shark downrigger color does it matter

[Lucky D]

Just wondering if the color would make a big difference in the amount of fish caught . is chrome better than black or is glow better or it doesn't matter at all.

[orangediablo]

Some will say yes and run chrome, some will say it doesn't matter and they run black.  Guess it depends if you want to louden your spread, or quiet it.

 

Same can go for divers.  Does it matter what color your divers are?

[nickihoyboy]

Just my experience, and a really small sample, but I think it might. Fished out of the Oak for three weeks last July. I always ran black Shark weights, but had two chrome Sharks as backups. One week into my trip I lost one of the black weights when the split ring breakaway below my Fish Hawk probe cut loose. I had no choice but to put on one of the chrome Shark weights for the rest of the trip. To my surprise, I would estimate that about 75% of the releases I had on the two downriggers came on the chrome side after that. Sunny or cloudy, didn’t seem to matter. Granted, the fishing at that time was lights out, so I don’t know if the chrome might scare fish when conditions are tougher, but I will definitely be running at least one chrome weight this coming year to get a better idea if there’s anything to it.

[Lucky D]

like I said just wondering because lures change color as they get deeper in the water column. red turns grey and barely visible white stays white and highly visible as does glow spoons.

that why we use glow and alot of white back spoons for trolling. black is greyish say at 80ft or deeper. i have black sharks now. was going to powder coat white for this season at see what happens.

[orangediablo]

try it and see what happens.  Can always go back