Bass are predators and will eat anything they can catch.

16 hours ago, WRB said:

We haven't been able to discuss what bass see with the fish so we don't know.

 

What fish see interpretation depends on how their brain functions and we don't know that factor. 

 

Every time in depth discussion of color comes up here, I find this to be the most significant point. 

  Even if we can scientifically determine what colors bass eyes can differentiate,  it will be interpreted as relates to human color perception.   Once a bass' rods and cones and cornea (do bass have corneas?) have done their work, we still don't know what colors are interpreted in what ways.

So, it may be that the kind of experience that @WRBand others who have really made study of color experimentation while fishing....would be far more important than science of a fish's eyeball.

IMO..yes now days any how case in point.....a lure made 70 yrs ago out of wood was lets say 50 cents it was bought to catch fish cause 50 cents was a lot of money....now roll up to 2019 that same lure NIB would now be 100$ ..so ya  

Fish bite much of the time on pure instinctive reaction in the same way a dog chases cars or bites the vacuum cleaner. The action and vibration of a lure is the most important factor IMO, while the color plays a secondary role in most cases. 

16 hours ago, Maxximus Redneckus said:

IMO..yes now days any how case in point.....a lure made 70 yrs ago out of wood was lets say 50 cents it was bought to catch fish cause 50 cents was a lot of money....now roll up to 2019 that same lure NIB would now be 100$ ..so ya  

Not quite.  Something that costs $.50 in 1914, more than 100 years ago, would be $12.56 today.  My $3.50 Rebel crank from 1985 would be $8.04 today.  Inflation is a thing, but don't over inflate.

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

Not quite.  Something that costs $.50 in 1914, more than 100 years ago, would be $12.56 today.  My $3.50 Rebel crank from 1985 would be $8.04 today.  Inflation is a thing, but don't over inflate.

Interesting fact, the Bic lighter has somehow avoided inflation, something around $1 or a little more in the 70s and around $2 today 

21 hours ago, ksboy said:

Bass are predators and will eat anything they can catch.

They are also prey and will refuse to eat things they could easily catch. Ive seen them follow plastic worms all around a pond and stare at them for long periods without ever attacking or biting them . Even green/red worms......

Bic lighters used to be nearly filled with butane, now maybe only 35%, add that to the equation..

Not taking in the rest of the equation is a waste of time and money. Water temp. the fish's lateral line, etc. is just as important as color, easier to evaluate and control, and don't cost nothing.

2 hours ago, spoonplugger1 said:

Not taking in the rest of the equation is a waste of time and money. Water temp. the fish's lateral line, etc. is just as important as color, easier to evaluate and control, and don't cost nothing.

Yes but lets say you take that into consideration, correct water temp etc. All things being equal, will they bite on one color or the other more if under the same conditions?

What does "correct water temp" even mean?  It's just a parameter; an observation.  You may be able to assume some things about activity, but really it just is.

yes... Think about hollow bodied frogs for instance.  You pay $10+ for one with perfectly painted eyes, perfect painted bodies...none of which fish can even see.  the only thing they can see if the frogs plain belly...all that detail on the top of the frog is for fisherman and birds that are flying over.