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Answer

Using same wattage in comparison to different colors:

Any color White or Red will work "IF" light is bright enough

Green & Blue will penetrate the waters
better than white or red.

Blue will pentrated the waters upwards to 200-300 feet

As mentioned depending on wattage
Green is best for freshwater fishing
Blue is best for saltwater fishing

But many old timmers use either color



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Technical jargon

Light Spectrum.
Water selectively scatters and absorbs certain wavelengths of visible light. The long wavelengths of the light spectrum—red, yellow, and orange—can penetrate to approximately 15, 30, and 50 meters (49, 98, and 164 feet),

respectively, while the short wavelengths of the light spectrum—violet, blue and green—can penetrate further, to the lower limits of the euphotic zone. Blue penetrates the deepest, which is why deep, clear ocean water and some tropical water appear to be blue most of the time.

Moreover, clearer waters have fewer particles to affect the transmission of light, and scattering by the water itself controls color. Water in shallow coastal areas tends to contain a greater amount of particles that scatter or absorb light wavelengths differently, which is why sea water close to shore may appear more green or brown in color.

Read more: Light Transmission in the Ocean - river, sea, depth, oceans, percentage, important, plants, source, marine http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/La-Mi/Light-Transmission-in-the-Ocean.html#ixzz0xkHmirC4

Thanks for the reply Bob,

I think I miss worded my question. Would going to light that did not have to be filtered to get the chosen color be any more efficient or is there much loss due to the filtering. I just did not know if there is much loss at all from the color filter.

I like the chart, it is really nice and easy to understand.

Filming and doing photography underwater for a four decades, I learned a long time ago that light loss (due to refraction not suspension) follows the same order (pattern) as the light spectrum order in a rainbow. ROY G. BIV; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. (see I was awake that day in 8th grade science). But is hard to convey sometimes. the graphic is great.

Nice lights.

Phill

My humble opinion is a filter light to achieve a color
would have a loss as compared to to direct light. Example: green globe where light passes thru. Or direct green bulb.

But willing to bet that the human eye would not notice that much of a difference.

PS
Thanks for the compliments

Hey Bob you have another order your way from me - this time a 100 LED in green.

For anyone on the fence about this light it's a solid unit. Every component is thicker/stronger than the goofy mass produced chinese products.

Wow, thanks for the super nice compliment

Your order will be shipped Monday
Enjoy

Catching crappie at night is fun for sure. My best luck is on small glow spoons like the PK red dot glow. They work really well for crappie that are at just about any depth. My favorite sizes are the 1/4 and 3/8 oz ones. There seem to be a lot of good posts on this forum for sure. I got some good ideas to take with me to the water next weekend.

Why do minnows swim in a circle in the same direction by fishing light.

AQUILLA LAST NIGHT,CAME HOME WITH 57 KEEPERS.CHEAP WAL-MART POLE & REEL.WET MINNOWS.,24 FT OF WATER FISHED 14 FT. DEEP. IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.




ROD

Did you use green lites last night.

Not for sure the answer from r63pappy
But willing to bet that the color he used was green.

That would have been my selection

Wow!!!! That's alot to take in....

i just go to the lake and drop a minnow.no high tech, no jigs,
just catch,catch, catch !!!

Lites attract zoo plankton, in turn attract minnows.

The picture below was submitted by a customer (aka alslabber) using a Reel Lite
showing the minnows swimming in a circle.

Why do minnows (shad) swim in circles?

They swim in a circle because they are filter eaters. When they swim around the
light it keeps the plankton in one area and they swim through them with their
mouths open eating away. They are like Cowboys herding up cattle. On outdoor
shows on TV they show whales, and dolphins doing the same thing.

January 2011 Moon Calendar

Alright I will answer number 11 since no one else wants to give up their ice fishing secrets.

First on our home lake we had a ice house (grumpy old men style). These were nice because you took them out after enough ice and left them there all winter. Had a wood burning stove, a table to play eucher, 6 holes to jig through and a couple cases of coors light. We would go out there after school on friday and stay until sunday night. We used three tip-ups per person with a treble hook and a shiner....this caught walley and pike. we would jig fish in the house with wax worms and ice jigs for panfish and walleye. On lakes that were not our home lakes we would take the 4 wheeler or snowmobile along with our auger just go drill and try different spots. Thats all the depth I am going to go into, because most of you dont care about ice fishing...LOL



now on a serious note, what structure are you looking for at night? same as the day, fishing over brush piles or are you looking for creek channels?

this is a great read

I didn't read all of the posts but mosquito spray is good to have if you are going to crappie fish at night.

Something I do when ever I bait fish is I take a snap and glo stick tie it to my weight, about a 2 ounces, and cast it out there long with my bait. This attracts fish to the bait and I haven't caught anyhting with it but I've only tried it once. If we take the boat out at night I have this same rig down along with all over our bait.

This is awesome thread
over 10,000 views and climbing

just go !!

To help all you folks understand what a walleye is, it is when you mount your prize crappie. One eye will be out and the other eye will be considered the wall....eye.

bumping this......

I can get 5 meters(16 foot) of 5050(the bright ones) LED lights for under $20 shipped.

These are the waterproof ones.... You just glue them to the side of the boat.....

Low amp draw.... looks like a good deal and setup.

I understand from this thread that the reflection loses a lot of light.... But, heck, 16 foot of light running the entire length of the boat that I can turn on & off with a switch sounds like a winner to me.

I see that there is a guide on TFF that has a similar setup.... don't know what he paid for it.... I am sure it was more than $20 + glue for the same setup.

I kind of like the idea of having the ambient light there.... so I would think this is a decent setup. Maybe as good as those submersible $20 fluorescent.

I already bought a few 18" strips for the inside of the boat.... white lights.

recently took my 18" alumacraft down to the ribs and rebuilt it up with wood/carpet/ect. ...... just ran a few extra miles of wiring for little things like this. so the wiring is ready to go.