Crappie Lights

Im trying to learn some things about night fishing for Crappie. Fished Harris Saturday night. I had two underwater green lights, one set at five feet and the other at 10'. On the other side of the boat I had a floating white light. After about two hrs we had gathered lots of bait fish. We were anchored in 14' water and had bait from surface to bottom. Every fish was caught under the white light. either on the bottom or just off. Twenty three perch and three crappie. Best part was how nice the weather was. Cool, light wind, and bugs not bad.

PS I have been looking for floating lights with LED bulbs instead of the headlight type. Anyone know who sells them?

I don't fish my lights that low in the water. Just under the surface should be all you need to do. The idea is to get the bait to the top of the water so the crappie will rise up under the bait. With the lights a little under the surface it will also help light up the rod tips. Paint your rod tip flat white and they will show up better. Just my thought on how to do it. It works for me!:popcorn Good luck next time!:highfive

My light tubes are roughly 24" long and they stay vertical in the water with the top barely exposed out of the water. If you keep them up high you'll often see the crappie and white perch coming to the surface chasing the bait fish. Cool to watch. I usually fish white lights on one side and green lights on the other just to see which produces better. This past Friday I was swarmed with bugs on the white light side and nearly nothing on the green side. Bait fish showed up the same on both sides but I did catch a lot more crappie on the white side. Usually I catch more on the green side. Go figure. Try keeping your lights up high and doing a super slow troll thru 10' of water or less. I do this some thru 5' of water and really catch several. If the weather permits I'll probably be back this coming Friday night.

I was wrong. It was Sunday night we were out.

I've got 2 of the green lights but i use the floating flounder lights all the time

You can make your own, Just get yourself some of the LED strips from Amazon, and figure out a fixture for them to float on, and there you go. I made 4 1ft lights last weekend and tried them in a pond. Didn't attract any baitfish, because well there is not many bait fish in a stocked farm pond. But the lights were just as bright as my old 2ft bulb lights.

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Originally Posted by mattbowen61990

You can make your own, Just get yourself some of the LED strips from Amazon, and figure out a fixture for them to float on, and there you go. I made 4 1ft lights last weekend and tried them in a pond. Didn't attract any baitfish, because well there is not many bait fish in a stocked farm pond. But the lights were just as bright as my old 2ft bulb lights.

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This is what i just did. After seeing how much those things were at Cabelas I made my own. Wrapped mine around a 1 foot section of an axe handle. Trying it out tonight on Jordan. Using green light.