Do glow in the dark soft plastics need to be "charged" ? How do you charge them? And how often should I recharge them in a single outting?

Sunlight or a flash light, or a camera flash all work. Any high intensity light.

Flashlight.  I've used them for snook, maybe a gimmick as I catch just as many on a white or even a dark colored fluke.  Perhaps bass are different, but I doubt it, I've caught them on dark lures at night too.

Thanks for the tips guys. Snook, I'm not expecting them go.be the miracle lure. I ordered a bunch of different stuff and picked the luminescent on accident. I was actually wanting solid white. I'm going out night fishing tomorrow with a buddy so I figure I have em now, may as well try em out.

Can also try the UV baits.  Similar principle, but different....

Listen to that dude ^^. He knows what's up. haha

I bought a few bags of a glowing Senko, but really can't remember catching any fish on it. Which is why I don't take them with me now. But any light will recharge these.

 

Yet to try UV, but interested in what I've seen on the web (videos, etc.).

The toughest time I fished was in the evening when light turns to dusk to twilight to dark.

I find this the hardest time to fish. The baitfish eyes take longer to adjust to the changing lighting conditions. The basses eyes change much faster. If we go from using natural lure colors in the light to the stained water colored lures in the dusk and twilight to the brightest colored lures by dark we will land more fish after the lighted bite is over. You have to trust me on this one and try it. If it works from shore for me it has to work for you too. Play with the colors that come to life in the low light conditions. Just don't stay with the dark colors be flexible. Try something out of the norm.

I'll have to try these glow colors a shot too.

My tip. I used as a kid one night a piece of uncle Josh pork trailer 4" long in white as it got dark. I casted it out when I could just about see it. I made it do its dance on a single hook

I watched it being tugged every which way in the water. I landed a few bass inbetween too. I would suggest a glow white grub.

The only limits we have we put on ourselves.

The toughest time I fished was in the evening when light turns to dusk to twilight to dark.

I find this the hardest time to fish. The baitfish eyes take longer to adjust to the changing lighting conditions. The basses eyes change much faster. If we go from using natural lure colors in the light to the stained water colored lures in the dusk and twilight to the brightest colored lures by dark we will land more fish after the lighted bite is over. You have to trust me on this one and try it. If it works from shore for me it has to work for you too. Play with the colors that come to life in the low light conditions. Just don't stay with the dark colors be flexible. Try something out of the norm.

I'll have to try these glow colors a shot too.

My tip. I used as a kid one night a piece of uncle Josh pork trailer 4" long in white as it got dark. I casted it out when I could just about see it. I made it do its dance on a single hook

I watched it being tugged every which way in the water. I landed a few bass inbetween too. I would suggest a glow white grub.

The only limits we have we put on ourselves.

Don't they say from dusk it takes about an hour after its completely dark for a bass' eyes to adjust?

Yes, there are 2 kinds of glow stuff.  Glow in the Dark paints or plastics contain particles that absorb light energy and then emit the light over a period of time.  This paint will charge in any light source, even daylight on a cloudy day, but putting them under intense light will charge them to a higher energy state and make them glow brighter.  They glow under any water condition, at any depth.  The other kind is UV sensitive paint that fluoresces when hit by UV light rays.  It doesn't store its own energy but will give a brighter look at any water depth that UV light penetrates.