Thread: glow plastics

Originally Posted by CTom

Wow....the topic kind of took off here.

First, yes I sell the ones I am refering to and will try to post a pic tomorrow showing some....can't promise those in the glow colors other than on a tray in daylight. I am working at getting a glow shot done tonight but my digital camera skills leave a whole lot to be desired so don't stay up late waiting. lol

The glow pigments I order come from glowinc.com . They sell a variety of glow products but you will want to focus on the powder, or dry, pigments. And no, they are not cheap. I purchased 4 oz each of the purple and green and 1 oz of the red for doing some plastics, not being certain how much was going to be needed in each batch per color. I paid almost $300.00 for those three colors in those quantities. I have several colors of the pigments in small quatities that I use in painting jigs that I sell on my website. The three colors I have used in the plastics are the most common colors being asked for by ice anglers.

I think I saw a question asking whether these glow colors work and the answer is a very pointed yes. The glow red under the ice is maybe one of the most aggressive fish catching colors we here in the north have come across in the last few years. The glow green I have is called Ultra Green Glow and has a charged life of hours, not "an" hour. It is by far the brighest green glow I have ever seen. The purple glow is unique in that it is closer to the end of the spectrum where uv is located. UV we cannot see, but fish can. The glow purple fits in when glow red seems to fall on its nose. Glow purple gets more of my attention in open water and ice fishing than any of the other glow colors. I think that the fish react to these colors simply because they don't have colors like this at depths the fish lay in when its cold and they are lethargic. Glow in color plastics simply tear the crappies and sunfish up here in the north as do the jigs painted with glow in color paints.

People can feel free to pm me regarding the plastics I have. I'm not sure what the policy for the site is about mentioning too much so pm's will work for me.

Its easy to find....the site rules/policy is at the very top of every page....just click on it.

Originally Posted by snake River

they are about the same price on the glow is that what you pay for regular colors we are getting our glow pigment from lure-craft .

we have to apologize but the pigments are definitely different prices I thought they were about the same but they are not think the case here is you get what you pay for the pure wanting high quality glow pigments you have to pay for them.

Originally Posted by CTom

Don't mis-understand here. I am using straight, clear plastic, no color. The pigments I use glow in the colors mentioned and slightly stain the clear plastic. Any color added to the plastic inhibits the transfer of light that creates the glow. The glow purple pigment is almost pure white, dry in the package. I can hit it wth the camera flash and it glows purple. I don't add the purple or red or green to the pigment nor do I color over the pigment, the pigments are designed to glow in those colors.

I added the stabilizer because the pigments are heavy and might heat faster than the plastic. I didn't want to work around scortching issues.

I'm more clearly understand what you're talking about now I should've read your feedback before I posted I have a bad habit of doing this the pigment that you're using sounds very interesting we may have to get some to work with it is not like what I thought it was just stuff that I'm using is different.

To All.. Hint taking pictures of Glow baits --Take one picture in dayligt or cloudy just to show color of plastic when not glowing, Second take another picture same layout on cardboard or similar with items numbered in same position as first but this time darken room a little and use Flash. The flash of camera should light the glow up beautiful.

Well I took a chance on them and ordered some beause I use midsouth glow all the time and have glow from the suppliers but it only glows the light green color. Been wanting to do a red/chartruse (both glow) because red disappears first in the light spectrum and hope to fish deaper with stained to muddy water.I have other ideas to I want to try also.

Sounds really neat! What does that equal out to per jig though? Sounds way too expensive for me to play with, I dont Icefish anyways, but sure am looking forward to a pic or two

Originally Posted by crappieslab

Well I took a chance on them and ordered some beause I use midsouth glow all the time and have glow from the suppliers but it only glows the light green color. Been wanting to do a red/chartruse (both glow) because red disappears first in the light spectrum and hope to fish deaper with stained to muddy water.I have other ideas to I want to try also.

Red disappears first as it descends in the water, yes. Depending on water color and water clarity, it may not take long either. But the concept behind glow red is exactly as you suggest....it takes the color red to new depths, pun intended. The assumption is being made up here where glow red is a hot color that the fish are seeing something deep that they have never had before them before at that depth and react strongly to it.

My thought is that I always have good luck with Midsouth red/chartruse glow in stained water and when the water is on the muddy side red is useless and then have two go to blk/chartruse glow,If that does not work I run into problems finding a color that works.