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| has anyone ever noticed a decrease in musky numbers when wearing blaze orange clothing? especially with boat side strikes. this is gonna be the first year i fish into late fall and my blaze orange hunting stuff is definatly the warmest stuff i own. thanks |
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| Personally I won't wear any blaze orange when fishing. I wear my camo Gore-Tex Thinsulate stuff when it gets cold. Judging by the background of the sky/ horizon, I wear Treetop camo that is gray and off white, etc.
I can only guess that a muskie looking up at your lure as it approaches the boat just might be turned off by a blaze orange scarecrow.
I don't know of any scientific proof, but I won't wear it. |
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Location: Minnesota | Watch out! Orange seemed to be the hot color the last few years. A boated muskie is not legal when your coat catches it...lol
On a serious note, I doubt it matters. Look at some of the paint jobs on boats with the lettering too. Lots of bright paint. IMO if they are not spooked by boats they are not spooked by you. JMO but an excellent question!
To add, woudl muskies see ornage or woudl they see an off brown? Not sure how thier eyes work..
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Location: Chicago | I got it, just hook them further out from the side of said boat...............;) |
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| This post has got to be someone from Wisconsin!!! Just worry about keeping that Blatz from freezing!!! |
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| Does this help??? 52.25
Go pack go!!!
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| just joking with the WI thing.. Nice fish dude..... |
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Location: Detroit Lakes | That there is a cheese head from North Dakota!!! Did you notice the PBR hat????
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 'This post has got to be someone from Wisconsin!!! Just worry about keeping that Blatz from freezing!!!'
Nope, this thread is a product of a registered user with a MN ISP. No Blatz for him OR you. |
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Location: Minnesota | Anonymous, Does not count... He has the gold chain bling on. We all know muskies love the bling and it will overpower blaze orange anyday! |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | I would just worry about falling in the water as our big girls kind of favor orange. LMAO
Edited by Trophymuskie 9/16/2007 10:48 AM
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| I always thought the orange camo was church clothes..........in Northern Wisc........LOL I have caught quite a few skis of midsize with Blaze camo.... in Minn.. people seem to give me plenty of room cause they think I'm from Wisconsin..... One was used in Essox mag. a few yrs ago... just a 25" er .........Don't break the toy! |
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| On one hand, I agree with the poster who said that if the boat doesn't spook them, the color of your clothes won't either.
With super agressive fish or dark/stained water, I'd say that's true. But having scared off probably 50 - 75 different fish over the last few years, I have to believe that anything you can do to make yourself less visible is going to up your percentages quite a bit. There was a topic a while back about "lucky" fishing clothes/hats/etc. My "lucky" fishing shirt was (it literally fell apart  ) light blue, faded to white in places. If I was wearing that shirt it was almost a guarantee I would outfish everyone else that day.
Back then I never thought about the fact that it was the same color as the sky, but now I REALLY wonder... |
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Location: Lake Tomahawk, WI | If you're fishing during gun deer season I would wear orange. A few shooting accidents up here over the years. Couple of tourists shot at a school bus one time, another shot a horse out from under a rider. Always some idiot who will shoot at movement . Be Safe!!!
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