I've been looking at lure colours in the water and the effect of light absorption and light scattering.
Some good articles have been written by the likes of Greg Vinall and Steve Starling relating to colours in open ocean situations.
Light scatter in water has been well documented by people with more degrees after their names than can be found on a thermometer. Hugely informative though.
However, Greg and Steve's articles only talk about what happens to absorption in clear water. None of the articles talk about what happens in dirty estuary water.
And that's the reality that we barra/threadfin fishermen face. For us its clarity (turbidity) and for freshwater fishermen you can add water colour itself (eg tannin) with algae thrown in.
It sure has been a learning curve but will be ready to go pretty soon.
I've been trying to get a handle on the subject to the stage that I can distill it into simple language that even I can understand easily. Hasn't been easy trying to do that because of all the concurrent interactions that occur. Like trying to pick an end while watching an octopus trying to make love to a set of bagpipes. Where's the start and where's the end?
So........
Have a look back through post 102 in relation to lateral lines in the meantime.......and
Watch this space.