We’re going to fish Red and ML over the next few weeks. I’ve always done well at night but after talking to some guys they were raving about using UV/Glow spoons.
I rarely use them but think it’s time to maybe pick a few up along with the UV light to recharge them.
What is everyones experience with UV spoons?
I have some uv spoons but I use other spoons over them. Never noticed a much better bite with uv, but I’d you do make sure you buy green and pink. That lake for me is one where a demon just out fishes everything.
UV and glow are two different topics, but I was hoping to see more posting than this. It’s an interesting comparison topic.
I’m really referring more to UV spoons. Since they can be “recharged” they are a little easier to manage. The glow stuff I had was with the little neon stick. Pain in the ass
Seems like some guys swear by them and others don’t.
Here is my take on this. Looks like we have UV, UV glow and glow. With all (which is a lot) of the jigging spoons for ice fishing to target walleyes that I own I know that I have some spoons called UV glow. I can’t recall specifically if I have any that are strictly UV but I probably do. Either way, personally these are not spoons that I use much because I have more confidence in productivity of other spoons in my arsenal. I own but have yet to use a spoon that uses a glow stick.
The UV glow lures that I have experienced do not glow as bright or as long as most glow spoons that I own. I also have a lot of older glow spoons that do not glow as bright or as long as some more recent glow spoons available let’s say in the last 10 years or so. (I still find it best to use a UV light to charge my glow spoons that are not UV)
In low light and at night if you do not see me with a glow spoon on then I must have left my tackle box at home and are using what ever was still attached to my ice rod from my last outing. 
Yes, I like glow spoons….
I assume ML means Mille Lacs. For me personally these 2 lakes fish a bit differently but I have less than 1/2 dozen outings on Red Lake. On Red Lake for me I see more fish on my electronics then I experience on MIlle Lacs but on Red I did not see the attraction from the walleyes to a charged up glow lures as I see on Mille lacs. On Mille Lacs on a regular basis I have fish race right in within seconds of dropping down a freshly charged glow lure. However, a lot of these fish seem to swim away just as fast as they swam in but some just hammer it. For actual walleye bites it seems like a subdued glow is better. So on Mille Lacs you would see me constantly recharging my glow spoons but on Red lake I did not see the need to do this as often.
Some times there is a fine line between what attracts and what scares walleyes away and this line is constantly moving.
Others will a have different experiences than I but… For example on Red Lake you mostly hear people say a dead stick with a red hook is the best. Then some say a white is the best but on my last outing a green hook was deadly. Basically, if you have multiple people fishing then a variety of presentations is best till you narrow down the walleyes preference for that day and/or specific time of that day.
These are my low light or dark observations. I usually do not focus on glow during the daytime. And most of these observations have been with out LiveScope of some sort or the other.
I’m really referring more to UV spoons. Since they can be “recharged” they are a little easier to manage. The glow stuff I had was with the little neon stick. Pain in the ass
Seems like some guys swear by them and others don’t.
Yeah, I don’t swear by them. But they do work. Uv green and uv pink are my best colors I’ve found in the uv category
Here is my take on this. Looks like we have UV, UV glow and glow. With all (which is a lot) of the jigging spoons for ice fishing to target walleyes that I own I know that I have some spoons called UV glow. I can’t recall specifically if I have any that are strictly UV but I probably do. Either way, personally these are not spoons that I use much because I have more confidence in productivity of other spoons in my arsenal. I own but have yet to use a spoon that uses a glow stick.
The UV glow lures that I have experienced do not glow as bright or as long as most glow spoons that I own. I also have a lot of older glow spoons that do not glow as bright or as long as some more recent glow spoons available let’s say in the last 10 years or so. (I still find it best to use a UV light to charge my glow spoons that are not UV)
In low light and at night if you do not see me with a glow spoon on then I must have left my tackle box at home and are using what ever was still attached to my ice rod from my last outing.
I assume ML means Mille Lacs. For me personally these 2 lakes fish a bit differently but I have less than 1/2 dozen outings on Red Lake. On Red Lake for me I see more fish on my electronics then I experience on MIlle Lacs but on Red I did not see the attraction from the <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleyes to a charged up glow lures as I see on Mille lacs. On Mille Lacs on a regular basis I have fish race right in within seconds of dropping down a freshly charged glow lure. However, a lot of these fish seem to swim away just as fast as they swam in but some just hammer it. For actual walleye bites it seems like a subdued glow is better. So on Mille Lacs you would see me constantly recharging my glow spoons but on Red lake I did not see the need to do this as often.
Some times there is a fine line between what attracts and what scares <em class=”ido-tag-em”>walleyes away and this line is constantly moving.
Others will a have different experiences than I but… For example on Red Lake you mostly hear people say a dead stick with a red hook is the best. Then some say a white is the best but on my last outing a green hook was deadly. Basically, if you have multiple people fishing then a variety of presentations is best till you narrow down the walleyes preference for that day and/or specific time of that day.
These are my low light or dark observations. I usually do not focus on glow during the daytime. And most of these observations have been with out LiveScope of some sort or the other.
Awesome. Great info.
Clam makes a pen light that works awesome for charging up uv or glows. I bought it at Scheels for $10 figuring if it works great if not oh well…it has been great!
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https://www.northlandtackle.com/the-difference-between-uv-and-glow/
This will explain the difference.
I guess I thought it was a given that uv was a reflective brightness from the natural light. And glow is just glowing in the dark after being shined
UV can be an interesting coating. On clear nights with a near full moon, lures with the uv coating will attract fish perhaps better than a glow bait. Moonlight is nothing more than reflected sunlight and sunlight is full of uv rays. The plastics I make for crappie fishing all get a nice dose of UV enhancer in every batch of plastic.
Glow baits work great in low light and at night, but if you see fish on the screen approach a glow bait but swim away they may be put off by the aura that surrounds the glow bait if there’s even a small amount of suspended particulate matter in the water. Try taking a matchbook cover and poking a hole in it with a toothpick, then laying the hole on the glow surface you want to charge and give it a good blast of light. This offers the glow but a very small target of it and without the resultant aura. This has worked really well quite a few times.
Here’s a handy spray product that allows an angler to coat just about anything with UV enhancement.
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I know many may not care, but with those with interest in science and chemistry ….
UV Lures
Fluorescence is one of two kinds of emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation. When exposed to ultraviolet radiation, many substances will glow (fluoresce) with colored visible light. The color of the light emitted depends on the chemical composition of the substance. Fluorescent materials generally cease to glow nearly immediately when the radiation source stops. This distinguishes them from the other type of light emission, phosphorescence.
Glow
Phosphorescence is a type of photoluminescence related to fluorescence. When exposed to light (radiation) of a shorter wavelength, a phosphorescent substance will glow, absorbing the light and reemitting it at a longer wavelength. Unlike fluorescence, a phosphorescent material does not immediately reemit the radiation it absorbs. Instead, a phosphorescent material absorbs some of the radiation energy and reemits it for a much longer time after the radiation source is removed.
Seems like a classroom experiment in a HS chemistry class on this topic might garner a bit of interest. Class dismissed. 
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