Honest discussion of LED lighting

[BigD]

Well, I finally had a chance to test the Nucli-eye Aurora. Just like some had said, just wait about an hour and you will see the bait fish show up.

It was like watching an aquarium as the larger and larger fish showed up. Some bait fish were 3 inches.

Anyhow, I caught one crappie after the other until I finally got tired around 12:30 am. All were small except one. It was like a "Dink Reunion" or something.

Sometimes my jig would barely hit the water and it would get smacked. In the light, out of the light, it didn't matter.

Only thing that could have made that night better would have been some keepers.

5 stars for the Nucli-eye Aurora


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[Ken Jones]

I use a floating light. Its a car beam inbedded in foam. Works great. Very cheap to make.

[iivydriff]

Well I have to put in my 2 cents worth on this subject. Ive been fishing with lights for over 20 years. We used to use the Headlight in the foam floating on top. We caught more fish with them things then you could load in a semi trailer. Then It went to the submergable lights We caught scads of fish with them and then all of a sudden here comes these green lights. Man I thougth that was just cool I had to have one. So I went and got me one. I never dreamed it was that green light, but I got to where I was not catching fish like I had done for years. Well finally I broke the green light by accident one night, and started using my white lights again. Guess what I started slayiing them again. Now Ive got figured out that If im even close to somebody using a green light I cant catch fish. Now Im using jigs not live bait. Ive seen folks using live bait catch some fish with the green lights. And the green lights attract fish sure enough, but I sure cant catch them like I can fishing under a white light. The water i fish is pretty clear and I just think the green is to much light. And the people with the green lights dont catch more fish than I do So I think Ill just stick to my white lights. I think the starfires might be a little bit to bright.
I dont know why everybody thinks they have to light up the whole lake it just doesnt work that well. I actually used to paint my my headlight with white spray paint to dim it down and it worked great.
I am a firm beleiver that too much light will hurt your fishing.
Everybody always tells how well the lights attracted the fish, but they dont talk about how well they caught them.
You know just because all these studies show that green light penetrates farther through water that does not mean It the best for fishing. I want to know how the fish react differently with green lights and white lights. Because there is no doubt white lights will attract fish and green lights attract fish, but I know for sure I dont like the way the fish act around green lights. I can catch 10 times more fish under a white light for a fact.

[crataegus]

Wow! Great thread!

I went night fishing for the first time last night and had a great time. My out of the box observation was that our night stalk created a small amount of day for the fish to huddle under--it's as if fish (and unfortunately insects) are always longing for the daytime or at least a couple dim hall lights so they can find the fridge for a midnight snack.

Iivy, I'm curious about part of your post:

... Now Ive got figured out that If im even close to somebody using a green light I cant catch fish. Now Im using jigs not live bait. Ive seen folks using live bait catch some fish with the green lights. And the green lights attract fish sure enough, but I sure cant catch them like I can fishing under a white light...

So are you saying that you cannot catch fish under your white lights if you are positioned near someone's green lights; but you catch consistently more fish under your white light if it's the only light around? I'm not doubting you, and like you said...you aren't doubting that the greens send out more penetrating, bait attracting light. But if this is true, I wonder if we may be on the edge of discovering something bigger when it comes to night fishing.

People's moods are very much affected by the quality and intensity of light. I wonder if the same can be said for the crappie's much simpler emotional palette. I also assume the bait are attracted to the light because they instinctively know that's where they eat...I wonder if just one step up the food chain, if crappie are attracted to light as much as they are attracted to the movement and smell of hundreds of bait-sized fins--especially since crappie hunt more based upon feel and smell than by sight (i think). With this in mind, we can all agree that crappie usually BITE better in certain daytime lights (usually low light conditions in the morning, evening, and overcast skies). So yeah, it makes sense that too much night light can be counter productive to the BITE...but iivy's post really brought up some interesting points "in light of" the other great posts in this thread.

So, out of all this, the question I'm left with is this: does a crappie's mood and feeding tendencies vary independently of its potential prey through the light spectrum? If so, do we need a combination of light colors to attract bait as well as bend the fish's mood toward biting?

Next time, I'll throw a string of multi-color Christmas lights in the water so I'll know I've got all my bases covered!

Jeremy

[fished-out]

Gotta ask--has anyone tried installing a "dimmer" switch that would allow you to vary the intensity of these lights?