lighted lures

[lannie]

Not sure of the legalities of these but they are pretty neat.

http://www.yodaveproducts.com/led-li...ing-lures.html

His trigger kits are awesome.

[cube]

Originally Posted by lannie

Not sure of the legalities of these but they are pretty neat.

http://www.yodaveproducts.com/led-li...ing-lures.html

His trigger kits are awesome.

Perfectly legal in Alberta.

Page 25 2014 regs
It''s illegal to "Use lights to sportfish unless the light is attached to a hook or line used
in angling. This includes visible lights that are emitted by underwater
cameras."

[WayneChristie]

was looking at these. might be decent for walleye and burbs next winter
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/LED-D...644030882.html
or these
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs...681498210.html

[Warmbreeze]

I looked into lighted lures a while ago. Curious if they are just a gimmick or not. I read that light in the water attracts plankton, which then attracts baitfish, then the actual fish; so it takes a little bit of time for lights in water to work.

Maybe you could get some jack to bite at night! I remember one they used to make that looked like a Rattlin' Rapala that had a light in it, that's the one I want! Know to find it.

[Richmuiz]

I bought a bunch of them last year at the sportsman show they work great

[JReed]

Pretty cool that the lights are water activated! I bet those would work real slick for deep water lake trout fishing. Thanks for posting!

[bobalong]

I have used lighted 'strobe" jigs on lake trout, they worked well

[Freedom55]

A cheaper alternative and by far and away the most popular with serious anglers are glow beads, -blades or -spoons. Used in low light conditions like tannin-stained water or high turbidity.

The concept is to appear as the flash of a white belly on a baitfish, pre-programmed as a potential food source for your prey. Red light in particular is useless after a defined depth because a fishes eye cannot see it. Hence the so-called blood hooks. The concept there is that the hook is invisible due to the length of the color wave on the spectrum.

Also available, and just as useless, are the tiny glow-sticks that attach to your still-line with rubber clips and (apparently) make a green spot near the worm.

A tackle maker has one purpose in mind. To lie to you and sell you all the crap they can and tell you that you too can get your name in the record books if you'll just buy this trinket. And that one and that one and ...

Scent and motion are the key factors. But I may have stepped into a conversation that was about angling for squid at 20,000 leagues. In that case, forgive me and ignore this advice.

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