On a side note, your "mystery lure" appears to be a shad rap shallow

http://www.cabelas.c...ter=43600702871

Yeah it is. I did a little more checking around after I titled the pic.

There seems to be 2 schools of thought here ...

 

1)  Red = Blood, engorged gills.  In either case it's visible to other fish and causes a reaction.

2)  Red is invisible at certain depths.

 

I thought these were both very contradicting positions on the case.  It's either visible or it's not.  

 

It turns out both are plausible.  Scientific theories assume that under perfect conditions red is visible down to about 33 feet.  After that it just looks grey.  Most lakes aren't perfect (grass, wind, waves, algae etc.) and reduce that visibility to depths as little as 5-10 feet!  That means under most average bass fishing conditions red disappears rather quickly at depths of 8 feet or more.

 

With all that being said ... IMO when it comes to your presentation the hook color is of least importance.  Higher in priority is the line, lure, weight and presentation method.  When those are right a bass will strike a pink hook!

 

Check out this YouTube videos (Part 1-4).  I posted part 1.  Follow it to Part 2 and so on.

 

I love it when my old topics come back up.  The lakes I fish are all shallow (less than 10 feet) so the bass can most likely see red hooks.  I bought a pack or 2 of red ones but most are just black or nickel or whatever the standard hook colors are.  I agree that its probably more of a proper presentation/lure selection that entices a bass to strike.  Ill check the video out later on tonight.  Thanks for that Felix.

I dont think it matters much. I do cut one point of the front treble hooks on my topwaters especially on zara spooks or any walking type bait.

I buy red hooks when they are on sale sitting next to the same black hook

 

http://www.educatedangler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=921

 

I buy red hooks when they are on sale sitting next to the same black hook

 

http://www.educatedangler.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=921

 

 

This was also in the book "Knowing Bass". Good Graphic.