Light for floundering

There's a lot of LED options for this, but the truth is, I haven't heard anybody say any of them work better than a lantern and a pie plate. Something about that combination and the fact it doesn' create a lot of glare that just works.

Get a Princeton led dive light, an adjustable metal hose clamp, and build a 1/2” pvc pole with an arm rest and 45° angle on the bottom. Bottom piece is about 12” from the 45, 3-4’ section to a t coupler, another foot or so section above that. And about a foot section for the arm rest coming out of the t. I’ll get better measurements when I’m home tomorrow but that’s what we all use, and the led is a serious floundering light.

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Coastal Floundering Lights

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Came to post this. They are BRIGHT.

I don't have any issues with scared off flounder from the double. I am mindful of heavy footfalls and think that would be more likely to blow the spot

Those underwater LEDs are legit. Just make sure you do a trial run before you get to floundering hole. Had several adjustments to do on mine. So much easier than the old Coleman’s.

You can build your own with a light from oznium.com. I’ve built 6 of them myself. Easy to build.

Led lights

I built mine with the 20watt green lights. They are threaded in the back to screw a pvc nipple. He did that specifically for gig light builds. I’ll have to find the plans but way easy. It comes with domed and flat glass lenses. I use the flat. They work awesome. The green is great but some also like the warm white. I prefer green.

Also, you just remove the mounting plate. It has a screw on each side and the hole doesn’t penetrate the body. They are siliconed in the rear to make them water tight also.

ETA: found the plans. Oznium led gig light plans
These plans are awesome and I promise these are the only lights you will ever need. When I built mine, the 50watt lights weren’t a thing. They would be unreal but not sure how fast they would drain a deer feeder battery. The 20w won’t drain the battery for 4 or so hours. By the way, just make the battery connection wires long enough. Battery goes in a backpack you wear on your back. Also, I did not install a switch. Just disconnect mine from the battery when done or moving spots. The switch is cool it figured it could be a point of failure you can just do without.

I’m bookmarking since I’ll be over on the MS coast there all summer

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My question is, since lights have come a long way, is there anything out there that could be used in lieu of Coleman lantern? A specific headlamp maybe?

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With the exception of getting burned by the Coleman, it is about all you need. A LPG Coleman with a reflective shield was almost perfect. And your gig though not state of the art was deadly effective also. I don't see why you need to really upgrade from that nearly perfect setup but I understand we are in the modern times so LEDs and batteries may be nice but are not needed.