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Old 05-08-2002, 10:16 AM   #20
JohnR
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I am of the belief that if you have a constant light, like a street lamp and something that creates a shadow line into that light, like a bridge - you'll find some spots improved by it. But it needs to be constant and for more than just a few hours. If it's a constantly moving light or one that people/cars constantly go back and forth on, that will take away from it and most likely even spook the fish. Some serious Cape surf guys will toss you in the drink if you spark up just a neck light when on the beach. They BELIEVE in absolutely no light, not even to re-rig. If you need to re-rig or unhook a fish, do so pointing well away from the water. Not always as easy to do when you're on a rock 20' from shore but a good practice....

Coco - I'm interested in what your friends says about the light not penetrating clearly to the bottom - sounds interesting.

I also heard another thing from a product rep a couple months ago that I don't know if it's bunk or not but what he says is that a pure white light won't spook the fish - he was pitching a new Petzel brand headlamp that used what looked like white LED or Diode thingys to emit the white light... I'm not ready to try that or buy into it - light was too bright in my opinion anyway....

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