Fish Sponge Colors - steelhead and salmon fishing tackle steelhead and salmon fishing tackle

Fish Sponge Color Technology

Fish Sponge products use custom color formulations to maximize visibility in various water conditions. Color is one of the most important factors in attracting fish and one of the key features of our products.

Light travels through water differently than air. As a result, colors that we see in the air can look quite different under water. The 1999 book, What Fish See, by Dr. Colin Kageyama was one of the first books to scientifically confirm what fishermen had found through trial and error - different colors work in different water conditions, and further, while two colors may look the same in the air, they may appear quite different under water.

You will recognize common anadromous fish colors, hot pink, orange, chartreuse, and so on, in our offerings. What is different is that we have tuned these colors for the common fishing conditions we encounter.

Fish Sponge colors are specially made for the most common weather and water conditions we encounter while fishing for Steelhead and Salmon. We have taken into account three common water clarity conditions - clear, emerald green, and stained/muddy, and sunlight conditions, both sunny and cloudy, to formulate our colors. Additional key factors that also affect color preferences in fish include water temperature, and whether the fish are pre-spawn, ie just in from the ocean, or ready-to-spawn. In all cases we have optimized our colors to hold their color under water and to maximize brightness contrast.

For additional information on color:

An article by Dennis Aprill , Outdoors writer
The book What Fish See, Dr. Colin J. Kageyama, 1999, Frank Amato Publications.

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