Flasher for glow jigs

[BLACKJACK]

Has anybody come up with a better 'flasher' for glow jigs rather than using a flashlite? I've heard that if you take the flash off a camera, that works good but my flash is built in. Whatever you use, where did you get it?

Thanks for the info.

[widetrack]

Lots of sporting goods stores carry camera flashers now just for this purpose. Another option is to use a gadget shaped like a fish that emits a blue light this works pretty good too, but not quite as well as a flasher.

[LAUGER]

Blackjack, I bought a battery powered LED light at target. It's small, and very bright, I have a light blue color, but I think they make different colors. I think I paid $5.00 bucks.

[MnSportsman]

I keep one of those disposable cameras in my truck, mostly for taking pictures of our hunting & fishing outings, but once the film is done, the flash still works, it just doesn't take any more pictures(film is used up). So there is an option for you. You can take pictures of you,your buddies/family,your catch & then use the flash until you're ready to take it in to be developed, or the juice in the battery runs out. They're relativly inexpensive,$5-$9. You can capture some pretty funny antics/happenings too, that's for sure.
[Especially if you fish with the people I usually fish with! ]

It's just a suggestion. Works for me.

See Ya out there!

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MnSportsman
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"Church of the Divine Wilderness"!

[rap]

i bought the blue light thing that looks like a fish from scheels, it works great for getting the jigs to glow, but it is hard to push the button in to turn the light on when your hands are cold. my friend bought the little yellow tazer kind, and it is very easy to push the button in compared to mine... unless mine is the only one that is hard to push in, the company that made the one i have was kind of stupid in making the button on it... get one of those yellow tazers, i think they are 9 bucks

[Twitter]

I recently bought a "saphire" light at Gander mountain for about $10. They've got them sitting on the checkout counter for us spontaneous shoppers. It hangs on a key chain or zipper,or fits in your pocket, is bright as heck, and is gauranteed for life. I used it last week on URL and it was very easy to operate. I hung it on my hemeostats (sp) from my bib zipper so it was always handy and we could recharge our glow hooks and lures every time we brought them up the hole. They come in different colors, mines blue and seems to work really well.
Good Luck !

[Guest]

I got one of those atomic lights from custom jigs and spins I hooked to the zipper of my ice fishing jacket that works great!!!! It's also handy to have that little light when I'm looking for somthing in the dark.

[say_der]

JB in SD - where did you find the custom jigs and spins atomic light? I've been looking for one because I like the size of it better than the fish shaped one and I didn't want to spend the $12.99 the Tazers are going for in my area. Does any one else know where to pick up the Custom Jigs and Spins atomic light?

Thanks for any info.

[rhski]

Wife got me I believe it is called a micro opti lite , made by eddie bauer at target. Clips on your lanyard about the size of a AA battery supposed to last 400 hours with three watch type replaceable batteries. About 12$. I like it much better than a tazer, really lites up your glow stuff.

[bigpike]

I dont believe that blue is the only thing that will work. I use a hand held spotlight that I run off of my pickup battery for light in my portable house at night. About every 10 mins or so I would just reel in and hold my glow jig to the light for a few seconds and it worked like a charm... crappies loved them.

[hunt4food]

Blue is not the only color that works good. I have a red LED light that is super bright. it is the size of a key chain. My wife bought it for me for x-mas(per my wish list)I did not specify red or blue so of course she bought the red one. It works great! She bout it at Target and I believe it was about $12.00.

[Bruce Mosher]

The best squeeze light is the Custom Jigs spin light. I've seen them all at Sport Shows and theirs is the best. The white light is by far brighter than the blue or red ones. They are hard to find, but if you call Walleyes Unlimited tackle shop in Sioux Falls, SD (605)-338-8989 talk to Lyle, he just recieved another shipment of the same style. I bought mine at the Walleye Expo for $11.00. I don't mind paying a few extra bucks for something I know works real well! These lights are about the size of a quarter. Have fun! Bruce Mosher <;}}><

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Bruce Mosher,www.icebusterbobbers.com

[metrojoe]

I don't know where your located, but Joe's Sporting Goods on Dale St had plenty last week. I believe they had 4 different brands ranging in price from $6 to $13.

joe

[Nels]

I have always used a mini maglite and that works just fine, but I thought I'd try a little experiment anyway. I have one of the blue LED lights, a red laser pointer, and a white light 'everactive'keychain from walmart for $1.17. I took two identical glow-in-the-dark plastic tube baits. I kept all of the lights off in the basement, and then compared two lights at a time.
The blue light was slightly better for the initial glow and at 5 minutes. At 10 minutes, there were no distinguishable differences, and all needed to be re-lighted by 15 minutes. The red laser pointer did not work at all. The tubes were the standard 'greenish' phosphorescence. I guess the other glow colors might have slightly different excitation wavelengths.

Personally, I would just stick with whatever is cheapest, since if I'm not catching anything after 10-15 minutes, I will probably re-light/change my lure/ location/ technique.

I guess the real experiment would be to keep track of how quickly after you light the lure do the fish actually bite.

[This message has been edited by Nels (edited 02-07-2002).]

[say_der]

Sorry - I should have mentioned I'm south of the metro area. Cabela's didn't have the custom jigs and spins brand, but they have plenty of those expensive tazers.

[bigpike]

Great Experiment!
thanks for the info

[Guest]

You need to make sure that you buy a blue light, that is the only color of the spectrum that will work on the glow in the dark jigs. Something I learned by the school of hard Knocks.

[BLACKJACK]

Thanks for the info guys!

[Don317]

Try a small piece of tin foil in your hand
behind your jig when you flash it.
Works great.

[Twitter]

Great experiment Nels !!
Thanks for taking the time to post your results. I guess the bottom line is.....whatever light you have handy will work about the same. All colors in the spectrum should charge the glow in the darks. The difference is probably intensity.....and most of all CONVENIENCE.
Good Luck

[Guest]

Great experiment Nels! I've had the opportunity to study light and the affects on phosflourescent materials. Long story cut short is, Blue light is a short wavelength (400+ nanometers), red light is a long wavelength (600+ nanometers), white light is a mixture of all wavelengths (400-700nm). Most but not all phosphors are activated to peak intensity by shorter wavelengths. Therefore blue should be the most efficient light to "get a glow" on the average glow jig. Manufacturers of the glow paint know exactly what the best excitation wavelength is for their paint. My guess is that they passed this info to the companies making the Blue lights.

[Nels]

MTFreezer,
I was going to go into the electronic transitions, but my post was already too long. Isn't chemistry( or quantum physics, if you prefer) great?

[Guest]

Nels,
Q Physics is cool, has alot of answers to the worlds questions. Now, if it could only answer how to get that walleye to bite my jig every time... I've been working on that equation for years.

[Nels]

I was at my 5th store last night looking for replacement auger blades for my 8" hand auger, and I walked past the Jan. issue of In-Fisherman. There was an article about "the new Glow" or something like that.
It was a 3-4 page article about the new glow paints compared to the old glow paints, and the lights that are sold to activate them. It is interesting. Check it out if you can. Maybe it is on their HSOforum, too?

[Twitter]

Nels,
If you didn't find auger blades yet, try Vado's bait shop. They carry quite a few of them.
Good Luck