many who study bass specifically in the scientific community (as compared to say physicists) to review and accept hypothesis. Now, if you wanted to talk about behavioral research concerning the effectiveness of enclosed environments among in mostly instinctual animals, (e.g. fish as a whole, as opposed to a chimp, which learns more behaviors) then yes, I'm sure you could find more peer reviewed studies. I wish this were a more popular animal for biologists to study, so that we might have more scientific information concerning this vexing little mascot of ours, and, seeking to be an animal biologist myself one day, perhaps I can be one to do so myself.

That should be a post or an article, the origins story of BR. I'd love to hear that one. (hint hint Mr. Glenn)

I think we all have our thank you's to say here. Sooo....THANKS everyone, especially people like glenn and Felix 77.

Welcome guy!

Those lures weren't nearly as used/burnt out as spinnerbaits. If a bass gets caught on a hula popper (one of my favorite baits by the way) it isn't likely to get caught on it again, at least not in the same color pattern. Let us not get to testy, for argumentative bickering that grows to be offensive would surely be the death of this topic. Good night and joy be with you all.

Still sounds worth it, I think I'm going to get one. Seems like it would help a lot.

Perfectly said my friend

No study has tested memory of lures to the extent of years. Only months

No study I know of has tested memory of lures to the extent of several years. More importantly, how much do bass generalize. If one gets hooked on a rapala jointed shad rap, will it strike at the lure in a different color, or has its vibration pattern, movement, etc. been so imprinted that the bass will never strike at that lure again. This gets even hairier when getting into jigs and spinnerbait design and skirts.