Glow away
Submitted by Brody on Fri, 2010-10-08 10:45
After some thoughts.
We have just made a rudimentary glow box to test various glowing things.
Some products that are meant to glow, don't or hardly do, others are blinding.
What are people's thoughts on how much say, a soft plastic should glow? do you want a plastic that is going to light up like a christmas tree (like a B2 lumo squid) or does the very subtle glow of a nuclear chicken gulp do it for you?
Do you think fish are attracted or put off by something at night that looks radioactive?
Brody.
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Dicey
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subtle glow i reckon, like
subtle glow i reckon, like the last few hrs of a dying glowstick, clear light glow like the moonshine
JohnF
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Hey Brody....your the
Hey Brody....your the expert......why not take a glowy thing out on your next trip to the 3 Mile at 4 am and you use the glowy soft plastic and see if you can keep up with the old man on bait....
I tried a fully charged B2 in complete darkness.....could see it down over 10 m......the fish must have been laughing at my feeble attempts to trick them, as it as it did not get touched in over 2 hours.
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Brody
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Yep i have tried glowing
Yep i have tried glowing Tiki Shads a lot at night and they have worked well, they glow a fair bit too. No pinkies but, just dumb ones like Dhus.
JohnF
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Dumb but tasty......
Dumb but tasty......
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
grayzeee
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you should fish the two
you should fish the two plastics in the burley trail at night
one that's just glowing and one that lights right on up , and report back with the results.
as if you need another excuse anyway!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
fisherboy
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hey brody you an get 4inch
hey brody you an get 4inch powerbaits that glow really well they charge up on a light
SQUIDGYS for the win!!
till
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Glow, because having
Glow, because having leatherjackets eat all my shit is rad!
saltatrix
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Brody Try them under uv
Brody
Try them under uv black light using the blue LED torches
Everything in their world is virtually under blue light.
Dhus along with a myriad of other species can see them from a mile away
Living things produce that same light.
Live coral takes on a whole new meaning when put under black light.
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