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Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine #12258041 05/23/17 02:11 AM
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Does anybody here have any luck night fishing for crappie with lights on Grapevine? We used to enjoy night fishing on Alan Henry when I lived in Lubbock and with the hot days of summer coming pretty soon it sounds like a good idea. I've never crappie fished Grapevine so I don't know how the crappie bite is (I wouldn't mind some help there too!) but just curious how well people do at night. Thanks!

Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12258333 05/23/17 10:53 AM
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I wish you the very best of luck with this! I hope to be doing the same thing real soon. That was the way I was taught to fish for crappie, at night time using minnows on Lake Tyler. I would think you would use the same techniques on Grapevine as you did on Alan Henry.

Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12259170 05/23/17 06:12 PM
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i got these led strips from ebay. Cheap and easy to install and boy do they attract the shad and the crappie. It makes fishing for crappie so easy when they come to you


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Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: gar1970] #12259239 05/23/17 06:42 PM
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Do you have any info on the lights you got from Ebay? A link or brand & part#? Thanks.

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i got these led strips from ebay. Cheap and easy to install and boy do they attract the shad and the crappie. It makes fishing for crappie so easy when they come to you


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Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12259431 05/23/17 08:36 PM
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Search 5630 IP68 300led strip,it was told to me that they are the biggest and most output out there. I hooked 10meters up in parallel and the light gage wire couldn't handle it,got dim. So ran juice from both ends to feed power,it helped. My suggestion is to just buy 5050's ip67-68 and be happy. I had them before and no problems,really bright. You want most leds per meter,

Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12259524 05/23/17 09:29 PM
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Mine are 5630 5m strips 16.4ft one for each side of boat both run off single 12v battery. Got a remote control to dim 3 different brightness and lots of different modes. Looks like a disco on the water lol


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Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12259644 05/23/17 10:55 PM
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mine are 3528, 600 LEDs 5 Meter or 16.4 Feet LED Strip 120 Leds/Meter

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how long does the battery keep them bright..??

Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12259667 05/23/17 11:18 PM
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leds use very little power, Power Consumption: +-24W /5 Meter ,Working Current:+-6A /5 Meter

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Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12259668 05/23/17 11:18 PM
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I fished frm 7pm till 7am last friday night with the lights on full power and no change in brightness


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Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12260029 05/24/17 02:40 AM
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I use the ones that you drop in the water but those look really cool. I'll have to check them out

Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12260221 05/24/17 11:28 AM
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i never do any good on GV at night!

Re: Night fishing for crappie on Grapevine [Re: LBKflycaster] #12274062 06/01/17 11:45 PM
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i cant tell the crappie will be stacked up but i can say if you fish the marinas with light out facing water. you should be able to get a head start. iv fished the vine for years. in summer i always fished at night. go to scotts landing an put a light in water by light.key is any wherethier is a dock light facing water should have a cycle of life. microscopic bugs, minnows then fish. i always catch sandbass an crappie. days it be good an sometimes only a few keepers.

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