Submersible lights

[nickdlny]

Hey,

anybody know of a good 12v led submersible?  I broke the old fashioned green stick lights I had kicking around forever and I have to replace them.  Seems like LED would be a good option--I just can't find any.  How about other 12v setups?  I like to use a sportsman 12v just like the one in the back of the vexilar--that's what I have to power my light with.

thanks gents

Nick

[pirkaus]

Check local regulations
They're illegal on NH
Pirk

[Icecrazy55]

Do the submersible lights work when ice fishing? I have thought about them but have never pulled the trigger on using them. How do you fish with them on the ice?

[river_scum]

check out reel lites at reellites.com  i have been using them for a couple years now.  your on the rite track with LED

[$ignmoney]

I tried both green and the white lights 2 different times. I watched a bunch of gills, perch come in but no takers. Sat there for 2-3 hours each time. I wont bother taking them again. Maybe I not using them right?

[Greg2ha]

check out reel lites at reellites.com  i have been using them for a couple years now.  your on the rite track with LED

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[k2muskie]

Picked up a 12" one for this upcoming season we shall see.  Tried to get one last season and as expected 'sold out'... A tad pricey but what the heck.

http://fishinglightsetc.com/superbrite.html

[nickdlny]

Picked up a 12" one for this upcoming season we shall see.  Tried to get one last season and as expected 'sold out'... A tad pricey but what the heck.

http://fishinglightsetc.com/superbrite.html

Good call k2muskie!

That's exactly what I was looking for--I knew it had to be out there I just couldn't find it.  Thanks--I think I'm going to have a converstation with Santa about that 12 inch light. 

Nick

[nickdlny]

Do the submersible lights work when ice fishing? I have thought about them but have never pulled the trigger on using them. How do you fish with them on the ice?

Hey icecrazy,

I don't speak to their ability to draw fish in or make them hit--I just like being able to look down in the water and see.  I drill a hole several feet from where I'm fishing and then drop my jig down into the green glow.  I don't expect the light to work to get the fish to hit my hook, I only know the light is doing it's job when I look down the hole and I see a fish.  If the fish doesn't hit, I blame that more on my jig/bait combination. 

Nick

[nickdlny]

check out reel lites at reellites.com  i have been using them for a couple years now.  your on the rite track with LED

and then I see this post lol.  I went from not being able to finding anything to having to make a really tough decsion.  The reellites look alright too.  Which of their lights do you have? 

I'm trying to move everything to led--it would be sweet to be able to power my shanty lights and the fishing lights with a single sportsman battery for a night or two.  When I got to doing the math, it's very possible.

[Chris Raymond]

I think lights are mostly a smelt and crappie thing.  I wouldn't fish for smelt at night without one.  Some guys say a lantern on the ice will work...unfortunately that hasn't worked well for me.  I may get after crappie this year; however, that will depend on whether the big lake remains open as it did last year though. 

[Minnowhead]

How do you use them?  Drop them down the hole and fish in the glow?

[Chris Raymond]

For smelt yes.  Light draws in little critters which smelt want to eat.  I have never fished specifically for crappies at night so I couldn't tell you how they're used but I know they are. 

[nickdlny]

Hey,

I've fished smelt with some success without the light on Gull--but I know that I have always done better with the light.  My favorite with the light is in 12-15 feet of good clear water crappie fishing though.  No need for the flasher, just look through the hole and see the fish coming.