green bait lights

[2013skiff]

was looking into the green submersible bait lights....seen a few places that have them on there docks and a few boats with them on...since im not lucky enough to live at the lake I was wondering if a person had the green lights and went in a creek an hour before daylight and had the lights on that it would be enough time for the bait fish to come to the light?...anybody have the lights and know which one is better than the other?...thanks guys

[mwardncsu]

I've never tried early AM, but at night bait is typically starting to move in within an hour or so. I've talked with guys that used to go anchor up / tie up somewhere along deep water, drop a light or hang one over the side, then get stuff on the boat ready, re-tie leaders, drink a cold one, etc.... then catch some bait.....

[mwardncsu]

HydroGlow makes florescent and LED versions of submersible lights - www.hydroglow.com

Fishing Lights Etc has LED versions and halogen versions - www.fishinglightsetc.com/

I think the LED versions are brighter than the florescent, but not as bright as the equivalent size halogens - but of course the LEDs draw a lot less power.


I have one of the Fishing light Etc 4' LED lights and it is well made and will pull in bait. Had a 4' (?) Hydroglow florescent - one note - if you have it out the back of the boat and forget it's there and start to motor down and it swings around and bumps your prop the impact WILL shatter the bulb inside......

[2013skiff]

thanks for the reply...atleast you told me that it does seem to work...I found one that takes place of your drain plug...I know my skiff has 3 drain plugs then wire them into the white light in the back of the boat then they will be on a switch...maybe a good idea...thanks for the input

[mwardncsu]

those drain-plug lights are mostly junk..... you have one or maybe 2,3 LEDs in there tops.....

[2013skiff]

thanks for that info before I wasted money there

[Brian]

I think that these are the best bang for your buck if you want underwater lights for your boat:

coastalnightlights.com/Gen3-UW-Lights.html

[mwardncsu]

Chris' lights are good stuff and highly recommended and he stands by his stuff. I'd et the double wide or double tall for maximum light. He can do custom ones in the double sizes - a green panel and a blue panel as an example.

Some of the flush mount options have less LEDs but are driven at higher power so as much or might light out of a smaller package - but Chris' lights from CoastalNightLights are proven.

The one advantage of having the light stick option is you can use it at the dock or boat or a friends boat, etc. As well as hanging it off the bow vs being on the transom