Selecting the Right Colors for Salmon Fishing

Learn how the colors of your trolling presentations are seen under the water by fish and why certain colors are better than others under specific conditions.
0:00 Intro
0:33 GLF Title
0:40 Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
1:17 How the Eye Works
3:23 Light in the Water Column
3:54 How Light Absorbs and Reflects on Lures
4:16 How Non-Glow Lures Look Underwater
5:03 How Glow Lures Look Underwater
5:28 Strategy
6:43 Summary
7:14 Thanks for Watching!

[@keithdengenis111]

Extremely helpful.

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

Glad to hear! Thanks for the comment!

[@exitar1]

Great presentation!

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

Glad you liked it!

[@clarkthesharkfishing]

Great video thanks!

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

Glad you liked it!

[@rottenanimal619]

Fishing lake Ontario, I found that gold spoons catch a lot of lake trout at 85 to 90 feet.

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

Makes sense! If you go to 3:38 in the video, yellow (gold) is one the most penetrating. Monkey Puke is a great color for Lake Trout on Lake Michigan and Huron as well. Thanks for the comment!

[@Rockdog333]

Makes me wonder how lake trout love the yellow and red five of diamonds pattern at 50 , 55 feet.

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

The yellow would still penetrate to that depth. The red would look dark.

[@nagibson1]

I'd love to see more salmon/trolling videos.

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

Thanks for the comment. I plan to get a couple of these in next spring/summer. Anything in particular that interests you? Technique, science, or just catching fish?

[@piesquared1025]

sounds good but I think fish are colorblind

[@thegreatlakesfisherman]

Not true. Some fish see colors differently than humans. But that’s not relevant. What’s relevant is that how they see color at 30’ is significantly different than at 100’.