One of the most important things to understanding fish behavior is missed by people because we see everything in daylight... our visual light spectrum. Fish are awake while we sleep, they feed while we sleep and are in tune with the bioluminescence and flourescence of there own enviroment not ours. When a stream colors up fish will use there senses they have developed for their "night vision".
Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction that produces light from a living creature. A fire fly that makes it own light is a example of such a creature. The ocean is filled with Bioluminescence creatures. The fish can key in on other species when they see the "night lights". These lights are produce by disturbing other creatures or by the creature themselves.
Fluorescence is the name for the absorption of light at one wavelength and its re-emission at another wavelength. Depending on the evironmental effects light wavelengths are filtered and the others are reflected back.

On a depth study of which colors show up when placed at different depths....guess what color shows up at the greatest depth. Thats right fluorescence and our own man made bioluminescence (glow in dark). Using this knowledge you should be able to improve your fishing strategies in colored waters. Or even night fishing trips
Tight Lines



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Marty
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That doesn't make sense, because I have never had any luck using wiggler or shrimp patterns made with "everglow" and luminated with a camera strobe. It never catches fish at night. And all of those people thought I was taking pictures at night. Hmmmm. LOL.

You need to take the lense cap off to take the pictures.

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Marty
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This gives me a good idea for sockeye fishing!

Try attaching refrigerator bulbs to lures for night fishing. When I'm hungry at night, I'm immediately attracted to them, even through closed eyelids. Since fish don't have eyelids, just think how well they can see them. Good luck.

Todd.

Hey Hairball:

I bet if you took green and orange ever glow, and tied to a nymph hook with a couple small antenna everglow fibers and mini bead chain eyes, that it wouldn't look like krill. Sshh, you werent think of trying a luminescent version of the red hook rig were you? Oh by the way, that doesn't work tipped with wax worms under a float for winter fish in cold water either. Hmmmm