Randy talks about if fish can see line…#bassfishing #angling #fish #angler #fishing #bass #catchandrelease #fishingline
Lake map breakdowns…https://fishthemoment.com/lake-breakdowns-randy
Send an email
New Submissions
Can Fish See Fishing Line?
I notice green tinted line seems to fade into the background even clean water.
Something I wanted to mention is the terrain. There are cases I have heard that fluorocarbon stands out more than monofilament due to the stones in the area.
The question should be, do they care. Bass can feel a lure, line, your boat, even in dirty water. They may not be able to see it but they know it's there.
Bass are underwater cats, personally I don’t think they care, if it moves, it’s dinner. There’s a video of a guy catching Bass on a square block of wood with treble hooks.😂
Yeah. But fish bite a fake plastic lure with 2 treble hooks hanging off the lue.
One thing I've heard is that fish have a hard time seeing anything red. I think all fish can see line it's a case of how well can they see it. I also think that at times they are so focused on the lure or bait that they don't notice the line. One of the reasons I say that is that I have friends up north that fish for pike with wire leaders and it doesn't stop the fish from biting.I agree with you about the bigger line effecting the action of the lure.
I have never used clear blue mono. I use line size for lure manipulation or casting ease. I think that fish can be caught on rope with a hook in it. They strike plastic?!?!
A major difference of fluorocarbon versus nylon monofilament is the optical density. Fluorcarbon is very close the the same optical density as water, so the line is not reflecting much. Mono causes a surface with a different optical density and it acts like a mirror. Same as the surface of the water with an interface (air) that has a very different optical density. So the water surface acts like a mirror. Braid while being opaque is still better than Mono as it does not act as a reflector. Damned science LOL
How can fish understand what fishing line is The line size affects the action of the lure or maybe casting distance if that's important
I think it depends much more on the species of fish than anything else. When I got back into fishing 10 years ago, I was using only a dark green-colored braid while fishing for bass, and I wouldn’t say I’ve become any more successful after switching to using a fluorocarbon leader in the past few years.
For trout fishing in southwestern Wisconsin, I would say I caught 30 to 40% more fish after switching from a nano braid to a fluorocarbon leader and subsequently to plain fluorocarbon. Sometimes the water is extremely clear in the spring-fed trout streams, sometimes not so much after it rains. I’m catching mostly brown trout and I think they can be more cautious than most other types of game fish.
A couple of years ago when I was surf fishing a Gulf beach in Florida, I tied lures on straight to turquoise-colored braid, and had no problem catching some really nice, 20+ inch pompano, bluefish, and weakfish. I was retrieving a topwater lure pretty fast to keep it below the waves on a somewhat turbulent day, and the fish I caught apparently weren’t concerned about the line I was using, although it may have blended in pretty well with the water.
I don’t think they care. The line effects presentation. Heavier line mutes the action of a bait which could be a negative or positive depending on conditions. I’ve found when flipping I get more bites on heavier line, I think it makes the lure drop more vertically.
I wonder if any actual scientific studies have been done on bass vision. Can anyone suggest any to me please?