what colors fish can see

[CheapPelican]

Doesn't attract any specific types of fish or explain why the color green is used but makes sense;

"The Quarrow Allure-Light shines a bright green light directly into the water. The reason why this light helps catch more fish is very simple. The green light starts a natural food chain reaction by attracting a concentration of small microscopic animals called plankton. Bait fish such as shad and minnows are drawn to the light to feed on the plankton and larger game fish move in to feed on the bait fish."

[sasha]

Thanks guys that explains some for me.. I want to stack up the chances of catching something nicer as i didnt get anything big yet. So i thought maybe some lures that glow diffrent colors might help me some.
Going to be doing alot of reading on it.

Sasha

[maui jim]

Professor Dr.Dan Hernandez uses Red Hooks and Line....and the dippin sauce is red also........

[DESTROYER]

Drew Clarke who now is an avid diver and teacher told me he takes a Roma Tomato down with him when he is teaching and 9 out of 10 times the people guess that it is a Kiwi.

I'm color blind and I got to tell you, I've always been more of the right place at the right time with the right presentation.

[Nic D]

Originally Posted by DESTROYER

Drew Clarke who now is an avid diver and teacher told me he takes a Roma Tomato down with him when he is teaching and 9 out of 10 times the people guess that it is a Kiwi.

I'm color blind and I got to tell you, I've always been more of the right place at the right time with the right presentation.

exactly, fish see tones after about 40' down, not so much in colors

[grey zone]

I think the reason you see green lights being used is because thats the only color available in a 12 volt submersible. All the white lights I see are above the water and run on 110 via generator, the noise gives that away. I can not debate white vs. green because I have only used green, but I will say it works very well. I have seen commercial light boats with green lights above the water.

[bubblehide]

Originally Posted by Tamarack Studios

exactly, fish see tones after about 40' down, not so much in colors

Actually what we humans see underwater is tones (as colors fade with depth). And considering that it is believed that fish can see not only the colors we can, but the UV spectrum too, it only makes sense that there visual perception is much different that ours.

We can come up with computer models/simulations for what it might look like, but a brains perception, whether it's a fish, snake, elephant, bird, or fish can not be duplicated, all we can do thus far is to take our best guess based on what little information we do know.