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I find them even shallower, 6 ft or less in many cases. Glow jigs are key
I'll 2nd that... Glow jigs make a big difference. I usually start with a PK predator in red dot glow, if they don't dig that I move to a tungsten so I can bait it.
Me too at times - do you think the majority of them move shallow at night say from a deeper near by basin?
I do. All my home waters that’s exactly what they do
I have a battery tester and charger for work that has larger clips and they will grab the spade (F1 or F2) terminals on a 6V or 12V finder type battery, but it doesn't take much to knock them off. I would consider changing the clips to "spade" connectors or it you plan on using the light with other batteries I would make some kind of a pigtails with a spade connector to a small board with a couple of bolts (+ and -) that you could then attach the clips too.Just a thought
If it is legal, I would get yourself a crappie light. I bought one years ago. Basically, it is the old style round headlight built into a formed piece of Styrofoam. It has cables coming out of it and a clip on each wire. You just have to attach the clips to a standard flasher battery. I would drill two holes side by side, for my rods. Then I would drill a third hole back and in-between the two holes for my graph. And a separate hole behind the graph hole for the crappie light. Just sit the light down onto the hole and turn it on. The light attracts the plankton, which attracts minnow and then the specks! I use mine in water up to 30 foot. The beam of light should go down about 10 foot or more! Good luck.
And before anyone chimes in about the legality of using lights to fish at night, I had checked a few years back and printed the email reply from the NH fish & game dept. stating that they are OK to use. (they are illegal if you are using them to "spot" fish to spear/shoot with an arrow.)
I just bought a green light but the clips are beefy like big alligator clips. How do you attach to the spade terminal on a fish finder battery? Any advice or will they just clip on? Not much room to grab from what I see but havent tried it yet.
This is a fact and a lot of people get confused when they consider this. The term jacklighting got everyone mixed up. From the just of what I understood the Narrative to be, a light shining down through the ice is ok, but a light that’s actually lowered down below the ice is where things get confusing.
The law seems pretty specific to me. The light would have to be used for killing or stunning fish. The green light in the water doesn't kill or stun fish.• Except as otherwise specifically permitted, it is unlawful to use or have in possession poisons, explosives, net, set line, fishing otter, trawl, grapple, spear, jack, jack light, or electrical or other device for killing or stunning fish.