Reply by: Wild Trout Hunter      Posted: 12/21/2009 11:03:38 PM     Points: 202    

LEDs is the way to go!! Blue & green sounds like a great idea! Better than paying a pretttty penny for the fishing light attractor!!! It is legal to use light as a fishing aid in Colorado! You might want to use a plastic tube & silicone instead of glass so it wont break! Post a pic after you make it!!

 Reply by: fishmaniac      Posted: 12/22/2009 6:33:46 AM     Points: 224    

I have a 12 volt pond light with colored lenses with it 20.00 is what i paid for it.

 Reply by: MeatHead      Posted: 12/22/2009 7:47:05 AM     Points: 387    

Yea...."Pond Light"! Good idea! Have you ever tried it? Did it work?

 Reply by: BigAndy      Posted: 12/22/2009 11:30:11 AM     Points: 162    

First time I heard of this was just last summer when I was in Texas. It really works! All the bait fish start coming in and the bigger fish follow! Its a great show to watch! I searched through the regs pretty thoroughly and it doesnt say anything about it being illegal here. The bright green neon lights work the best. I read somewhere that at night it makes the fish think that it is a full moon and they go wild!

 Reply by: Flyrodn      Posted: 12/22/2009 12:11:32 PM     Points: 8891    

As to legality. Page 5 of the 2009-2010 regulations brochure.

9. ARTIFICIAL LIGHT: Legal if used as a fishing aid.

A word of caution on fishing with methods not listed in the regulations. In past conversations/emails with CDOW on regulations. In Colorado, as a general rule, to be legal it must be specifically stated as such. So if you can't find where it's legal, assume it's not until you get a specific ok from CDOW and even then I would make sure I kept of record of who said what and when, along with contact info. But then that's just me.

 Reply by: basshog      Posted: 12/22/2009 1:40:08 PM     Points: 154    

Thanks for the update guys

 Reply by: MAC ATTACK      Posted: 12/22/2009 1:49:58 PM     Points: 1073    

MeatHead,

Ive used them at Lake Powell. At Powell the light atracts the plankton, then the shad and then the stripers. It is a cool show when all three finally show up. Ive read that guys fish the docks usig this method there.


MAC ATTACK

 Reply by: fishmaniac      Posted: 12/22/2009 5:48:47 PM     Points: 224    

Works great with a 12 volt battery, & a dimmer switch so that you can control how much juice you use! Has a red, blue, green, & yellow lens replaceable bulbs & water proof.

 Reply by: FISHRANGLER      Posted: 12/22/2009 8:56:40 PM     Points: 3572    

I say this only because I have owned them,
the incandescent light uses a lot of power the floro bulb will get broke in your boat.
You don't need to go green or blue, white light does the same it attracts the plankton and then the shad and then what ever else is eating at that time, we have used the car headlights in Styrofoam and they do the same thing for 10 dollars, at Powell and Texoma. good luck to ya here in Colorado it takes a long time to get all that going plankton, shad, moving around. we have use them at Boyd and it worked a little not a lot but a little.
I couldn't tell you for sure, we were having to good of time fishing at night for white bass. I will tell you the light is great to be able to see your pole and fish when next to the boat so you should have something in the water that lights that area up and led is the best because of the power it uses, very little.If you come up with a led uderwater light that is bright enough, say"100 candles" put a patten on it and I'll be your first customer.
Fishrangler

 Reply by: MeatHead      Posted: 12/23/2009 12:20:09 AM     Points: 387    

Thank you all for the information!
I will do more research on this. The major problem is that LED does not seem to produce the light powerful enoght to attract the fish, but regular light consumes too much power.....
Probalay the quickest test is just have a waterproof flash light put in water and see if the light attracts the fish under ice or not. I will try it next time on ice.