Do "Infra-Red" Nets work to catch fish?

[that Fish Guy]

I have read before that fish cannot see the color red. People say that they use Red Lights to view their Aquarium at night.

I just got a Drs. Foster and Smith catalog in the mail.

In it I noticed this.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=24982

It is an Infra-Red Net by Penn Plax.

Has anyone tried this or heard anything about it?

Does it make catching fish any easier?

 

[Bigcefa]

They will be able to see it no problem, they probly going on the premise under water red and pinks are the first color to disappear in the color spectrum, but even if they couldn't see the net they will see the handle and your hand. Fish aren't that dumb to jump into a invisinet

 

[ReeferBatman]

Fish have a 'lateral line' that is like a motion detector. Even if they couldn't see the net, the water displaced by you moving around the tank would be enough to send them into hiding.

Interesting idea, but I think it's more a gimmick.



Add to that, the Red light thing only works [and not on every species] in otherwise darkness... which I'm guessing is not how you catch your fish...

 

[Slystone]

So you can catch them asleep?

 

[tkeracer619]

How can a solid object be "Infra-Red"?

I guess the same way sunglasses can be "HD" :lol: