Not expert on the subject of night fishing!

Just sharing my thoughts and my .02 cents
Enjoy helping others come to decision
if they are considering fishing at night
Same ideas apply to fresh % salt water fishing
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Research has known for long time an proven that
food chain are sensitive to colors such as blue and green.

The reason for this is because fish live in blue to greenish waters.

Now the question remains what is the best color?

All colors if the light is intense enough will work to certain degree.
Examples: White, yellow, red, green, blue.

Trick is to use colors fish are accustomed too
(green or blue) that will penetrate the depths of waters,

Submersible lights
using submersible fishing lights the rays bounce of the
underside of water and surrounding particles.

Lantern lights
Significant fraction of the light shining on the surface of the water is lost by reflection
and thus will not be available to attract fish and their food chain.

Experiment
Take a flashlight at night stand on the shore line point the beam at 45 degree
and the light will bounce off the water upwards into the trees.

The reason for this is light is reflected water not being unobstructed. Very
small amount light will be absorbed by the water itself in this test.

Reflection underwater
Same effect will happen in reverse with submersible fishing lights. The rays will
bounce off underneath the water surface and particles floating in the water and
boat downward into the water.Creating a mushroom effect. Adding more rays of light.

Above water/below water lights
The above helps one make a decison
based on information provided

Tip:
When fishing with submersible fishing lights for the lights to be most effective should be about 2' depth.
This gives the light a chance to reflect and bounce the rays off the underside of the water back down.

To maintain 2' foot depth use a snap ring on your electrical cord, attach 2" bobber........works great!

(freshwater fishing) crappie eyes are built in the top of their heads and they are always looking up.
Therefore makes sense to have the light above the game fish.

Experiment reflection
Light & water test
Take a flashlight at night stand on the shore line point the beam at 45 degree
and the light will bounce off the water upwards into the trees.

The reason for this is light is reflected water not being unobstructed. Very small
amount light will be absorbed by the water itself in this test.

Reflection underwater
Same effect will happen in reverse with submersible fishing lights. The rays
will bounce off underneath the water surface and particles floating in the water
and boat downward into the water.
Creating a mushroom effect. Adding more rays of light

Submersible fishing lights
have been proven to be more effective, so when shopping for
fishing lights give it deep consideration for submeriable lights.

Above Water Lantern Lights
Have an are being used, but gas & flames are not the best idea!

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Question:
I'm up here in Maine, and have been thinking about ice fishing at night with a light for crappie. I'm 71, but willing to try something new :)) What do you use for batteries to power these lights? I usually don't bring any heavy batteries...just rely on my flasher and auger batteries. Any other info you could supply would be appreciated..

Answer:
8 batteries AA type equals 12 volts and will power L.E.D. Lights upwards of 20 hours with light rays to spare. Using the small batteries can cut down on weight as opposed to lugging around large car batteries. Purchase a 8 pack cell battery packthen you can either hang it around your neck or off your belt




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The object to fishing at night is to attract zoo plankton than minnows than game fish.

To be must effective the boat should be anchored in the front and back of the boat to attract the zoo plankton.

The reason is that the boat will pivot around one anchor with the evening breeze and the zoo plankton will have a hard time staying
with the boat, thereby not allowing the minnows to school up.

When anchoring make sure that the anchor is lowered slowly to avoid scaring the game fish.

In addition avoid having the anchor disturb the brush cover, as game fish could already be located in the brush piles.