Thread: Night fisher

Neat looking baits.

Nice work those look great

A little on the different side too.

Very Nice

In a lot. Of our waters a full-glow bait will often chase a fish away. All that glow makes the bait appear as though it's about 4 times its actual size. Still, glow baits can be a super productive bait even in hot weather when the fish begging to orient to deeper water. Here's how I counter that issue and still get the benefit of the glow. I find much smaller, areas and more precisely placed glow makes all the difference in the world and the fish are way less like.y to spook because of glow baits that look larger than they really are.



What I have done here is to mix a small amount of the glow pigment with a tiny bit of worm oil. This gets dotted onto a half bait hand-pour near the tail of the body, then the finish injection is done. In this picture I am using a green glow that has a slight green color to it so you can get the gist of what I am saying. Most of today's glow pigments are of a high performance quality and will show thru even in black as has been shown here.

Somewhere in all of this posting I showed a picture of a Jacobs bait with a small round, but flat, tail disc that is done in clear glow with the remainder of the tail done in chartreuse, then the body done in my clear bluegill glitter color. I call these little baits "Stop Lights" because they resemble an old fashioned stop light and pole. I make these in several colors and use them mostly when the water temps begin to sink down and out of reality....near freezing.

Here are a couple examples of the "stop lights" I make. I make most of these in the two body colors shown and always with the chartreuse tail. There are re and green glow baits in the pic, the green of course glows in that color and red in the other.

Originally Posted by CTom

In a lot. Of our waters a full-glow bait will often chase a fish away. All that glow makes the bait appear as though it's about 4 times its actual size. Still, glow baits can be a super productive bait even in hot weather when the fish begging to orient to deeper water. Here's how I counter that issue and still get the benefit of the glow. I find much smaller, areas and more precisely placed glow makes all the difference in the world and the fish are way less like.y to spook because of glow baits that look larger than they really are.



What I have done here is to mix a small amount of the glow pigment with a tiny bit of worm oil. This gets dotted onto a half bait hand-pour near the tail of the body, then the finish injection is done. In this picture I am using a green glow that has a slight green color to it so you can get the gist of what I am saying. Most of today's glow pigments are of a high performance quality and will show thru even in black as has been shown here.

Somewhere in all of this posting I showed a picture of a Jacobs bait with a small round, but flat, tail disc that is done in clear glow with the remainder of the tail done in chartreuse, then the body done in my clear bluegill glitter color. I call these little baits "Stop Lights" because they resemble an old fashioned stop light and pole. I make these in several colors and use them mostly when the water temps begin to sink down and out of reality....near freezing.

I have done that technique before using a toothpick to stripe a part of the belly of the mold before injecting it. I am "old school" and believe that "Less is more." I believe that just the hint of glow will peak the curiosity of the fish and they will open their mouth to investigate. Then you hear the fish saying......

"Oh my gosh....too late...it is shipahoy41 on the end of this line and he got me. I hope that he is practicing catch and release today instead of catch and grease."