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| I have been seeing a lot of folks talking about UV. There are a lot of companies coming out with UV baits. We can't see UV ,so is it the new Voodoo & Witchcraft? Has anyone bought any and had an increase in catches, follows? Some solid data ? |
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Location: Victoria,MN | While fishing with Jason Hamernick last fall I became a firm believer in UV.
At the begining of the trip Jason Told me that we would get our action between 11 am-1pm. We were fishing with the standard color Pounder Bull Dawgs all morning and I think we had 1 or 2 bites.
We had been fishing the same break for 3 hours with nothing to show for it. Just before 1 oclock Jason clipped on a parrot colored UV Pounder and I proceeded to razz him about his rainbow color selection.On the very first cast he nailed a monster, nearly 55". After a couple of pics we were back on the break and with the same bait he had another one on and lost it. He handed the bait to me and ,you guessed it I had a beaast on and lost that one. I'm a believer in UV |
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Location: Land of the Musky | TattooTom,
I was going to jump on this bandwagon until I checked my baits. About half of my baits (Tackle Industries and my personal collection) are UV. So, chances are, you already have a pile of UV baits yourself. Lots of paints and dyes used for lure making already emit in the UV range. Now if I just knew what I had caught my fish on in the past  It would be really interesting to see the data over 1000+ musky boated (UV vs non-UV baits).
JMO
James
PS-If you want to add a little UV to any bait there are a lot of products out there you can buy to spray on your baits. Just do a quick search on Google. IMO it can't hurt!
PSS-Listen to Tom and Jason (above). They both know a lot more than most and are real good sticks.
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | Hey Tom,
Great story!! though I would tend to think that it might have been the color and not the UV. Meaning that if you had used some "UV Blast" a spray on a Standard color Pounder it would be a better test of UV's merit. If you what to try some Aaron of MTO has it.
David
Edited by DH.Pare 7/9/2012 7:02 AM
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Location: Watertown, MN | Or the window opened up, or you found a couple active fish, UV been around for years, to me need more substansial data to become a believer, and running out and buying all new dawgs. Good marketing?
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| for me red hooks and uv is the same thing................... |
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| I have been adding UV to my raw plastic for quite some time, before the UV craze took off. The reason I add it is because it makes certain colors much brighter and sharper, colors like white, chartreuse and bright orange to name a few. Whether or not it makes a difference to the fish, I don’t suppose it would hurt.
On a side note, I was at Pet Smart yesterday and you can now buy aquariums designed with black lights to see fish that somehow are UV colors. How do you make a UV colored fish?
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished |
"On a side note, I was at Pet Smart yesterday and you can now buy aquariums designed with black lights to see fish that somehow are UV colors. How do you make a UV colored fish?"
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You inject them with a special dye, same type of dye that they use for green glow night crawlers. My Brother and sister had some growing up. Makes the fish glow, pretty cool actually. Very intriguing to a cat in the middle of the night...
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Location: North Metro, MN | Haha nice timing on that post..... well the day before you posted that I used my first UV reflex colored bait. It was perfect for trolling and we were getting a few nice Pike here and there. Next pass I switched it up to the UV Invader and caught two pike in the first 20 yards...went another 20 ft or so and got a nice mid 30 'skie. BTW... my pal switched to a regular Invader too so we could have Invader wars... 3 fish before he got another bite. Other factors or the UV? idk yet, you be the judge... now to try the UV bladed Bucktails I just made for further testing... just need some fat fish to participate in my experiment now. |
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Location: Uxbridge Ontario | Can someone explain this "UV" thing? This is the first I have heard of it.
What is it? |
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Location: Minocqua, WI | I can tell you it makes a huge difference for other fish that can be bait shy... Its amazing the difference it makes for steelhead and browns... I have added some uv flashabou to some of my best producing baits and it hasnt hurt any at the very least... in fact my buddy boated a 43.25 that I had previously caught on the same exact bait the summer before prior to adding the UV flashabou... I dont think it hurts but I dont know why bait companies find it necessary to change the whole pattern of a proven producer just because they add a uv coat.
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Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | HomeTime - 7/9/2012 1:54 PM
Can someone explain this "UV" thing? This is the first I have heard of it.
What is it?
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UV light is not visible to humans (as I am sure you know) It is, however visible to fish. UV baits can be seen by fish beyond the regular light spectrum that only we can see. It makes the bait more visible in low light conditions, whether it be stained water, night fishing or depth of water.
I was out with a buddy who was using one of the storm flat sticks in the UV orange color. He fished it for about 10 minutes and had a strike. He started using it right as the sun was going down and into the sunset. During the day (sun up) it looked like a normal color of any musky lure, but once the sun was on it's way down the lure had a different look to it. it seemed brighter, even to us. gave the lure a special glow to it. |
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| WI Duck Guide - 7/9/2012 2:09 PM
but I dont know why bait companies find it necessary to change the whole pattern of a proven producer just because they add a uv coat.
That's to catch the fisherman. To show that a change has been made. That's the marketing side of it...to make the sales.
Being that we humans, cannot see the Ultra Violet (UV) light spectrum, if a bait manufacture was to continue creating the same bait, in the same proven colors/patterns, but only making the claim that they've now added UV material/paint....a potential buyer may not buy it...both literally and figuratively and may not make as many sales with the new UV pitch to the bait. Gotta make it look different to get the fisherman to make the mental distinction that it's now different...
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Location: Victoria,MN | DH.Pare - 7/9/2012 7:01 AM
Hey Tom,
Great story!! though I would tend to think that it might have been the color and not the UV. Meaning that if you had used some "UV Blast" a spray on a Standard color Pounder it would be a better test of UV's merit. If you what to try some Aaron of MTO has it.
David
That could be David, but being a fisherman (and a sucker) I bought 2 of that same bait at the expo's this year. !lol The proof is in the puddin'
We will see what happens. BTW I have a UV Psycho Sister, do you want to give it a spin? |
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| Thanks all. There are so many different feelings about the UV thing. I agree that it couldn't hurt. I purchased some UV Blast myself to try on my baits. I realize that there is one HUGE variable when compiling this sort of data......Muskies ! Kind of the biggest wildcard wouldn't you all agree? |
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| Component systems out of Wausau WI. They have the spray bottle and epoxy for lure coatings. |
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| Purchased a bottle of the UV Blast a couple of weeks ago and put in the plano box with my terminal tackle. Noticed today that the bottle had leaked and coated everything in the tray. Now I have about a dozen Stealth fluoro leaders that are Hi-Vis. I don't want to start a new craze so does anyone know how to remove this stuff without damaging the fluoro? |
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Location: Washington, PA | May be off topic but somewhat relevant. I had a discussion inadvertantly last week with a friend that is developing a product for commercial buildings in city's on migration paths of birds. They are able to fire UV products (not sure on the specifics) into glass so that the migratory birds won't fly into the skyscrapers. Apparently we can't see the difference.
In any case, there might be something to it. |
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | If you throw a UV bait, with a Tranx with a Sonic Wave running you are well advised to arm your skull with a helmet, lest be knocked silly by the fish hurling themselves at your person. |
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Location: Detroit River | Some colors naturally give off UV. Hunter orange hunting clothing does this & they sell a clothes wash that will cover up the UV to make you less visable to the deer. I bought some UV Blast powder that I've used on my walleye jigs when powder coating them & I have found absolutley no difference in my catch rate when using them.
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| Cowboyhannah - 7/27/2012 10:05 PM
If you throw a UV bait, with a Tranx with a Sonic Wave running you are well advised to arm your skull with a helmet, lest be knocked silly by the fish hurling themselves at your person.
Hahahahahaha ... Well said sir!!!!! |
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | T-Bone - 7/9/2012 2:50 PM
DH.Pare - 7/9/2012 7:01 AM
Hey Tom,
Great story!! though I would tend to think that it might have been the color and not the UV. Meaning that if you had used some "UV Blast" a spray on a Standard color Pounder it would be a better test of UV's merit. If you what to try some Aaron of MTO has it.
David
That could be David, but being a fisherman (and a sucker ) I bought 2 of that same bait at the expo's this year. !lol The proof is in the puddin'
We will see what happens. BTW I have a UV Psycho Sister, do you want to give it a spin?
Tom , Sure I'll take the UV Psycho sister by Big Mama tackle company and I'll be sure to post my PB with it in her chompers ;- ). |
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| I hit my lures with a black light and over half of then emit in the UV. I think all of us already have UV baits! LOL No reason to pay more for them or buy new biats IMO. Just buy a black light! |
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Is UV the new craze?