Colours

[The Great Wallsendo]

Spray painted a couple of more Pirks Pink again last night...not just for amusement but also in the interests of science

Speaking with a lad at work and he swears that coloured pirks make a big differrence...his favourite being a red/pink pirk with a yellow head

I know Norman will swear by a certain colour and to be honest there are times when it does seem to outfish other tactics...having switched to said colour when I'm not catching only to start landing fish can't be a coincidence

but is it the same old story with lures catching the Angler and not the fish?

What's peoples thought on colours catching fish?

[braine]

Colour definitely plays a part in catching fish. In natural light under water, the first colour you "lose" is red. This will then appear to be dark grey / black at depth. You lose the spectrum colours from the red end through to blue. I find that most of my cod caught on daylights go for the red tipped one first, regardless of whether it is on the bottom, middle, or top of the string. Next comes green or yellow and finally blue. Mackerel seem to take any colour but if taken singly or just a couple they are invariably caught on the red / yellow colours first and then green and blue.
Pollack seem to prefer a green /yellow lure more than a red one and never caught them on blue. For rubber squid baits, the pink has scored better than the green ones. For ling, it seems like they prefer an orange type of lure but fresh coaley or pouting scores above mackerel and any type of lure.
A black /red lure above a red/silver pirk seems to attract more fish than a silver pirk on its own, even with bait on the pirk [Mackerel]. It does change a bit through the season but all colours will fish as some stage in the season or even during the session. All this is on the drift. Anchoring is something else!

[Tadpoleman]

Lead coloured pirks for me !

[KeithB]

I find it doesn't matter!!!

I can loose any colour.

[mark]

purple.... As of just 10 minutes ago


BIG pollack a plenty from the rocks this afternoon!

[Charlton]

have found red/orange pirks for close in wrecking and for some reason black have always worked very well in deeper water.

[SIXFOOTSTEVE]

Black must work well as a silhouette Alan ,I got that from my mate the pike fisherman ,anyway ,I've dabbled with a couple myself tonight so we'll see if they work tomorrow ( not black by the way ).