texacan84 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 I open pour all my soft plastics. I have been thinking about using glow in the dark in my plastic baits. What is everyone's opinion on it? What is the advantage and disadvantage of using it and is it worth the time and money to do it? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 My opinion is , if your not night fishing don't bother . Glow is not going to help in clear water and daylight . Deep low light conditions it might be an advantage . I fish a lot of daytime water the color of chocolate milk . The no. of fish caught on glow, uv, whatever was basically the same according to the laws of chance . Sometimes it's what you believe in or skill level that turns the table for you . Each to his own . Try glow . If you feel good about it go for it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texacan84 Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Thanks toad, I will keep that in mind. I don't do a whole lot of night fishing but I do occasionally. May have to try it just for the sake of trying it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Glow is on the table for me, Burbot (eel Pout etc) around here is a night game even under the ice. For that usage it does make a difference. The plan is to load the glow powder to nuclear levels. I don't need many just want to make them special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglinarcher Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 You have opened a can of worms here.....LOL. I have discussed this in other fishing forums but I will try to keep this emotion free. Some fish species seem to hit lighted or glowing lures or UV enhanced lures well. A prime example is the Salmon and freshwater trout species. I have seen lighted or glowing lures make all the difference, especially in deep, dark water. Burbot / eel pout, yes, it makes a huge difference. Some species are turned off by lighted or glowing lures. I do a lot of night time bass top water fishing and I always have multiple rods rigged up. I have some glow in the dark skirts I use on Buzz baits and spinnerbaits. Well, I should say I try to use them. I have been fishing on nights with I was getting hits on almost every cast, then changed over to the glow and nothing..... changed back and the hits started again. In fact, not a LMB or SMB has ever hit my glow or lighted lures at night. Some species seem to like some light, but only a little. For example, Minnesota studied this regarding Walleye and found that anything more then just a faint, very faint, glow at night was a real turn off. Larry Dahlberg once mentioned that he use to only tie in a single strand of glow in the dark material into his ice fishing jigs for crappie and perch, and he would watch the fish rush his jigs on the fish finder, then stop at point blank and then inhale the bait on the jig. Anything more and nothing, anything less and they would not "rush" but gradually swim to the jig. So, what about during the day? I see no difference on trout when the light is strong enough to penetrate the water, but the UV enhanced seems to help a lot very early and very late in the day, and in muddy water. Bass do not seem to be turned off by glow or lights during the day. Shallow water Walleye are not turned off by UV or lights, but the deeper it gets, but less I find that the Walleye tolerate it. In fact, I am repainting all of my "glow" and "UV" enhanced walleye jigs and baits a NON-glow color. That is taking time because so many of the commercial jigs are sold with glow in the paint. Now, have I covered all species? Not even close. If all I did was fish for trout with my lures, I would want a glow or UV paint on every single one. If all I did was fish for Bass or Walleye, I would NEVER want glow or UV. If all I did was fish for ....... OK that is the problem, I fish for every species I can get a chance for. And that is the problem, most of the same lures I use for one species work for the others, and I don't often remember if the specific lure is glow/UV or not during the day. texacan84, I probably muddied the waters on you. Is it worth it? YES, on some species; NO, on other species. And never mix them up. For me, I guess the answer is no. I have a bottle of glow powder paint that never gets used and I tossed my glow additives for my soft plastic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuskyGary Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Nice answer Anglin. That should help everypne to experiment some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
