Glow hoochies / spoons does colour matter?

[wishiniwasfishin1]

I was laying in bed sick last night and couldn't sleep. I happpend to look over at the floor where my 7 yr old daughter has her hoochie collection and it was glowing nicely. She plays with hoochies, makes little villages for them, trains them etc. like other kids would play with dolls.

Anyhow, I noticed that all of the glow hoochies look the same regardless of what colour they are. All kind of glow in a whitish / greenish hue. Do you guys think that all these hundreds of colours really make a difference when it come to glow, or is it just the fact that it glows that matters? Even after closely examining the hoochies in the dark I couldn't for the life of me tell you which was the white, tiger prawn, blue, etc.

Same would go for spoons and teaser heads. The actual colour would be indistinguishable at depth, apart from the fact that it glows..

What are your guys thoughts / experiences regarding this oddity?

 

[Dogbreath]

Interesting I nwas just thinking about this-earlier this week I bought some White Glo & Green Glo powder Strontium Aluminate the Good Stuff.

Anyway when they're applied to a Salmon spoon & glowing in the dark there's no discernible difference to the human eye-not this human anyway.

That being said I've posted here in the past about how Purple Glo (which looks Blue) didn't work at all no idea about Red.

FWIW the small Needlefish I've seen glowing had a vaguely whitish stripe.

 

[Tyeefisher]

I wish I knew the answer to that. I have often switched the lights off in my tackle room only to discover I couldn't tell a roll of freshly tied glow Blue Meanies from some Pistachio but I am quite certain salmon see the difference and isn't that the important thing. And if you want to debate this thing into the ground log onto some of the troller sites and see what some of our commercial fisherman brethren are saying about different colours and the glow attributes of certain gum puckies, it makes me think that I am not that crazy.

 

[barrie]

You got a link to those commercial sites?

 

[J-GLOBAL]

I think it does, and I think even the splatter matters where it is.

 

[Seafever]

I wouldn't say all hoochies look like that in the dark........(spoons included also)

I have some partially green glow hoochies that you can tell they're green.....and I have some spoons like that as well.

I also have some pink and partially pink glow hoochies...and there's no mistaking they glow pink in the dark.....

 

[TanTastic84]

I wondered this too. I honestly think glow is glow. I don't think our eyes can tell the difference. But you also have to understand that even though it's darker as you go deeper in water, you still have some light penetration. So, you'll still get color showing up under water. We all should know that certain colors fade out shallower than others, i.e. greens and blues show up better in deeper water vs reds which fade out in the upper few feet. BUT that doesn't mean other colors wont work in deep water! There are guys who kill the fish year round on black hoochies! Then you have your red hot spot flashers that A LOT of fishermen swear by for kings. That being said, I do think you would be able to see the actual color portion of the lure under water. Also, your lure isn't going to be glowing like a chemical glow stick under water. It'll have a little "pop" to it, but it's not going to be this spot light that'll draw every fish in the area.

I think glow and uv is another way to trigger an aggression strike. The fish see it, it bothers them, they hit it. All I know is, glow and UV lures catch my attention way more than standard dull blehh lures. I mean, literally 20 to 1! I might only have a hand full of lures which don't glow.

A guy once told me, "you know, there's so many variation now. The best thing to do is bring a salmon in and pick the lure which makes its tail slap around the most."

 

[Seafever]

I also have some squirts from PNT that were designed to glow absolutely white with no green tinge.

Does it matter what color they glow?

The squirt and hoochy known popularly as " the electric chair" is clear with a glow pink stripe down either side. It glows pink.

This hoochy is a top producer in many areas at certain times of year.

Is it the glow pink factor? beats me...you'll have to ask the salmon.....