Duroboat, last fall we had some fun dying herring slightly differently. Rather than adding the food coloring to the brine - and thereby coloring my brine tub - after I removed the herring from their overnight brine bath, I put them in a baggie and then added 3 or 4 drops of the coloring; it created a very intense color.

We did some blue, some red, some green, and some with red egg-cure for both color and scent.

From the 3 days we fished with 'em I'd say our results were inconclusive but we'll keep at it. Like others have said, I'm sure there are days when a certain color really helps.

Also RapidRoberts tip above for how to color one side sounds great. Springers watch out!

BTW, anyone know the formula for making 'chartreuse' using food dyes, I've not been able to get it? Purple too?
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