Tight Lines Uv Plastics...

[sarcazmo]

Did a search for 'tight lines uv' and very limited info came up.

Anyone use these? Is this just a gimmick or is there soemthign to this?

[senile1]

Brent Chapman, the current reigning B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year, believes in them and uses their plastics extensively. I think the people who developed the product believe in it too. If they are correct about the bass ability to see UV light then maybe they are on to something. I bought a couple of the products two or three years ago and the action of the baits didn't thrill me; however, I haven't used them enough to give them a fair review and there may have been changes since then. I have included a link to their website below.

http://www.uv-tackle.com/

[sarcazmo]

Brent Chapman, the current reigning B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year, believes in them and uses their plastics extensively. I think the people who developed the product believe in it too. If they are correct about the bass ability to see UV light then maybe they are on to something. I bought a couple of the products two or three years ago and the action of the baits didn't thrill me; however, I haven't used them enough to give them a fair review and there may have been changes since then. I have included a link to their website below.

http://www.uv-tackle.com/

What little information I could find seemed to be pretty similar to your results. I did see a video on youtube that demonstrated the difference and theer was an obvious one. Whether or not it makes a difference bass fishing is anyones guess.

[thattxguy]

I tried using pop-r's at my local park, until I saw a guy catching some medium size bass after only being there for about 15 minutes. I found out he was using a crawdad or beaver soft bait. I went out to walmart last night and picked up the only beavers I could find. They happened to be that UV tightline stuff but I've never heard of it and seeing as how I saw how reactive the fish were to beavers at the local park, I figured I should buy em. Plus, a 5 pack for around $6 isn't too bad I don't think. Tried out the new gear today and the fish were biting pretty quickly, I mean like first 10 casts. The only problem is I couldn't set them, they might've been too small or it's more probable that I'm just a total novice at fishing. Anyway, after about an hour of trying these UV things out I pulled out a smaller maybe 8-9 inch bass lookin fish. After a few more tries I packed up and went to another pond by my house. By this time it was pretty dark out so I figured if this UV trick worked, it would work best now. After about 45 minutes of no bites at all, I finally pulled up a good size bass (for me, at least); probably a good 13-14 inches.

 

I read up on UV Tightlines and apparently no one believes in them at all and thinks they're a gimmick, so I figured I'd try to help anyone that is looking for a little more information. I love fishing but I'm a terrible fisherman, so I think for being pretty bad at fishing, I did pretty well with these lures.

 

 

I caught the first one on the watermelon-ish one and caught the bigger one at night on the blue one (sorry for the terrible picture quality).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ripinthem]

My experience is that their beaver baits are good. Esp the green and Blue colors. One weird thing, though. I only caught small fish on them, nothing over 2 lbs. Got plenty of numbers, but not what I usually get on a flipping bite. Switched to another company's bait, and got bigger fish, but less bites....

[BobP]

Thatxguy - the fish in the top pic is a rock bass.  Pretty common in northern waters but they are never very large.