My DIY Night Fishing Light

I've been doin some night crappie fishing since it started warming up. I have one of those floating lights that shoots the beam down and it seems to work okay. I wanted something that would throw a little more light around and was a little more portable. The cord on those isn't really very long and you can't get it to stay away from the boat.

It cost me a total of 13.00 in parts minus the PVC, I had that lying around. I'm going to use a reducer and get a 2 inch PVC about 5 or 6 inches long to store the batteries in with a screw on cap... That will also be the float. I've put sand inside the main piece so it'll sit down in the water.

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Just curious on opinions, haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Looking good.

It work good in the carport. Now it time to field test that thing

That should work, post some pics after you use it !!

that dog oughtta hunt!

Can you show a drawing or plans how you built and materials needed? Looks real good.

Nice are those the led strips if so are those water proof

They are waterproof LED strips just used the 3M adhesive on the back to stick them to a piece of 3/4" PVC. Drilled holes on either ends. At the bottom I just taped it off and siliconed it in. At the top I ran the wires out the top and siliconed from the sand to the top of the pipe with wires sticking out. 8 AA batteries = 12v. So that's my power source... I suck it in the pond this evening to see what it looks like and didnt appear as bright as I had hoped (of course). Illuminated about a 6 ft diameter around it.

I think it looks great. Where did you buy your led strips?

Nice light makes me wanna do some night time fishing.