How important is the color and detail on the top of a surface plug?

[NIB]

I will go thru a few plugs in my bag an not be overfished.I mean sure guys might do me by one or 2 fish that happens.I'm talkin where some guy has "THE" hot plug or color an smokes me 7-1 Never happens.How do u explain that.I go thru this all the time with guys an the hot color.I don't buy it.I am stubborn that way.I think if u think something is hot u thro it with confidence.It means everything.

[tattoobob]

Fish are impulse eaters, they see something that looks like food and they put it in there mouths if they don't like it they spit it out, I think it only has to look like food for them to put it in there mouth, thats why storm shads are so hot.

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by NIB

I'm talkin where some guy has "THE" hot plug or color

I've seen it happen .. Years ago one fall morning on a Sandwich beach berfore day break guys were lining up and casting plugs. Word was out fish had been hitting at daybreak . There had to be 40 guys there arms length apart .. One guy in the middle keeps hooking up.. He got 7 fish .. Everyone eles got skunked except for one OTW writer got 1 fish . Stan Kuzia was there,, also Ron Arra and Carl Johanson ,,so its wasn't a matter of guys not reaching the fish . A bunch of other heavies I didn't know . After all the dust settled got a look at the guys plug . It was a Polaris popper Pogy color ,, That light gray with the black false eye .. Only thing that color was not available in stores and he got it from Gibbs himself .. Must have been the plug .. Either that them other guys don't know how to fish .