Crappie light test conducted

I have been looking for a good white light and think I have found it. I was tempted to buy a Honda generator but I can't hear good and didn't want the extra noise. Northern tool advertised a LED 12v Work light so I bought one. I got the one with 9 leds and around 2050 lums. It is a very bright light and I think it will pierce the water good. I have not had it on the water yet. I took a fresh charged 1 year old 12 volt battery and plugged it up this past Tuesday evening at 7:00 pm. I was shocked to see how long it burned bright. It was on all night Tuesday, all day and night Wednesday, all day Thursday and I unplugged it at 7:00 Friday morning. It was getting dim Friday morning but was bright at 11:30 pm Thursday night. So I really don't know exactly when it started to dim. However it did light up for much longer than I would have thought. I ordered 2 more from Amazon yesterday cheaper than Northern Tool. I don't know how long they will last, they say around 30,000 hours (which I doubt) but I think I have found what I have been looking for and just wanted to share it with you folks. It does state that it is waterproof and I am going to make a hanger to hang it over the side of the boat so hopefully the bugs will stay out of my face. I don't know if I will make it float or not I want to see what it looks like about a foot off the water.

Sounds good, keep us informed!

What brand of light?

It just said Work Light on the box and is make in China The one I ordered from Amazon is Kawell . I have not received them yet so I really don't know how they will work. The one at Northern Tool has a display in the store beside the red bar lights like firemen would use. I think it is for tractors and 4 wheelers. Last time I looked I didn't see it on the web site. They ran it in an ad that ended on the 9th

LED is the way to go if they work for you. They use very little current and last a long time. I have installed a 12v plug on my console just for that use. With LED I don't worry about it killing my battery.

Thanks for the info! Let know how it works!

Made these two lights for flounder gigging earlier this year. It uses a screw-in LED bulb that I bought on Ebay. It is equivalent to a 75-watt bulb. There are eight double AA batteries in the handle that will run the bulb all night--longer than I can last walking for flounder. I'm trying to figure out a way to modify it to use for night-fishing for crappie as well. The LED bulb was only about $15 and I bought the AA recharge batteries at BJ's for around $25. The other components came from Lowe's, Radio Shack and Agri-Supply (shield and globe). The nice part is there are no exposed wires to cause trouble--been there and had that happen too many times.

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I've ben thinking about rigging up some led's for bowfishing, just haven't gotten motivated enough to start it.
Mike

Take a kid outdoors!

You can get much brighter ones, I just wanted to try these so they would last a long time and not run my battery down.

Crappie happy pappy your thinking is the way we fish hanging over the edge of the boat off the water bout a foot. It works good for us. I've got 2 mounted under my pontoon and ordered 2 more . These will be mounted on clamps where I can move around and from boat to boat.

Yes, I just got the other two from Amazon.com and have made brackets that hang over the side of the boat and are adjustable . I am going to keep the one I got from Northern on a clamp so I can use it for a backup light on my boat. I got to back down my driveway about 200 feet and when I come in while it is still dark I need more light. I hope this thread has been a help to someone. Good luck and stay safe

FYI Northern Tool offers a 5% discount for Veterans.
I put LEDs under my toon, we'll see tomorrow night how well they work.

Do you wear your uniform in from WWI to get that discount?

Crewmax 42, No they settle for an ID.
And it was a police action that killed more than WW1 & 2

Scooper Dude, how much light did they put out in the water? I have not had a chance to go fishing at night since I got it. How far off the water did you put the lights and how much area did they cover