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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Ok, this is more for salmon fishing than muskies, but I suppose it could work for that too: looking to buy/build a light pole in the 7-9' range that can be mounted in the front seat base with a big ole LED or halogen light on the top. Have that light pointed down and towards the back of the boat to illuminate the whole back of the boat so I can tie knots/set lines/dare I say net fish. Can power the thing either by running a cord to the rod locker/battery box or it could be self-powered (ie. internal batteries).
Any ideas, thoughts, you have done something similar? |
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| Shadows might be an issue. |
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Location: Elk River, MN | They make remote controlled spotlights that fit into your front nav light base, you could just extend the rod length to make it higher for your purposes. |
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| I have seen a lot of walleye guys who troll at night with stanchion mount light fixtures in their boat. Must just connect to 12V power and use a 12V lamp. Looked like it worked pretty well. |
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| I'd take one of these
https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Outdoor-Lights-Halogen-Equivalent/...
I'd mount it to ???
And use Schedule 40 1-1/4" PVC for the post. I would think you could just tie it into the switch for your bow and stern lights and run the wiring up through the seat post hole and through the pipe. |
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Like this, used in night bow fishing?
http://cdnpix.com/show/imgs/3aa3d3e44cb542911336bdf75eda5a8c.jpg |
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| I used one of those 9W RGB floods tuned to red on the pontoon boat, used a squeeze clamp to anchor it to the white anchor light or rails as needed. Can wire it to a cigarette lighter plug or use a couple alligator clips to go to the battery, they have a wireless remote to turn on/off or change colors. I used red because it doesn't wreck your night vision or draw bugs as much...
HTH,
RandalB |
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Location: Michigan U.P. | The PVC for the pole is the way to go, I had a pole on the rear casting deck seat base for a few years that I used for a camera mount. All I added was a few wraps of gorilla tape to make it fit more snug in the hole. Good luck with the project. |
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Location: The desert |
Can't you just turn the lights on in the garage? |
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| Pointerpride102 - 6/15/2016 4:33 PM
Can't you just turn the lights on in the garage?
#*#*, that's right. Need to call the electrician and have the garage rewired... |
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| I ran 16 foot RGB LED strips down each side of my boat. Unhooking a fish at boat side with those on a lighter color kicks ass. Having them cycle through many different colors on a fade or rapid flash makes your boat look like a UFO from a distance.
Maybe that's not something you want to do so this idea might work better. Go to a Walmart and pick up a pair of accent lights from the automotive section. Put them on a RAM plate and wire them up with a 12v accessory plug. Now you have a moveable light (if you have some extra RAM balls laying around) that will do the trick. They pack up small so they'll be out of the way more than a taller light pole. They are flexible so you can aim them in a different direction for other tasks and they work as a great spotlight if you need one. The only downside is if you get halogens they'll get awfully warm so you don't want to grab them by the light. |
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Crazy Boat Lighting Idea?