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hey guys it's mike mckinstry from athlon

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outdoors and one of the biggest fishing

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questions i get out of all the

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questions is always what color do i

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use and when and you have a

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lot of options so today let's go

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through all of them and let's go

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through if color really matters

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so the age old question of what

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color to use and does color matter

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can fish the color do i have

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to have every color bait the very

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short answer is no you don't but

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i do have an easy answer for

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you too there's three categories that i

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put bake colors and there's light

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there's bright and there's dark what do

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those mean so here's how i categorize

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them so light color which is also

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lifelike so lifelike and light are in

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the same category in my tackle box

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if it looks like a real fish

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or it's light colored to me those

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are the realistic colors so for light

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colors you want to look at whites

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and silvers and light blues

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any shadow color or anything that looks

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realistic to what they're eating in the

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water there is a saying called match

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the hatch so you want to try

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to match what they're feeding on look

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at the mentos look at the crawfish

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look what they're eating try to match

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that color here's a very good example

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of a light and lifelike color this

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is a yellow perch color right here

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they call this match sugar daddy but

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this is a perks color it looks

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very realistic it's very life like this

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is great when you have a really

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sunny skies you have clear water you

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need to make sure your presentation looks

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as real as possible that's when you

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use a light-colored bait or lifelike bait

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like this

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now when do you use a dark

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coloured bake like this one right here

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this is a really dark frog right

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here so i have a theory wherein

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it's sunny out clearwater it's bright outside

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the fish can see clearly you want

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to make sure use and lifelike stuff

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darker water darker skies i can go

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a darker color bates the visibility isn't

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as high for the fish

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fish but also sensitive people don't dilate

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they have the same amount of vision

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whether it's light or dark so a

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comfortable shade is good for them you

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get dark water dark skies dark bait

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stand out to them and it gets

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their attention so when using a dark

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bait like this i use it in

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dark water

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now when do you use bright colored

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bakes like this right here this is

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a neon so when i'm talking bright

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colors i'm talking fluorescence i'm talking fluorescent

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orange fluorescent green fluorescent red fluorescent blue

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the neon colors those are your bright

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colors so you have light as lifelike

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you have dark is like your blacks

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and browns and dark blues then you

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have your b

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bright which is neon colors big bright

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colors like this when do you use

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these the fun answer my opinion i

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use these in dark water all the

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time stained water to dark water or

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if you're efficient and even somewhat clear

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water put your fishing deep where the

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sun does not penetrate so it is

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dark down there i like use them

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right

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colors this really gets their attention good

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now if you're efficient for a species

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like pike muskie anything that likes flashy

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bright colors neons will always stand out

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so that's what i use neon colors

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right there

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so this is the fun question i

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always get what about bates that mix

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the colors my favorite go to color

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right here is chartreuse in dark green

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so you have light and dark together

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on the same bait when do you

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use that this is my favorite thing

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use it everywhere anytime you want this

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is a great mix i love using

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this

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color combination if you see me fishing

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anywhere in the country this is the

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number one bait you'll see me throw

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right here is that netted the ned

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rig setup right here this isn't that

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ocho but in this color chartreuse green

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and half dark green on the other

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half so depending on how you move

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the bait you get a good mix

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of both right there so it's very

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universal i love using these on the

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ball

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autumn was a little bit darker stained

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water but i have good luck and

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clearwater too

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i always get asked what color white

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do i get for bates and i

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always makes me laugh because in my

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head i always think white is white

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but is that true here's pearl white

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now pearl white is white with a

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little bit of shimmer to it now

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is this any different to the fish

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than cloud white or minnow white or

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any other white snow white any other

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white color you could think of my

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theory is no having glitter in a

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color does help it does make a

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difference it does make it stand out

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on bright sunny days just like this

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any light sources will reflect off of

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it but white is white you don't

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need forty five shade you don't need

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to get the whole box of crayons

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for your tackle box makes you covered

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light bright and dark and you'll be

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more successful on the water have more

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fish in the boat and have a

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way better understanding of how fish can

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see based on the water use lifelike

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colors and clear water use darker colors

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and dark water and use a mixture

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of the bright and dark together whenever

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you can get some more fish in

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the boat guys makes you watch for

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athlon outdoors for all the other videos

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reposting and read the full

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the article i did about this to

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understand how fish can see colors underwater

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better we'll see you guys soon and

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thank you for watching