Blue Powerbait

Alright. There seems to be some inside joke running here about the blue power bait. Not sure the story, but it is kind of funny. Got me wondering...We all know that sometimes the steel will eat just about anything, so I want to know honestly, how many of you have caught them on the blue powerbait in any real numbers? (more than one freak occurence.) I was a little surprised when my first year up I caught about six on corn, drifted like an egg. Since then I started dying my corn pink as the steel seem to have a fetich for the color and caught even more on the pink corn. I don't use it alot as I prefer minnows, waxworms, eggs or jigs....but it works! Might have to grab a jar of blue PB just for humors sake. I've caught hatchery stream trout on stuff so crazy you almost wouldn't believe it from McDonald's fries to macaroni noodles to pepperoni, tootsie rolls, chewing gum (big red is awesome), melon rinds, gummi worms (another killer bait)......I've got a warped sense of humor and I love to try something off the wall just to see if it works.

Never blue. Back many years ago there was a spring run from hell with dropbacks everywhere. The chutes were loaded with fish like sardines in a can. The waterfall had a thousand fish in it. Water was high and clear. I ran out of everything I had. At the time I only fished minnows, skein, and flatfish lures. I ran out of skein and minnows. Had orange powerbait in my vest. Went thru the jar. Pulled out orange trout worms, fished them dead like live bait. Ran out of them. Finally fished flatfish lures on a float with split shot and caught fish.

This was maybe 2001 or 2.....first 50 fish day. And yes, it was when I counted. This was over 7 hours though so really not that impressive considering the fish were everywhere, hitting everything. Haven't seen the chutes loaded with fish like that since. Of course don't fish the Nut too much anymore but early in the season and the last few days of spring.

At some point these fish will hit every color of every powerbait made. I haven't tried doing it but I would imagine they would hit shrimp like they do in Indiana. Probably corn. Probably ****ed near anything you can imagine.

Screaming,
   There was a study done a few years back where they studied the color shift of certain items when they are in water.  It seems blue takes on a more visible color shift and becomes more visible as the water gets deeper.  I don't know why. I'm not a fish scientist Jim, just a poor country doctor who got stranded on a starship.

ORIGINAL: bingsbaits

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~etrnsfer/water.htm

   Yeah, That's what I said!    LOL!

I could have sworn that I saw last year of a guy catching a 16 lb steelhead surf fishing off of 12 mile with blue powerbait.  It has to work sometimes because they still make the stuff!

Omg yeah please post that...I need to see that again that was by the funniest picture posted on fisherie to date....please please please!!!

blue egg sacks bough from new york work when the steelies aren't biting on any other color.   it is a color they dont see around here

70 % of my early season fish are caught on blue Sucker Spawn.

there ya' go folks.... some real fishing tips.... use blue.  You heard it here first :)
 
 

Every year I buy 3 different colors of powerbait.
Sherbet, lime and flavor of the week.
I go through a lot putting a golf ball size chunk on a 2/0 treble hook

it only works with a half oz sinker...

then its golden

ORIGINAL: pxatim


it only works with a half oz sinker...

then its golden

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Just thought about how I use blue in all variations on numerous presentations. Blue patterned spoons and spinners, blue scale Flatfish, blue jigs of 4-5 different shades and variations, and it goes on. Must be a fav color of these fish.

blue is the new pink