01-25-2005, 07:43 PM
[size 1]When I lived in CA I used to night fish with a submersible light a lot during the summer months. I have both a high output white light and a green florescent light (low battery draw) and both work well. We would drop it about ten feet below the boat and then drop a worm about 15-20 feet down (toward the edge of the light/dark border) and wait. The bait fish would swarm like crazy and then the big bows would come in. We usually did it over deeper water (sometime 100 feet deep) usually by dams because the water temp was 80 degrees and the trout would stay deep in cooler water until night. We sometimes would have 80-100 fish nights.
I added an extra deep cycle battery to my boat so that I can use lights all night long and it never did drain it down all the way. And I would usually drop a light off the front and one off the back. In the morning I still had my normal battery to start the motor and get back to the dock and my deep cycle would charge back up while I was headed back into the dock. [/size]
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[size 1]I haven't tried night fishing here in Utah but would love to try it this summer at Strawberry. Has anyone tried night fishing in the summer at Strawberry and what bait worked best. It would need to be something that would not deep hook them so you could easily release all those slot cutts. Would vertical jigging work (MGB and HA69????) Just curious. [/size]
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I added an extra deep cycle battery to my boat so that I can use lights all night long and it never did drain it down all the way. And I would usually drop a light off the front and one off the back. In the morning I still had my normal battery to start the motor and get back to the dock and my deep cycle would charge back up while I was headed back into the dock. [/size]
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[size 1]I haven't tried night fishing here in Utah but would love to try it this summer at Strawberry. Has anyone tried night fishing in the summer at Strawberry and what bait worked best. It would need to be something that would not deep hook them so you could easily release all those slot cutts. Would vertical jigging work (MGB and HA69????) Just curious. [/size]
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