I do not have even close experience in trolling comparing to most of you, guys, but I'd like to say that if fishermen would know a bit more about math probability they would stop talking about things like lure colors and many other...Really, from scientific point of view, even though we all could combine our experience with the lures, it is impossible to proof which one works better.Think about all different types of variation we have in our fishing "experiments": spoon color/size/ shape; clarity/color of water; speed of the spoon; fishing depth; lightness of the day (sunny, cloudy etc); time of the year; time of the day... I probably still missed a lot... Add here that we all know: if there is no fish around, then no lure would catch it. And the opposite: if there is a lot of hungry fish willing to bite almost any lure will succeed.Combining it all, there are millions of variation... So it is impossible to confidently say that one particular lure color works better than another.Saying all that I'll still listen to Krawler advise about green/blue and get and use some of that to substitute my golden/silver stuff. Why? I'm sure I cannot be wrong with it... At the very least it all doesn't matter..
Perhaps a little better understanding of fishing is in order
one lure gets ate 6 times and the other zero all other conditions being the same
Silver finishes reflect more light than chrome finishes
For salmon you need something that flops around and darts in random ways.