Glow Hooks/JIgs

[ryanmitchell]

Do walters actually eat these types of presentations?

Like do you actually charge them up, drop them down and they take it? I have not paid close attention to the jigs,and glow white hooks i have for rigs, but I have added beads, and though I think it does not make that much of a diff, they do eat the rigs.

Mostly chart hook with soft glow bead,or soft glow,small chart bead, soft glow bead,chart hook.

I have heard that walleyes would never eat something foreign like that. I think it would be either way, give or take. They are either attracted to them is low light, drank water, or they are like what is that thing, no thanks.

Anyone have success with the glow stuff. Only during low light/night?

[PerchJerker]

This may sound like not that logical of an answer, but ......

I use glow almost all the time through the ice. And I almost never use glow in open water.

Most glow doesn't last too long after you charge it. In open water I don't worry about glow, I want my bait in the water and don't want to be messing around getting it to glow and worrying about recharging it. The only time I ever consider glow in open water is maybe glow beads on a live bait rig, or maybe a glow jig if I'm bobber fishing --- and even if I consider it for those situations, I still usually don't use it.

Through the ice you're fishing vertically and not able to cover much water. I like the extra attraction I get from glow, and have seen plenty of days and nights through the ice when a glowing lure will make a big difference for walleyes and for panfish. It's just part of my winter routine, I wear a UV glow light around my neck and usually charge up my lures before dropping them down. And if I've got fish on my flasher that look somewhat interested but not biiting, I'll probably reel up and charge up the glow and in after the fish again.

Keep in mind that water conditions are likely to be a lot more clear in the winter, and also not as bright, due to the ice and snow cover preventing wave action, sun penetration, killing aglae, etc. Maybe the glow works better in darker, clearer water conditions than you see in summertime????

Hope this helps.

[james_walleye]

I have seen firsthand a simple change from red hook/bead to a chartreuse hook/bead make the difference between no bites to a great bite.

[ryanmitchell]

Up to this point in my life I have not done a lot of ice fishing. I push my luck enough during the summer with the GF! If I pick it up I will keep that in mind for sure.

[Northlander]

Glow hooks and jigs will often catch fish on softwater as well as hard water. One of my favorite jig colors is glow white with red eye. Glow white hook under a slip bobber with a leech is deadly in low light.

[terrible_fisherman]

I am just like perchjerker...I use glow day and night during the winter but hardly ever during the summer. At night, glow has always outfished no glow for me.

[Lakeside_Nelson]

My favorite color in stained water is a white glow. But in clearer water I tend to stick to perch, or straight white or gold. It really depends on the lake clarity. But it helps if you are on the fish!