Nite Fishing With Green Light?

[Huckfinn]

Hey Birdwatcher, I forgot to ask you in the last post, is live bait all you use, you sound like my fishin buddy all he use's is minnows?

[Bird Watcher]

Hey Birdwatcher, I forgot to ask you in the last post, is live bait all you use, you sound like my fishin buddy all he use's is minnows?

Huck,

Actually I prefer jigs when they are biting. Sticking my hand in the bucket to catch minnows every couple minutes makes them cold. You can see the eyes when they get closer to the boat under a flashlight, but the submersibles don't usually make them glow...or at least if my memory serves me

[Huckfinn]

Just thought if the light was down 8 ft. you could just see them easier... so you dont even need a fish finder. ya know !!!funny ha ha... Huck

[Chris J]

Headed out at 2:00pm, I'll fish Cedar Ridge brush piles at night and State Park in the day. I will stay after dark to try my new Green Lights (probably to early for that but it wont be freezing). Hope the crappie are hitting.

[Bird Watcher]

Headed out at 2:00pm, I'll fish Cedar Ridge brush piles at night and State Park in the day. I will stay after dark to try my new Green Lights (probably to early for that but it wont be freezing). Hope the crappie are hitting.

Brave man. Better take a big anchor on Stockton with this wind. Good luck.

[Chris J]

Well the light really brought in the bait( only took 30 min/ used to take an hour with a lantern on good night). At first i wasn't sure but when we reeled in a crappie we saw a swarm of about a thousand minnows. They were just down far enough in the water that we could only see a few at a time until the fish spooked them. The fishing was slow around Cedar Ridge only 4 keeper crappie. I cant wait to see this spring how well we do. Green light seems to bring in the bait.

I bought the one 4'(a little over 5' total and 10 lb) for 135.00 and 2/ 2' lights from bass pro. I wont be using a lantern and my floating white lights anymore.

I put the big one in the water and i put Velcro straps on the rail of the pontoon boat for the other two. The light shines on your pole perfectly and don't hit you in the eyes. I wired plugs to plug the lights into in the hidden compartments around the boat(no wires to trip on). This is definitely the best night setup I have ever used. Now to buy an extra battery and one more light for the back so if there are more people fishing. I sure hope the green lights don't attract bugs like my lantern used to.

If you see a 21' Tracker Party Barge with a green glow you can see from a mile away stop by and say Hi!!

[flounder pounder]

Chris,

Good to hear people use the green lights here. I just moved here from gulf coast, I unloaded all my saltwater tackle. For some reason I kept my green light. I used to make the 48" lights for local tackle shop (never made any money, just a lot of friends). I love fishing at night with the green light, and look forward to giving it a try at Stockton. How do you fish yours, are you submerging it parallel to water or perpendicular? I designed my light wo it would essentially bob like an indicator perpendicular to the water. Anyway looking forward to hearing about more fyour "green light" outings.

Jeff

[Stockton Lake Guide Service]

I use some lights int he summertime when I am bored and just wanting to get some fish in the freezer. Beats fishing in the heat of the day and works pretty good at bringing in the bait fish.

Good luck!!