fishing with underwater lights

[bttmline]

Hey Guys
My wife and I tried it Sat night with no luck. Could anyone point me to some good articles or threads to help me with my luck. Depth, color and where to start with.
Tim

[izzysfishin]

Did you read Rango's article on here, it covers pretty well everything you need to know http://www.crappie.com/rango/index.htm ...izzy

[skiptomylu]

Hey Guys
My wife and I tried it Sat night with no luck. Could anyone point me to some good articles or threads to help me with my luck. Depth, color and where to start with.
Tim

Other than Rango's article which is great....just find a creek bend where the creek is 25'-35' (about) and fish about 10'-20' deep. Start at one depth and change until you get bit. Hopefully you are in an area that has bait fish. Put out you lights and wait for a wile before they start probably.

Use you depth finder to see about how deep the fish are and fish at or above their depth.

Next thing...use minnows at night!

Hope this helps,

Skip

[THE FISHERMANS EDGE]

these are very bright and inexpensive
http://www.glo-toob.com/GloToob.htm

[bttmline]

I should have mentioned this earlier, Our lakes don't run much more than 20 feet, some 30 but most average 15 - 18. F.E. I already have a very bright light with 2 colors of covers. But thanks for the link.
Tim

[crappie66]

The submersible underwater lights in my opinion don't work that well, it seems that everytime we have tried using them we don't seem to catch many fish. The lakes I have night fished for crappie aren't very deep either, about the same depths as you quoted. Maybe the underwater lights would work better in deep lakes, but I think in the shallower lakes the light goes all the way to bottom and spreads out, most fish don't like super bright million candle power lights. I think the duller lights work much better and bring in the fish.

Your best bet is to just use a cheap coleman lantern, rig it up so its over the side of the boat, it will light the area up plenty to draw in the plankton, minnows, and ultimately the crappie.

[Carl Palmer]

Hey Guys
My wife and I tried it Sat night with no luck. Could anyone point me to some good articles or threads to help me with my luck. Depth, color and where to start with.
Tim

If you would pay the postage I have two covers i made years ago for some coleman gas lanterns. They are square, about (if my memory is still there) 14" at the bottom and taper up to about 6" square at the top. They are 1/8" aluminum, the top has holes drilled in to help the heat escape and is also slotted to allow the lantern handle to pass through. They are long enough to hide the globe when you have them hung out over the side so you don't get blinded. It is easy to light them, lower the covers down over the bail and hang them on your supports, plus they reflect more light down ito the water. It only takes a minute or so for them to cool when you get done since the cutoff valve of your lantern is still accessable. Any one that may want them I'll be glad to donate to. Just let me know and I'll send them. I will be checking at the P.O. to find out approx. shipping cost.

[bttmline]

Thanks for the link to Rango's article. Great reading, even printed it out to keep on hand and share with my other club member's.
Tim

[porboy298]

Carl, I would like to take you up on your offer about the light covers.
Will email you.
Thanks
Bill

[ShilohRed]

Could you post a picture of them?
Sounds like they should work great. And not that hard to build.
Pete

If you would pay the postage I have two covers i made years ago for some coleman gas lanterns. They are square, about (if my memory is still there) 14" at the bottom and taper up to about 6" square at the top. They are 1/8" aluminum, the top has holes drilled in to help the heat escape and is also slotted to allow the lantern handle to pass through. They are long enough to hide the globe when you have them hung out over the side so you don't get blinded. It is easy to light them, lower the covers down over the bail and hang them on your supports, plus they reflect more light down ito the water. It only takes a minute or so for them to cool when you get done since the cutoff valve of your lantern is still accessable. Any one that may want them I'll be glad to donate to. Just let me know and I'll send them. I will be checking at the P.O. to find out approx. shipping cost.