I've just started night fishing and really enjoy it. I've noticed that you can buy Glow in the dark lures from Gary Yamomoto and the aquaglow line from cabelas. Has anyone had any sucess fishing with glow in the dark lures? Are bass really attracted to what basically amounts to a sinking glow stick?  It would be cool to have a lure to cast that I could easily see at night, but only if the fish will bite it as well.

Thanks

Glow will repell LMB especialy at night. Its a gimmik. I have logged literaly thousans of night fishing hours and have done a tone of experimenting. I have proven to myself that glowing baits(I used swimbaits and worms) dont get bit.

Night fishing has some general rules.

#1 dont listen to people who say the color has to be black. They never took the time to see if any other color works. They all work! (except glow) Black does work fine but so do all the other colors.

#2 Always start with topwater. generaly paralell to the shore lines with a very methodical retreive.

#3 The bass tend to move up shallower at night.

#4 Big smelly plastics

#5 Start big then then decrease the size of your baits. Start on top and work your way down in the water column. You should find a patern.

#6 many times when I was fishing at night the bite would turn on from out of nowhere and it would also shut off like a switch. You could work hard for 2-3 hours for nothing and all of a sudden its wide open. This can make finding a patern a little tricky but with time on the water you can usualy figure it out.

Thanks for the info. It looked like a gimmick to me, but you never know. So far I've been having my best luck with the same colors I use during the day watermelon colors.  That was a very helpful list you gave and I will definitely keep it in mind the next night I go out.

Dr. Keith Jones in his book, Catching More Bass, discusses the future of our lures.

We will be seeing some new stuff coming out to help catch fish.  Most will employ some sort of electronics to attract the bass to the lure.

I would agree that a "glow" bait would probably scare all of the bass away.

Remember, they are very careful and spook easily and I would think that something glowing out of the ordinary would attract their attention but I doubt if they would bite it. After all, how often do they see anything glowing in the water?

I do believe in Spike-It on the tails of my plastics but that stuff does not actually glow.  It does stain everything you spill on it so be careful.

Have fun!

my opinion on glow in the dark baits is...

bass never sees any prey underwater glowing at night. It is unnatural and unusual. There is no quality of any natural prey the bass eats that glows.

I think it would scare them more than anything. They might get curious but I doubt they would bite.

Would you eat a glowy food item? I wouldn't I would think it was exposed to radioactive toxic waste! LOL!  ;D