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| What do you guys use? My boat is an older Lund and it came with the Attwood globe light, pole is about 4 feet high. I just replaced the dome cover on the light which is pretty much completely clear. Last night was my first time using it since replacing the cover (old one was not clear but it was damaged) and WOW is it blinding for the guy in the back of the boat, not to mention every bug on the entire lake was attracted to it making fishing in the back of the boat rather unpleasant.
What do you guys use? How tall/short is the pole? How are the LED ones?
Need to do something different......
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Location: MN | Most nights I can be found with olny one sock on. |
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| you can put a sock over it if it won't overheat, maybe a wet sock. mine does overheat so i cut the bottom out of a plastic cup and taped it over the light, open on the top to ventilate, and that does pretty well at disbursing the glare too. just have to find some kind of damper that won't overheat. |
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Location: Northwest Wi. | I use a shorter light-(24 in.) in the back of the boat when using the the bow mount troller on a spot (weedbed, rock pile) at night. I cover the half of the light that faces the inside of the boat with duct tape. This kills the glare but lets light out, When I go to take off I put in a 48 in. light with no cover. The shorter light also makes casting in the back much nicer. |
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| pitch'n - 6/8/2010 1:54 PM
I use a shorter light-(24 in.) in the back of the boat when using the the bow mount troller on a spot (weedbed, rock pile) at night. I cover the half of the light that faces the inside of the boat with duct tape. This kills the glare but lets light out, When I go to take off I put in a 48 in. light with no cover. The shorter light also makes casting in the back much nicer.
Roger that on the casting....it is a pain back there, gets in the way of fig 8'ing at times too. I think I will get a shorter one for use while actually fishing.
I tried the sock thing....that's why I had to replace the cover....haha, dang that thing got HOT....lesson learned. A wet sock is a good idea, so is the cup. We put electrical tape around it last night and left little rings of light and the top open...seemed to help, but doing that kind of counter acts the point of having a rear light so you don't get T boned in the dark by the dude going full speed across the lake since it probabaly decreases the lights effectiveness.
Anyone use the LEDs? |
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Location: Eau Claire | I had the same problem with blinding lights. You can order frosted lenses from attwood made a big difference!
http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/category/lighting/navigation/rep...
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Location: Victor, ID | I wear my sunglasses at night. You get used to it. |
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Location: Minnesota | Just remember that your light needs to be visible 360 degrees. I have an attwood light that only has about a .75 inch band of light around the entire thing. It is a lot better than the full globes. It is plenty bright so people see it but if I were on a metro lake with lots of shore lighting I might think of doing something different as it might blend into the shoreline too much. |
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| Legal is one meter above the bow light while at rest and visible for 360 degrees for 1 mile. Obviously enforcement varies depending on where you are but those are the minimums |
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Location: Central Wi. | Try the Perko Stowaway 54". OEM with my Ranger 620. I'm 5'4 and don't have any glare issues. |
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| I believe WI law says that you do not need to be "lit" when withing 200' of shore, so keep that in mind if this would apply. Obviously if you're in a higher traffic area, this would be foolish, but if you're on a quiet lake, and/or are quick on the wand when a boat approaches, you could go without. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | nevermind...looked it up in the regs...
WI doesn't seem to have any wording about height of the stern light in the regs...at least that I could find but I had heard it has to be higher than the top of the outboard
Edited by BNelson 6/14/2010 10:23 AM
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| If there is a height restriction law, it must not be very well enforced. Lotsa short white light wands driving around out there.
I thought there was some rule about the light needing to be X inches above the highest fixed point in the boat. Kinda like pontoons having the light on top of the canopy. But I can't find it either.
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Location: Twin Cities | Esox Man - 6/12/2010 9:47 AM
Try the Perko Stowaway 54". OEM with my Ranger 620. I'm 5'4 and don't have any glare issues.
I wish they made a 60+ inch one, just get it over my eye level...sounds like yours might be. |
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Transom light at night