well,in the dark there is not much more than starlight so with respect to that,the less light there is the less there can be any reflectivity.
last week on the new moon I caught 2 bass on a creek chub giant pikie that is a Rudolph and then one on my yellow rip splitter down deep.
I really don't try to use a plug because of color but, because of profile and weather it is a deeper swimmer or surface swim depends on where I'm going to fish.
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I chose these 2 because out in the rips there are 2 humps that rise up from 25-30 feet to 12-18 feet,the pikie will go down about 15 feet when drifted waay out and reeled back against the current slowly in that area.
also my fatcats will dig down when used the same way,other wise they will swim on top slow rolled.
the fish hang in between the humps when they are there.

R-P