Underwater lights

[beamie]

If it were me when choosing anything below the water it must be bronze thruhull (nice heavy casting) and relatively flush. Those coastal ones looked like white plastic.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by beamie

If it were me when choosing anything below the water it must be bronze thruhull (nice heavy casting) and relatively flush. Those coastal ones looked like white plastic.

I agree !

[Mr. Sandman]

The heavy bronze thru hull ones that can be pounded with a hammer and not break cost about a grand a piece. They generally require a large hole to be drilled in the transom. The surface mounted ones usually don't require much of a hole (some can be done without any hole) and they are as cheap as 50 bucks.

My research is showing that you get what you pay for. Ocean LED is the way to go. There are a couple others too (abyss, etc) Really bright very solid and efficient but costly. I will try to add 2 by the end of the season. Lots of other more important stuff first.

Most surface mounted stuff below the water line, on trim tabs or swim platforms will generally rip off and you will see it water skiing behind the boat some night being towed by its own wire.

They are really cool though.

[beamie]

Sandman,

Is the bilge area easily accessible if you choose to go thru hull? Cored Hull or just glass? Like you said it looks like you get what you pay for......Now mounted to or thru an external trim tab is an idea if you don't want to cut holes....

[Clammer]

I only have a 21'

but if I had the money I,d love to have them .

Fishpart & I fished this place two different times .. & both times it was slow going ......you would have sworn there were no fish around / until you went by this boat that had them lit ........the boats whole rear quarter was lit up & there were plenty of fish .
We did cast to them & they would head to our jigs / but one foot out of the light & into the shadows they turned around & went back ................ every , single, time

[Raven]

[QUOTETH THE =Clammer;756411]

GEE WIZ
I only have a 21' footer

but if I had the money
I,d love to have them .

Fishpart & I fished this place two different times .. & both times it was slow going ......you would have sworn there were no fish around / until you went by this boat that had them lit ........the boats whole rear quarter was lit up & there were plenty of fish .
We did cast to them & they would head to our jigs / but one foot out of the light & into the shadows they turned around & went back ................ every , single, time [/QUOTE]

now thats saying sumthin <-