Red Hype

[shb]

I'm not trying to start any fights, but I think all this red line, and red hook hype is a bunch of guys in the marketing departments just doing their job.

one company sells it because it's hard to see under water

one sells it to  trigger strikes because of a predators response to the sight of blood.

Those are mutually exclusive concepts.

Its something new and different that appeals to our wallet draining attraction to bright colorful shiny objects.

They don't have to catch fish, they're doing a more important job of cating fishermen.

Im embarassed to admit I tried em both.

[1911crazy]

It sure looks like it works on the TV fishing shows with the pro's?  I bought all this stuff to try anyway there isn't much new stuff nor anything I don't have now anyway.  For the first time in my bass fishing life I'm ready to go.  I think the red line on a topwater application will simulate a blood trail but it does disappear as it goes deeper.  I mainly use Excaliber silver thread and I notice the red cajun line has much more stretch to it too.   The only other new bait this year is the rapala glass shad lures.                                                                       BigBill

As far as bleeding baits go have you ever noticed that the crankbaits with the orange bottoms work better?? Crankbaits like some of the bomber's, the manns and even the colors like the baby bass color with the orange bottoms too.  I haven't put much $$ into it just some hooks a a few buzzbait and spinnerbaits to try this bleeding blood red craze that is hitting us right now.  It also seems others are jumping on it too besides us I see BPS and Cabelas constantly sold out of all this red color stuff too so seeing the pro's use something new does sell baits for sure.  I will post my opinion after i try it.

[Lawdog]

shb,

The first spool of Cajun line that I got was given to me.  I tried it because it looks so visible on top of the water, which it is.  Helps when fishing around heavy grass, weeds, brush and such to avoid objects.  It gets invisible underwater just like any clear line.  Will it make me change from Trilene, not at this time.  I don't know about the bleeding effect but I will say I have seen many times when a red color was the only color that would produce.  I will say most of my diving plugs have a red slash area on the bottom are the ones that produce the best.  Personally I am waiting for the vote to come in on the bleeding hook idea.  Lawdog
 

[Bugflipper]

I've been using these things for 10 years or so on trout, honestly can't say they are better or worse. They're just cheaper than stainless and don't rust up as quick as plain. When your wife ain't looking steal some of that fingernail polish and try your luck. If she doesn't catch you maybe you'll catch some fish. In all honestly blood is a smell rather than sight under water(in my opinion). I know you've buggered up a bass before you learned to cut the line. Throw him back in and floating upside down , there's no blood on him. You know it was running all the way down to the tail before you put him back. I've probably caught thousands of trout over the year, I doubt I caught any just because the hook was painted red.
 Now the laser light is different my dog attacks the @#$% out of that red bug running across the floor, he can care less when I drop a hook thank goodness. If a fish is to stupid to see 6 shiny pointy things dangling under his dinner, he's going to be to stupid to see 6 red pointy things dangling about.

[1911crazy]

If you look closely at clear line it looks like a split screen on the tv you can see a faint fine line still present.  With cajun red line you can't see any at all nothing shows up in the water as soon as it hits it I can see my crankbait with snap swivel moving by itself with nothing attatched.
                                                                     BigBill

Well have to wait and see how my red hooks workout I don't want to prejudge too early in the season.  Its not a fair test here because its been raining all the time and the fish just are so sluggish.  Plus the misses is recovering from an operation and I'm helping her out but i got out at 5am today and fished before the haevy rain came for about 15 to 20 minutes and nailed two bass right away one two lber and one three lber on the red hooks.  One I was about to take my crankbait out of the water and I ripped it as it came up and it went back down??  Da I had a fish on!!!! I ws shocked it was pulling back.

[sissysue]

We have bought the red cajan line cause i've trouble seeing the clear line when we go night fishing. I don't have a lot of trouble seeing the red line in the  coleman lauterns. When we go fishing on the lakes or the river :.

[Skipper]

sissysue,

Use a blacklight at night.  It will light up normal clear blue florescent line and not shine an unnatural light on the water like a lantern will.  We do a lot of night fishing around here, and that's what we use.



Skipper