Spin Doc's

[apb]

Hey Kingslamon22 what do you pair with the carmal dolphin?  Also what are you guys pairing with Lemon ice?  Also Waiting for an answer to sk8mans question?!?!    Tis the season!!!

[Rippin'Line]

What would anyone say if someone took the view that the color is irrelevant? and that it is the action that gets the fish...the color is happen stance (geared to catch the fisherman buyer) and the proximity to the fish is what really counts ?

I second this that the action is what really entices the strike but I do believe that color has something to do with it but I don't believe all these patterns make a difference. Plain white, green, chartreuse etc will work just as well. Gotta have glow tho.

[Sk8man]

I guess I can rest my case.....just like with the lures it's the action and proximity to the fish not the color....

[cuseroller]

Color matters look at a color spectrum chart. Certain colors are only visible to certain depths in the water column in the light. Red orange are for top of water column and don't work nearly as well in deep water as blues and greens.

[cuseroller]

Color 10 Feet 20 Feet 30 Feet

Red 6.5% 0.4% 0.25%

Orange 50% 25% 12%

Yellow 73% 53% 40%

Green 88% 78% 69% Got this off a different site and pasted it in. Hope this helps

[Sk8man]

I believe those figures reflect the ability of humans to see color at depth. I don't think the fish actually reported the data. I guess my point is that all these colors and patterns wouldn't ALL be effective if color was the only or main variable. The fish eye is known to be quite sensitive to the yellow/chartreuse/green colors - I concede that but all these crazy color patterns don't have a rats butt to do with what the fish feed on nor are they present in their native habitat and are in large part are designed to catch the fisherman's eye (and money....mine included)

[Rippin'Line]

Agreed!!!!. Gotta spend money on something tho. Might as well be something u love doing.

[Totally Hooked]

After the last two days - plain white glow, it's been getting slammed lately.

Mtn Dew crush is my second .

In case my wife reads this all 20 different colors I have in my box I really love and need

[Fish Hunter]

If I had just one it would be white /mt.dew/crush. Make that two of them.

That is a good one..............especially when used ahead of a Big Weenie Butterface Glowtail!!

[GAMBLER]

Color does matter but really how much color are the fish seeing following a Spin Doctor?  I think a white flasher with any other color on it, the fish sees white.  I don't really think the see green spots or black spots on a flasher.  Same goes with silver, green, black flashers.  I think the colors hook fishermen more than the fish.

[Tim Bromund]

well then why will a green dot flasher consistently outproduce a plain white one many days?

[TOP SECRET]

Color matters look at a color spectrum chart. Certain colors are only visible to certain depths in the water column in the light. Red orange are for top of water column and don't work nearly as well in deep water as blues and greens.

The fish hit my invisible red lures just fine down 100ft!

[larry]

My theory on what is taking place here and what color would be your best choice: first the spin doctor is not a bait but an attractor the motion of which is seen as a feeding salmon checking bait with its lateral line to sense vibration of the prey to insure it is a food source of weakened ability.

(Survival of the fittest) Now consider the coloration of salmon, if seen from below it will appear white( white belly) seen from above it would appear black, during the rolling motion of lateral line sensing it would flash its' shiny silver side and reflect the attributes of its' enviroment, ie, greenish water(lots of green water at Niagara), bright sun or dark day etc. The trailing bait whether it's cut bait, fly, squid etc. has already been checked out by a salmon and any following competing salmon must decide instantly to strike or starve based on how well the presentation you have choosen mimics what it sees every day as it occurs naturally and is ingrained in its' instinct to survive. All fish are camoflauged to survive and the pattern is pretty distinctive for its enviroment, the challenge is matching these subtle variations to where we fish and our wallet.

[Fish Hunter]

I used some UV plates last year, and the fish did prefer those over others being offered in the same spread, time and again.

[BrokeOff]

i havent caught a fish on spinny yet this year.  been all pro trolls

[allaboutfishing13]

I always wondered if color mattered or not and it was just the silhouette of the tape cutting out the flash to make it a different shape. Like dots on a flashy background. Maybe the dots would leave like a hole like image and the fish would just see the breakup from the tape or paint. Just an idea. Although I've had the same thing happen with the uv. They would hit UV some days and not touch the other stuff and vice versa.

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[sabonation]

Here's my general rule of thumb..

Low light conditions ( cloudy, early am or late pm), calm water, and fishing deep water = glow spin docs.

Sunny, choppy water, fishing top 60 fow = flashier spin docs.

You don't always get those to align, which is why there are spin docs that flash and glow. And then there's UV also, which I'm going to experiment with more this year.

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[ReelPower]

Black Dipsey, Glo Frog Racer Spin Doctor, and a Reel-Hooked Up fly go to set-up.............#2 Green Dolphin/chrome Spin Doctor, fly is a XXX-treme glow "pole dancer" or "lap dancer"( I confuse the fantasy).............everything as long as it's green ........and glow............. sometimes I wear a tie   

That's the ticket, with some sushi.

[chucknmel]

if i could only have 2 it would be the 72 montey or the white with green dots

[mark2175]

For some reason Michael Jackson was on fire last year for us. It became our go to. Deadly early morning.

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[G-Daddy]

I like to use a white green dot spinnie pulling a bright green fly with uv glow and a gold 42nd spinnie pulling a moonshine smitty fly.

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Age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm.

Edited August 3, 2014 by G-Daddy

[baitrigger]

Dust em all off. Prime time is just around the corner.

[Dan1]

I'm honestly shocked that more people didn't say 42 second.

[Chas0218]

I haven't caught much on the 42nd. Mostly white crush with green dots and mnt dew glue crush.

Sent from my thinking chair...

[allaboutfishing13]

Mtn dew!

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