Re: White bottoms....
...hull bottoms that is, your perv you
Are fish in relatively shallow water spooked by color above them? Just wondering.
yes fish can see and be spooked by dark hull colors in shallow water but a lot depends on the fish you target because forward or upward feeding/looking fish will often see and avoid the strange object in front of them. there are always fish that don't care or arent easily spooked but after years and years of fishing with white, blue, red, hunter green, and grey bottom hulls, I can tell you for 100% certainty that the big fish will scatter before you can get in casting distance with the highly visible red blue and green hulls but you can get very much closer to them with the white and grey hull colors.
fish are color blind and only see things in terms of different shades of white black and grey so its mainly a light or dark object they are seeing.
the side hull that is not under water doesn't matter as much because it is very low to the water so by the time the fish are able to see it he is within a couple of yards of the boat anyways but if you are going to be standing on the bow or back platform you have to think about wearing muted colors that match the skyline behind you so you don't stand out. bright flashy colors will spook fish too because they CAN see you above the water as they get closer to the boat.
by contrast it seamed barker bottom hull colors seamed to attract fish to them when fishing offshore, im sure its because its more visible and when you are offshore those fish tend to move toward things they see.
I would go with blue or red bottoms for deep water and offshore fishing and for shallow water fishing go with white or if its aluminum get it in the grey color.
