Glow Worms?

by Kirils
(Ohio)

I am a biochemist with little fishing experience, but I do know a little about bait from my experiences of my youth.


I would like to get an opinion from the advocates of the sport about a project I have started:

Would there be a interest in live worms that would glow? I have been working on inserting a gene into night crawler worms that would allow them to glow similar to a lightening bug or fire fly.

It is still a ways off from commercialization, but it is doable and if there is enough interest, I would pursue marketing my glow night crawlers. I would appreciate any comments from the fishing community.

Thanks,

Kirils

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May 14, 2012
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starstarstarstarstar 		Interesting
by: Anonymous

Yeah, glow worms would be interesting to see. They should be able to help attract more fish, especially in dingy and stained water, or to use at night.

How far out are you from making this happen? And what kind of price tag are you considering putting on this?
May 14, 2012
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starstarstarstarstar 		Light up the "night" crawler
by: Anonymous

Would the entire worm glow, or just a section?

I would definitely want to try them out.
May 14, 2012
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starstarstarstarstar 		Where to get glow worms?
by: Sam

Where will we be able to buy these from? Online or from our local bait shops?
May 14, 2012
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starstarstarstarstar 		Glow in the dark worms
by: Mark

This sounds really cool and innovative. I would want to give it a shot also. I will be cool to see how well they can catch fish. But I was just wondering, what if we just took our night crawlers and dipped them in a glow in the dark fluorescent dip bait.
May 14, 2012
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by: Jamison

I guess if you were fishing at night, you probably wouldn't necessarily need a night light.

I think that this a great idea, because of how fish seem to be attracted by light when its dark out. Well actually, the bugs are attracted to the light, which attracts small baitfish, which attracts bigger prey fish.

The overall process usually takes around an hour or so, but well worth it. So, you would probably want to use a float to keep the bait near the top of the water so that the bugs will see it.

I don't know, I might be wrong, but it could be worth trying.

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