03-25-2016, 12:36 PM
Saltwater fishing is a whole different ball game yet there are similarities. The size of the lure changes with some species, as you pointed out while others use the color scheme game.
Some fish ignore the color scheme and take the action, vibration or presentation of the lure or other offering to them.
In the color scheme, we are reminded that it ties in the depths and the rainbow as your guide to which color to use for best results. We start with RED in the shallower depths of up to 70 feet and then work all the way to the other end of the color scale of VIOLET which is the last color of the spectrum and is still visible up to 100 fathoms or 600 feet.
There is another factor that we use in the salty pond aka: Ocean.
The fish rely upon the currents to be what drives their food to them. That works on a minor to major scale. As the currents move plankton and other micro organisms around, the next size fish is feeding on them. In turn, bigger fish eat smaller fish and it continues to escalate.
Keeping that in mind, you can fish different size baits and expect correlating sized fish.
I will often fish a small hook and a big hook on the same line. Small hook catches my fresh bait fish that I will use to catch the target species with.
Then comes the wierd factor. I asked a marine biologist that I was fishing with about the ocean currents and fish feeding. The biologist told me that they are so closely tied together that they have not much to do with each other. In other words, fish feed as often and untimely as they please.
Ocean currents move certain types of food for easy pickings. Lack of current allows other types of low energy baits to come out from hiding.
This opened up a whole new outlook on fishing for me. Something that still puzzles others yet is now part of my everyday lifestyle.
I can elaborate more on this if you would like. It could make a difference on how you make your plastics as it has for a few other manufacturers that I have shared with. [cool]
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Some fish ignore the color scheme and take the action, vibration or presentation of the lure or other offering to them.
In the color scheme, we are reminded that it ties in the depths and the rainbow as your guide to which color to use for best results. We start with RED in the shallower depths of up to 70 feet and then work all the way to the other end of the color scale of VIOLET which is the last color of the spectrum and is still visible up to 100 fathoms or 600 feet.
There is another factor that we use in the salty pond aka: Ocean.
The fish rely upon the currents to be what drives their food to them. That works on a minor to major scale. As the currents move plankton and other micro organisms around, the next size fish is feeding on them. In turn, bigger fish eat smaller fish and it continues to escalate.
Keeping that in mind, you can fish different size baits and expect correlating sized fish.
I will often fish a small hook and a big hook on the same line. Small hook catches my fresh bait fish that I will use to catch the target species with.
Then comes the wierd factor. I asked a marine biologist that I was fishing with about the ocean currents and fish feeding. The biologist told me that they are so closely tied together that they have not much to do with each other. In other words, fish feed as often and untimely as they please.
Ocean currents move certain types of food for easy pickings. Lack of current allows other types of low energy baits to come out from hiding.
This opened up a whole new outlook on fishing for me. Something that still puzzles others yet is now part of my everyday lifestyle.
I can elaborate more on this if you would like. It could make a difference on how you make your plastics as it has for a few other manufacturers that I have shared with. [cool]
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