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| I made a couple of lures out of some hard white plastic and painted them with a light coat of fluorescent paint and when I was down by the river trying them out and the sunlight was shining threw them, it kind of made the bait light up. What are peoples thoughts, in the water would it do the same thing and would it help, hurt, or not make a difference?
Roger Watters |
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| I think it would matter how you would be fishing. If fishing clear water for suspended or deep fish I believe a silhoute is important and would be lacking with these baits. Fishing shallower and darker water these bright baits may be the hot ticket.
Just my ideas. |
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| Hi Roger,
Your baits were awesome when made from wood... a plastic version has to be even better!!!
As for the "illumination" you refer too... that is interesting. As long as the bait is not transparent, it should be a good thing for you. When visibility is needed, sounds like your bait is even MORE visible while still being opaque enough to produce decent target. I'd certainly give them a try. |
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| jlong
The plastic was easyer to weight properly and works great in the water.
The more I thought about the lighting up effect, I did have a light coat of paint on it and the belly was not painted. Light was coming threw the paint, but maybe more light was coming threw the unpainted part (like a translucent window shade)dispersing the light evenly, causing the fluorescent paint to appear brighter. I suppose thats the same as the lighting up. I will have to try it on another piece of plastic with regular paint and see what it does.
Roger |
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