Thread: blacklights inside rub rail

If your boat is white, every mayfly on the lake will be stuck on the dew in your boat. The last time I was night fishing, the next morning the boat looked like I had it 4wheeling in the mud. Had to stop at the car wash on the way home.

Originally Posted by brushnjigs

If your boat is white, every mayfly on the lake will be stuck on the dew in your boat. The last time I was night fishing, the next morning the boat looked like I had it 4wheeling in the mud. Had to stop at the car wash on the way home.

you must not have had a black light, because I've fished for years using a plug in moon glow black light, and very few bugs will be around. now if you try to night fish with a white light, like using a lantern the bugs will be in your eyes and nose so bad you can't stand it. around here the best fishing is at night, while the pleasure boaters, and waverunner riders are asleep.

pretty cool install...thanks....here's the link for everybody....

YouTube - how to install blacklights in rub rail

Thanks, Thats Good Stuff,,,

I live in kentucky, and while i was prepping my boat for the spring bite, i thought i'd add a few lights to my boat as well. I ordered the total boat package from bluewaterled and then some. Outfitted my boat led's in all compartments, on decks front and rear, under console, and even on my trailer. Since I own a 17' 2004 Nitro, the boat only had 1 courtesy light unstalled in the side of the single console, this was insuffecient. So I added all the led's. My rig is blue and so are the front and rear deck lights, I installed these led's on a dimmer just incase the leds were too bright for night fishing. Only thing I need now is a black light. Been looking towards the moonlite or the nucle eye led type uv lights. As far as research goes the nucle eye is far superior than all other uv black lights on the market, except for the night fishion rub rail lights, but due to the fact that the night fishion lights price tag, I was looking for something a little less expensive. I' sure the quality of these product are there but with a new mouth to feed in a house of 3 already, you have to have a budget. I installed the bluewaters myself. Was just want to ask you about your diy rub rail lights and their functionality. If you dont live too far from ashland, ky I would like to chek the lights out myself. I have looked at your video and I also have in the past looked at all the pics of the bluewater leds on all websites that people have installed the lights on their rigs. Cameras are different and so the pics dont do the lights justice. Was wondering how the lights have been holding up for you? Do you put a cover on your boat when traveling? Does your cover interfere with the lights, does the cover rub on the lights? Have you bumped your rail against the docks and it not hurt your lights? How many times have you used your lights on a good nights fishing? Have any of the individual bulbs burned out since your initial install? Do the bulbs protrude through the holes you drilled into your rub rail or are they flush with the edge of your rail. I pm'd you to try and get your number and have a lot more questions to ask you about your install. I can vouch for the bluewater leds and they truly are worth the money I invested and worth their weight in gold. How do the strips you installed compare the the old fashioned flourescent fixtures. How far can you see your line, are the strips you bought more powerful than the flourescents? How far off the bank are your led still effective. Wish you would give me a call. Wanting to install the rubrail lights just as you have just a little hesitant. So far you are the guinnea pig for this diy project and hope they are holding up for ya, I too would like to save myself a few hundred bux if i can do this myself. thanx c.

Originally Posted by ripoffwhitey

I live in kentucky, and while i was prepping my boat for the spring bite, i thought i'd add a few lights to my boat as well. I ordered the total boat package from bluewaterled and then some. Outfitted my boat led's in all compartments, on decks front and rear, under console, and even on my trailer. Since I own a 17' 2004 Nitro, the boat only had 1 courtesy light unstalled in the side of the single console, this was insuffecient. So I added all the led's. My rig is blue and so are the front and rear deck lights, I installed these led's on a dimmer just incase the leds were too bright for night fishing. Only thing I need now is a black light. Been looking towards the moonlite or the nucle eye led type uv lights. As far as research goes the nucle eye is far superior than all other uv black lights on the market, except for the night fishion rub rail lights, but due to the fact that the night fishion lights price tag, I was looking for something a little less expensive. I' sure the quality of these product are there but with a new mouth to feed in a house of 3 already, you have to have a budget. I installed the bluewaters myself. Was just want to ask you about your diy rub rail lights and their functionality. If you dont live too far from ashland, ky I would like to chek the lights out myself. I have looked at your video and I also have in the past looked at all the pics of the bluewater leds on all websites that people have installed the lights on their rigs. Cameras are different and so the pics dont do the lights justice. Was wondering how the lights have been holding up for you? Do you put a cover on your boat when traveling? Does your cover interfere with the lights, does the cover rub on the lights? Have you bumped your rail against the docks and it not hurt your lights? How many times have you used your lights on a good nights fishing? Have any of the individual bulbs burned out since your initial install? Do the bulbs protrude through the holes you drilled into your rub rail or are they flush with the edge of your rail. I pm'd you to try and get your number and have a lot more questions to ask you about your install. I can vouch for the bluewater leds and they truly are worth the money I invested and worth their weight in gold. How do the strips you installed compare the the old fashioned flourescent fixtures. How far can you see your line, are the strips you bought more powerful than the flourescents? How far off the bank are your led still effective. Wish you would give me a call. Wanting to install the rubrail lights just as you have just a little hesitant. So far you are the guinnea pig for this diy project and hope they are holding up for ya, I too would like to save myself a few hundred bux if i can do this myself. thanx c.

So many questions, I'm so confused.....

Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper

So many questions, I'm so confused.....

sounds like you have your boat well lit. these lights that I installed on my boat, do a good job. I've been off work all spring, and have been fishing 2 and 3 nights a week. and fish all night when I go. so far the lights are holding up good. and they come through the rub rail and are flush with the outside. the cost for the strips I installed were, 27.00 per strip. each strip was 38" long and had 96 lights in them. the lights were about 1/4 inch in diameter. and they light your line up good fishing about 30 feet from the bank. I am well pleased with my lights. I live about 3 hours from ashland, and you are welcome to come and see mine. we can go fishing if you would like. and you can check them out. ps. I'm supposed to return to work sometime in the next 2 weeks, so if you want to see the lights on the water, it would work best in the next few days. I almost forgot your question about the cover and bumping the dock. I fish alone most of the time, and while I'm parking my truck. my boat bumps the dock alot. but I never cover it with a cover. I do have the cover that came with it when it was bought new. it's stored in a storage container. I have the full cover for the boat, the motor cover, and the spare tire cover. all just like new. used them about 4 times and put them in the storage container. I know a lot of fishermen will read this, so I posted the boat cover on here. someone my be looking for a cover like this. it's red and white. I hope this helps you. waterdog.

Appreciate your response. After reading your posts on several fishing forums I figured you were on to something. Was wondering if you had any problems at all with your installation. I am an electrician by trade, and I know for a fact that I can mimic the contenders system, matching it exactly with the materials you have listed in your posts. Thought it was kinda strange that when you introduced your version on other forums you didnt get much feedback, I think thats because you have elliminated the middle man in your case. I'll go ahead and order the lights that you have suggested and then some, I usually tend to over do it myself. thinking about doing what you have and adding a blue strip in the center on each side for trolling down the bank. sounds like that the light dispersion of your strips is about the equilivent of that of the leading competition like moonlite, nucle eye, and night fishion. I think that what you did was not only ingenious, but extremely practical and economical. Appreciate you getting back with me, also appreciate you inviting me to let me tag along with you one nite. As a fellow angler and human, I applaud your ingenuity and resourcefulness, dont know why you dont get much feed back on your idea, think its mainly because everyone is trying to get the competition more business. I have followed you through about half a dozen fishing forums and most people dont seem interrested. I think that you did a great job. Hope I can do just as good as you. Was hoping that the strips have stood up to normal use. Was kinda sketchy about the manufacturer, never ordered from them before, was looking to see what people had to say about their products. If you had to do it all over again would you install these on a new boat if you got one? was it worth it? since you fish with these strip lights do you still have the old stand bys working as well or do you solely rely on your rub rail lights for fishing at night. Just wanting you to talk me into doing this system for myself. Want to make sure that it will be worth it. CONVINCE me.