can fish see colors - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Amythefish · 03-18-2003, 08:33 PM

my dad showed me some pretty plugs in all different colors. can fish see colors???

RockLobsta · 03-19-2003, 06:34 AM

Short answer .....yes

The vertebrate eye contains about 125 million "rod" cells which distinguish between light and dark and close to 6 million "cone" cells which distinguish colours.
Each cone cell contains a visual pigment which absorbs light of a particular wavelength, generally between 400 and 700 nanometres (nm); the range of visible light. Wavelengths between 300 and 400 nm make ultraviolet (UV) light.

capesams · 03-19-2003, 06:38 AM

u copy that outta somethin?

shore manic · 03-19-2003, 07:00 AM

well see you can learn new things!! i figured light and dark but actual color was new to me. wonder what fisheyes perception is on this?

RockLobsta · 03-19-2003, 07:56 AM

Yes.....it was from an artical on the web.....there are many you can do a search for "fish sight" or similar. Here's another one for you .....interesting stuff

Click Here

PNG · 03-19-2003, 08:14 AM

I still say they don't read books........

Saltheart · 03-19-2003, 08:45 AM

Welcome to the board Amy.

Katie · 03-19-2003, 12:56 PM

Can fish see in color or in black-and white?

(very common question)

Yes!

Many fish have color vision but some colors do not penetrate deeper water - blue is better seen at depth than red or yellow. Fish color vision is probably very different from ours. Contrast betweeen the color of the foreground and the background is important for their sight.

Amythefish · 03-19-2003, 06:43 PM

Thank you for the replys it helped

PS it was not my question it was dads

IFG · 03-19-2003, 08:03 PM

or i've wasted alot of time painting plugs