Food for thought

[keithdog]

I'm sure most of the folks who partake in these forums already knows that the color red is the first color to fade away as it sinks into water. Thats why Cajun makes the red fishing line, and a couple other manufacturers are starting to offer the same thing. The line becomes almost invisable to the fish under water. This got me to thinking, why are so many manufacturers starting to use red for their lures to represent a bleeding baitfish for example? You see it now with nearly all of the manufacturers. The bleeding bait idea. If the color red is the first to fade under water, seems to me this is just a ploy to get us to buy more lures. Besides, how often does a fish see blood in the water really? I doubt very often. Certainly not often enough to make a difference. Watch a bass eat anything. He doesn't tear it apart, but rather he swallows it whole. There is no blood. Cut a minnow in half and you will see little blood. Seems to me, it would be better to come up with a blood scent to spray on your lures. I bet that would have a greater inpact than any fake blood color patterns. I'll stick with my normal colors.