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Kodiak
Banned User
I am firm believer in UV. It started 2 yrs. ago when I started researching what fish see in an effort catch larger chinook. I'm a big fish junkie! You know seeing colors, shapes, etc. I kept running into the UV thing, you know by guys with UV products to sell. So I started researching the thing, not their ranting, but honest scientific stuff about salmon and steelies. Turns out that they see it like you and I see any other color. I wasn't sure until an accident happened. My brother polished a blade with our first pattern on it that we had fished all day with no fish. We polished the blade went and within 20 mins had a chrome bright 30 lbs. nook. After studying the contents of the polish there were multiple UV reflective substances. After more research on what UV is, how it reacts, polerizes and what natural items have it it turns out almost all salmon and steelhead foods reflect UV to some degree. Some more intensly than others. Then logically if salmon and steelhead natural foods all have it then why doesn't our equipment?
Keeping that in mind, No visible wave length of light (red, yellow, blue) penetrates deeper than 40-44 feet in ocean water. Considering salmon and steelhead most of thier lives deeper than that why in the world do they have eyes? Simple, they are seeing something. But how? There is only one wavelength of light that fish can see deeper than any other. It is UV. At these depths UV polerizes easily and can still be seen horizontally for greater distances than others causing them to easily target prey via there UV signature and become lethal predators.
The use of UV enhancement on my herring, eggs, spinners, plugs and wobblers has increased my catch rates unbelievably. I went from being 8-10 springer a year guy to 20+, I've hit 15 winters in 4 trips, filled 4 1/2 hatchery cards with summer steelies in just under 30 days. UV works and works well. I'm not trying to tout my own gear, just answering some questions about a technology in it's infancy.
Keeping that in mind, No visible wave length of light (red, yellow, blue) penetrates deeper than 40-44 feet in ocean water. Considering salmon and steelhead most of thier lives deeper than that why in the world do they have eyes? Simple, they are seeing something. But how? There is only one wavelength of light that fish can see deeper than any other. It is UV. At these depths UV polerizes easily and can still be seen horizontally for greater distances than others causing them to easily target prey via there UV signature and become lethal predators.
The use of UV enhancement on my herring, eggs, spinners, plugs and wobblers has increased my catch rates unbelievably. I went from being 8-10 springer a year guy to 20+, I've hit 15 winters in 4 trips, filled 4 1/2 hatchery cards with summer steelies in just under 30 days. UV works and works well. I'm not trying to tout my own gear, just answering some questions about a technology in it's infancy.