What is the advantage of red hooks?

[~Joe~]

Gotta git me some Red hooks size 4.
Best/joe

[NIMROD]

No advantage in my opinion . Why do Bass fishermen swear by red crank baits but say fish can't see red line ? Colors are to catch fishermen / sell more tackle

[Ketchn]

Orange smoked the other colors used yesterday by miles , but I am partial to orange , dont know exactly why , but it could be do to the way it hammers fish lips .....

[wannabe fisherman]

some times I believe that color is just a mental attitude of the fisherman/woman that's using it. Worms and minnows are all the same and have caught fish for more years than I've been around,80. However color has caught me to the point that I think I've got enough on hand, both hooks and baits, to start my own bait and tackle store.

[Ketchn]

used to use red permanent marker on hard baits that didn't come with any on them , gills and belly , just saying

[keeferfish]

Orange smoked the other colors used yesterday by miles , but I am partial to orange

Blue and Chartreuse produces far more than any other color for me but I bet like every other post saying one color out produces another is that you use your favorite color much more! I know I do.

[Ketchn]

them same folks that say red goes away , say blue stays , just saying ......
crappie eyes they say , see blue better for deeper than any other color .....
no clue here but blue/chart has done well for me on occasion .
there are several versions of blue and chart considered to be go to colors in these parts

[Linhardt]

My understanding is this; in the UV spectrum red is the first color to get washed out to something like gray. So it isn’t completely useless as some might think. I’ve tied jigs for bluegill that worked OK but became a hot ticket when I added a short piece of red wool on the tail of the tie. But you know me and I always have a story to give. TJ Stallings was a friend and worked for several companies in the fishing industry. I met him in his dads tackle store on Michigan ave in Orlando when I was late teens or early twenties. I never knew TJ to boast or talk trash so I believe this 100%.
It was after closing and TJ and his dad Tim were finishing up and his dad told him to come here, I have something to show you. They walked to the aquarium that was in the store with a couple of small bass and a few bluegill of assorted varieties, maybe a Warmouth or two. Tim carried a small penlight and some colored cellophane to put over the lens. Turning out the overhead lights he turned on the penlight and shined it in the tank. No change in the fish. He put the green over the lens, same thing. Yellow too, no change. But when he put the red over the lens and made a red dot on the bottom of the tank, every fish instantly came over to look and see what was going on. Move the light and the fish followed. There’s something to this said Tim, and they finished closing and went home. In his later years TJ became big inTTI Blakemore, the Roadrunner people, also selling tru turn hooks also available in red. I’ve used red in many different fashions and believe that it helps tip the table in my favor. I think that every major tackle maker uses red as a trim color on lots of their baits, I don’t think it’s coincidence.
The only downside to red hooks is that they are first plated gold or the red wouldn’t stand out. After some use the red can be scratched off and you’re left with a gold hook.

skeetbum that is interesting about the red light. If that is the case I wonder if a submersible red fishing light be more affective in attracting bait fish at night than the normal green ones they sell?

[wannabe fisherman]

skeetbum that is interesting about the red light. If that is the case I wonder if a submersible red fishing light be more affective in attracting bait fish at night than the normal green ones they sell?

Run out and buy a couple and let us know how they work !!

[DockShootinJack]

skeetbum that is interesting about the red light. If that is the case I wonder if a submersible red fishing light be more affective in attracting bait fish at night than the normal green ones they sell?

Give new meaning to red light district