Glow in the Dark Jigs

[AgriHawg]

Just giving you a hard time. I do the same.
J

[Sandwich Maker]

AAAUUUGGGHHH I'm hosting a hoax!!!!:D:D:D

[Uncle Grump]

I got the UV paint from Fish Vison, followed directions, painted jig heads, and let cure. No glow whatsoever! I called them and asked what went wrong and they said that nothing was wrong, they won't glow to the human eye. Said they will glow up to 1200 times normal underwater to the fish........hmmmmm? Will report back next week when I try them out.

Err - I got to question this response...... how do we as humans know what a fish see's? Our scientists / wild life biologists, etc may understand the construction/genetic makeup of a fishes eye, and therefore think that they know what a fish sees - but they really don't k-n-o-w.

Then there is the number 1200. How do you measure multiple glows?

Can someone show me a glow at a power of 1, then 10X, then 100x, much less 1200x?

I won't argue that fish do see glowing lures underwater. I use glow lures at night all the time on the ice (less so in soft water). It's the what they see that is the unknown.

UG

[Sandwich Maker]

UG, I agree! I didn't realize when I ordered that it wasn't a normal "glow" paint that didn't need recharging. Common sense should have kicked in, but the older I get, the more common sense seems to avoid me!

[fish_4_all]

I seem to remember seeing something scientific where they hooks up a computer and a spectroscope or something like that to a fish eye and tested it but I don't remember where I saw it.

All I know is glow works even in daylight. After all we do fish under logs, cut banks, in heavy brush and other stuff so there has to be dark spots even in clear water and a on a sunny day.

BTW, if anyone didn't know the absolute best way to charge anything glow in the dark is with a true UV flashlight. I think the wavelength is 320nm or something like that but nothing works faster or lasts longer that I have ever used to charge glow in the dark.

[Sandwich Maker]

The coolest thing about having glow heads painted is walking into my shop at night and seeing all the little "gremlins". Evidently some of the powder paint glow is pretty good stuff, as I can go into the shop late at night and see them still glowing.

[brimreaper]

The coolest thing about having glow heads painted is walking into my shop at night and seeing all the little "gremlins". Evidently some of the powder paint glow is pretty good stuff, as I can go into the shop late at night and see them still glowing.

Are you sure that it's your jigs that you are seeing or is a fish trying to catch you..................................lol brim

[bowhunter23]

I use a glow jig in alot of the darker lakes i fish and if i am fishing at night seems to help...