Youve all seen the baits,some cranks with "blood" speckles on them . They are trying to imitate a bleeding baitfish or prey.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? I was driving and thinking about the concept and it occurred to me,Doesnt blood dilute in water? So the only way for a predator to sense a bleeder,would be through smell and taste in the water.

Well the "blood" painted on some cranks doesnt have any smell or taste of blood,so how in the world is it supposed to be effective?

Dont know if anyone has ever given that any thought,but I figured id bring it up and see how the discussion about this went. Im all ears.

I never thought about it like that but thinking about it i agree about how the blood would be diluted by water. So i don't understand why they do that and how it helps. I know that crankbaits that are suppost to imatate bleeding baitfish work as i have caught a lot on the bleeding crankbaits i own. I hope someone has a good awnser for this as i would like to know how it helps.

Roby

i think that its just another marketing tool....