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Fishing lights on the river
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:26 am
Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:26 am
For those that have fishing lights set up on your freshwater river or creek docks, do you get a lot of bream and bass under them? Or mostly gar? Any issues with moccasins hanging out under lights?
We've got a place at the beach with light for specks and reds and kids spend hours fishing it but never put one out in freshwater. Just curious if it's worth it and hear your experiences.
Thanks!
We've got a place at the beach with light for specks and reds and kids spend hours fishing it but never put one out in freshwater. Just curious if it's worth it and hear your experiences.
Thanks!
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Posted on 4/29/20 at 8:57 am to Palmetto08
Mine isn't currently up and running but when operating, they typically bring in gar, sacs and catfish
Posted on 4/29/20 at 9:23 am to wickowick
I guess alligators as well
Posted on 4/29/20 at 9:25 am to commode
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I guess alligators as well
That's actually a pool float.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 9:35 am to commode
Gators from time to time, but they aren't that common
Posted on 4/29/20 at 1:48 pm to wickowick
Great pics! Thanks for the reply.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 1:52 pm to Palmetto08
In Belle River they bring in gar pretty much exclusively
Posted on 4/29/20 at 3:25 pm to lsupride87
Put the light above or under the water?
Posted on 4/29/20 at 10:39 pm to commode
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I guess alligators as well
im told the gators will stay off a ways just out of the light so they can ambush stragglers around the edges
Posted on 4/30/20 at 11:46 am to dstone12
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Put the light above or under the water?
These will be clamped to the edge of the dock above the water. Plug them in then store them when we're not there.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 12:18 pm to Palmetto08
The fish get accustoms to the light, when ours is working the fish start moving to the light before the sun goes down and the light comes on. I recommend leaving it up and running if possible.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:23 pm to Palmetto08
we used to put lights out around the boat to night fish for white perch/saic au lait
Posted on 4/30/20 at 2:04 pm to wickowick
What type of lights are they? You have a link?
Posted on 4/30/20 at 2:45 pm to Palmetto08
I have two of the Bojo Fishlights on my pond. The lights have what is basically a weed eater string attachment under the light that hits all the bugs that are attracted to the light and knocks them into the water. They have been installed about 10 years and are still working great.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 3:18 pm to lotik
Mine are Fish-n-light
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:58 pm to wickowick
Starting with these cheap lights clipped onto edge of dock. See how it works and possibly upgrade to something more substantial that will stay on longer.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 9:08 pm to Palmetto08
turn your lights on when the mayflies are hatching and you can scoop the catfish up with a net
Posted on 5/1/20 at 7:51 pm to Palmetto08
Keep us posted!
Posted on 5/2/20 at 1:06 pm to wickowick
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wickowick
Are these really green colored lights? Most underwater light places make green light systems. I make these type light systems and I have a couple of bulbs that throw off the yellow to white underwater light. White shows up yellowish in the lake where I live. The white light bulbs are easier to find and 250 watts in particular. Just wondering if the pictures aren't showing the real color?
As we move into summer I have a lot of gar at the lights. And underneath the lights and off towards the shadows I see a lot of bass and white bass. In the early fall I see a lot of crappie. In the summer crappie are out deep.
Ok, I see. I also have above the water LED lights. I rarely use them. In many Texas/Florida saltwater and now freshwater lakes there are systems utilizing submerged HID metal halide lighting ( I also have a 1000 watt high pressure sodium system). So you can find 175 watt to 1000 watt systems. That's what I have at my place and I use 175, 250, 400 and 1000 watt bulbs. These bulbs and connections are waterproofed and sunk into the lake. The controller uses a photo switch so they come on at dusk and go off a about sunrise. In the summer somebody is usually fishing mine. If I don't get down there by sunset, I'll not get to fish them. Lake fishermen love those lights.
This post was edited on 5/2/20 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 5/2/20 at 1:46 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
My lights are clear, the water causes it to look green. When I purchase my lights, the light company said the light color does not make a difference in attracting fish but the colored lights do restrict the light output so you need a brighter bulb on a colored light to have the same diameter circle as the light coming from a clear light.
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