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Homemade green fishing light
Attachment 113237I started at home Depot, picking up two fluorescent bulb protectors, 4 ft'ers. I cut one in half to make up two - two ft'ers to see if it is going to work.Attachment 113238They should have two inserts per tube.Attachment 113240You'll need the LED strips from Amazon.com (pictured below), 5 meters (16.4 ft) at a cost of about $15.00. I cut my strip to about four ft and doubled it in the tube, running the wires out the end and taping them out of the way. I also dipped the end of the LED strip in plastic dip to seal them in case any water gets in the tube. I glued the end cap in with rubber cement and let it dry.
I then dipped the end of the tube in plastic dip and let it dry. This took some time between dryings, and I dipped it three times.
Then I added a one lb lead ingot inside the tube, glued the end cap in place, let it dry, then did the three dip job again. This is what the end product looks like, not professional, but it seems to work OK.Attachment 113243
It lights up very nicely and there is very little battery draw and no heat. I will add a 10 ft length of Attachment 113244wiring, tape each end to the outside of the tube along with a corresponding length of parachute cord or similar diameter nylon rope and attach a male end of a cigarette lighter cord to the wires and use my double receptacle outlets for power. Sometime this summer, I'll get out night fishing and let you know if they work, as in stay lit up. I will probably make up a white one next as I have heard differing opinions as to which color seems to work best for drawing baitfish in.
