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Vic (Clawtooth) wanted to know how I build my shrimping lights
so I thought I'd share with everybody here that might be interested etc, etc ...
They're 115V so you'll need a converter on the boat for em to plug into etc, etc ....
So, here they are ...................................
Thank you very much :biggrin These look like they will work a lot better than the contraption that I came up with!
Just make sure they're pretty ! ! ! ! !
Never mind ................I'm drinkin ........... Thinkin I'm being humorous
Disregard .................................................. ..........
Secrets safe with me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
Where did you get the 7 pound pyramid weight? Never seen one close to that big.
That lady "Lee Noga" that has the shrimping forum (Shrimping academy) sells em, however I bought one thenQuote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
made a mold from it and pore my own .......
Is this something similar to shrimp poling? My buddy from South Carolina explained that to me recently. I need to live near the surf!!!
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Don't know .............Quote:
Originally Posted by GREENFISH
In winter time we use a long pole with net on it to dip em, at night time, when they
swim over our submerged lights, etc, etc....
In summer time them folks cast net em in the day time, from Daytona Beach up to Jacksonville ......
If you get these lights you dont need an inverter
A19 LED Bulb - 60 Watt Equivalent - 12V DC - 700 Lumens | Super Bright LEDs
abd I use 8lb dumbells to hold lights down.
It would also be an awesome kayak anchor, if you ever had a mind to sell a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
I think the fellow that showed me how to build these lights went to those, I decided to stay with these since I already had em built .........Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Ok. Gotcha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom309
Shrimp poling basically consists of driving a pole into the water (acting as a marker...) then chumming around it. Cast net the shrimp that are attracted. That's my very basic summary of it. Seems very effective!
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I think our current is too strong to bait an area. It would just wash away. In the summer time we hunt them on the fish finder in the main channel area and cast net them. sometimes in 12 ft of water. The summer shrimp run on the bottom. In the winter time we anchor up, drop down our lights and net the shrimp that we see that come in the range of our nets. Some get carried away with their light fields and long nets.Quote:
Originally Posted by GREENFISH
Nah, that tide swing in South Carolina is way stronger than Oak Hill/Edgewater area. I have shrimped many times in SC with poles and chum. I bet when the summer shrimp in Daytona or Astor show if you chummed em you could pull them away from the gauntlet of boats and keep from playing bumper boats, at least for a bit until one of them commercial guys saw a net full. My sisters floating dock in Beaufort had an 8' swing from high to low tide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slimjim1
I did not realize that. it might be worth giving it a try. It's always fun to try / learn new thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Stuff stinks really bad. We used builders clay mix, freeze dried ground menhaden and mixed that together very well and then used menhaden oil to make a playdo consistency then make balls about the size of softballs and dry in sun till rock hard. They sell shrimp tags by 10 to go on poles stuck in mud to mark your chum. Throw 4-6 around each pole and wait about 15 minutes and start at 1 end and work down line throwing net on chum and repeat. Rebait about every 3rd pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slimjim1
My buddy lives on Lady Island near Beaufort. And they do have some crazy tide swings!!Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
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your contraption was fine until you put it in the water....lol
I would suggest to Clawtooth to go with the 12 volt light bulb design as Huntinslabs offered. With that type of bulb, it might
float on it's own not requiring any floatation = have to experiment etc, etc, etc ....
Thanks Danny, I like your easy, simple, cheap build. Was looking to purchasing one more shrimping light but this looks so easy and cheap I think I will build my own.
your contraption was fine until you put it in the water....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Clawtooth
My son ordered one of those big rectangular nets on a frame that you hang in the current behind the boat. I think it came from down around Cedar hills. It didn't work up here on the Jacksonville area. Well should have known as we had never seen one being used. some one said the new shrimping laws outlawed them so it just hangs in my garage now. My back will not let me castnet anymore and dipping don't work here either. Don
I think they are still allowed but they can't be made of monofiliment, something like that , and of course there must be a current flow for em to work properly ...Quote:
Originally Posted by D Johnson
I really don't keep up wth it, don't use em, never got interested in em etc, etc.
Ha, I've imagined getting a manatee in one = that'd be a night to remember ..LOL ...LOL ........
Them box nets are more trouble than they are worth. Bought one, used twice and left setting at sign above ramp at Oak Hill as a gift for someone. Pain in arse to set and catch everything including shrimp. Beachball size balls of crap in net to get a handfull of shrimp.
In younger days helped my brother setting a try net pulled with a outboard. Let out net with tension to keep doors open at correct angle, pull for 20 min while sorting what you just emptied from net. Time to pull net in again, all by hand. Lots of shrimp but not fun.