Great Lakes Fishing
Glow Spoons
6/28/13 @ 3:51 PM
I am inquiring about glow spoons (ultra glow preferably) that any of you may have used that are very durable and do not chip easily. I have tried various makers and they always last only for about 2 seasons at most and the paint starts chipping/falling off. I am even open to the idea of painting my own spoons. I always save the bare silver ones with the idea that I will someday buy some paint and tape and do them up. Any ideas or suggestions?
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Not sure if your still looking for painting info. But I have been researching and testing many paints for a few years now and what I have found to work best and last the longest is createx paints, I especially like the wicked line and 4200 series. Many selections to choose from, just have to buy a bunch and go to town. Best part is it is water based, so easy clean up and no stinky. Put a couple good coats of their varnish on, and it gets really hard.
I also have been mixing in some glow pigment to get a good glow, I know there is some really nice and expensive stuff out there but I use the cool glow pigment. I paint them in the kitchen at the table during rainy or snowy winter days and just what light hits them during the day gives them enough charge to glow right through the night.
Freaked me out the first time I used it, got up about 4am to get a drink and thought some aliens left me a gift on the table with all the glowing piles!!
Many of the extended glow spoons are only painted on one side. I like the silver on the non-painted side because I think they will continue to work as the sun rises and don’t have to change them out. Spoons are designed to run with the show side down and the fish look up so not sure how much of the non-painted side they see.
If you are going to bother painting the non-painted side of what is likely an expensive spoon why not start from scratch and paint your own? I’m sure Josh’s air brush versions look way better than mine but I’m not sure the fish care. I’ve caught plenty of fish on some pretty ugly paint jobs. The brush marks show but when you light them and look at them in the dark they look just fine.
I tried to search Cabela’s for blank spoons and couldn’t find but that doesn’t mean they don’t have them. I tried an internet search for white blanks and found this site for components:
http://lurepartsonline.com/Shop-By-Category/Trolling-Spoons/Premium-Finish-Trolling-Spoons.html?reloaded=true
Good luck,
Grey Beard
I like to putz and when extended glow spoons first arrived I was intrigued but troubled by the prices. I bought some white blanks from Cabela's and glow paint on the internet and made some. They were not very good look having painted them with a small make up brush stolen from my wife's collection. However, the fish liked them. I bought a bunch of used JPlugs, sanded off the finish and primed with white and then various glow colors. Work well.
A couple of things I learned were you need a good white base for glow paints. You can do that your self or buy pre-painted blanks. The Cabela's are light and kings would bend them. If priming spoons with white as I did with some Evil Eyes I cleaned off all the old paint and then roughed up with 100grit sand paper before priming. It takes at least 2 coats of glow paint to have a half way even decent glow and allow adequate drying time between coats. I covered with 2 coats of spray clear coat and they have held up quite well. Glow paints once open are fussy re drying out if you hope to use at a later date. Thus I would purchase in 1 oz size and that would paint quite a few spoons or Js. I bought some from Ready Set Glo but I looked today and didn't see the one oz size. There can be a substantial difference in price from one company vs another so shop carefully.
It's fun to catch fish on things you've made and I still run some spoons in the dark that I made a number of yrs ago.
Grey Beard
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