I have changed up the design of the light one more time. When I went back to Home Depot to get an 8 ft long bulb protector I realized it was bigger diameter than the 4 foot size. WELL, the 8 foot size's bigger diameter will easily allow me to run two 120 light strings in it giving the light 240 LED lights vs the 192 planned before. This will be done in a clear piece of bulb protector that is 26 inches long. Additionally the larger diameter protector will exactly allow a 1 inch PVC coupling to fit inside the protector. SO, the final cost of the 240 LED light will be $19.98 for two 120 LED light strings, 1/3rd of an 8 ft long Florescent bulb protector that cost 3.75 so add $1.25. Two 1 inch PVC couplings about $1.00, two 1 inch PVC Caps $1.80, two short 1 inch PVC sections totaling about 8 inches in length $.50, 2-3 4 ounce wheel weights, 2 telephone butt connectors $.20. Total for the project $24.75 for a 240 LED Green light. NOT TO BAD. On pictures below remember it was still light outside when the photo was taken and there is only one 120 light string in the light at this time.

That right there is awesome looking FCO

Wait until you see it with twice as many LED's and in the dark. Those two pictures were taken within minutes of each other and you can see how light it was outside when the photos were taken. In the next day or so I will try to get one in the water at night.

that looks nice, kind of remind me of star war jedi's lightsaber, lol!!!

HMMMMMM - advertise as "Jedi Fishing Light Saber", or maybe just the Jedi. Its fitting for me because when I worked at Home Depot about 10 years ago they made me put "YODA" on my orange apron. I was the "OLD guy in flooring who knew everything". When the useless idiots they staffed the store with couldn't answer a question from a customer, they sent them to flooring to see YODA.

Thanks for this awesome post. So...how effective are lights hung from the boat? I was always under the assumption that lights had to be a semi-permanent feature for them to work. How long does this need to be in the water before it begins to attract fish?

The longer they are out the better, the plankton is attracted to the light, the bait fish are attracted to the plankton, the predetors are attracted to the bait fish. In a hour you should have a pretty good food chain going. But it depends on where, what weather, etc, etc, etc

Ha! I worked at lowes for a short while after I retired from EPPD. I kinda know exactly how you feel.

Sorry for bumping an old thread. How did the light work TS?