Fish hole lights

[freezdried]

I am in the middle of a wiring job on my fish house. I have run some extra 120 volt outlets and speaker wires to the back of the house for speaker, ect. Anyway I wanted to know if any of you have lights above each fish hole and if so what is the advantage of this? I was thinking if I was going to put lights above each hole the now would be the time to do it. Thanks for you help

FD

[Scott K]

What I have used, was an old set of breaker points, I would put my rattle reeel line in between the breaker points, then when I had a bite the line would pull out of the points and the hole that has a bite in it, the lite would lite up, so in the middle of the nite when there was a fish on, I would know right away which hole it was. I wired in a horn to it also, so if the line was pulled out the horn would also go off. And each hole had a shut off switch wired to it. It was the best set up, I was ever in!

[freezdried]

I'm sorry I was talking about lights that shine down the holes. I have alarms on all of my rattle reels I used magnetic switches with a 75 db horn with a led mounted to the top to point out witch one is going off. They worked great the few times I used them last year. anyway is there anyone that has those type of lights that shine down the hole? Not sure if they are only used at night when a fish is on so you can see what you are doing or what.

[beer batter]

I put some LED lights over each hole and angle the beam down towards the hole. I wired them on 2 separate circuits for each side of the house and put switches for each side. I find myself using the hole lights more often than I do the over head lights. It's a low, indirect light so it won't put a glare on a TV screen and won't be seen by anyone sleeping. Nice mood lighting too...

[zamboni]

OK- I have a question- I thought shining into ice fishing holes was illegal- am I wrong?

[beer batter]

I believe you're correct, but only if a CO that's having a bad day stops by. If you read my post however, it states the lights are pointed towards the hole, not directly into them.

[freezdried]

I didn't figure they were used to attract fish. I was thinking they were used to see what you were doing if a rattle reel goes off in the middle of the night. But why not turn on your over head lights or use a flashlight? Is there a reason to use hole lights over the other options. I also thought about putting 12 volt rope lights in around the top because the pull much electricity and give off a nice light to pull in rattle reels in. you couldn't tie a knot in this light but you could pull in a fish and unhook him. What do you think?

[beer batter]

You could certainly use the overheads or flashlight. Nothing says you have to use hole lights. I just find myself using them if I'm looking for something near the ground level. The hole lights are right there and don't bother what anyone else may be doing.

[zamboni]

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I didn't figure they were used to attract fish. I was thinking they were used to see what you were doing if a rattle reel goes off in the middle of the night. But why not turn on your over head lights or use a flashlight?

Is there a reason to use hole lights over the other options. I also thought about putting 12 volt rope lights in around the top because the pull much electricity and give off a nice light to pull in rattle reels in. you couldn't tie a knot in this light but you could pull in a fish and unhook him. What do you think?

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Don't waste your money on the Clam rope lights- a Bic lighter gives off more light........

[MNfan]

I wired in a light with a switch over each hole when I built my house work great use them all the time. Now is the time to do it. You can never have enough light when you need it, espesially the older you get.

[SWMuskeye]

I wired in a couple of switches near the bunk and 4 dome (like those in your truck) lights connected to a 12-volt battery above each hole. It was very cheap and it puts off just the right amount of light. I set this up so it doesn't shine directly down the hole, but lights up the top of it, good luck.

[fishinalot]

Fish House Supply has many lights to choose from and they are a Sponsor. Here is a link to there 12 volt lights.

http://fishhousesupply.com/12vlights.htm

[Blaze]

Bumping this thread up again.

What kind of LEDs have you guys used as hole lights? Are there any BestHonLED lights that you have used or some other LEDs that do the job well? I used my LED rope lights last year and it was nice, but we're looking to add a more permanent solution this year over each of our corner holes.

We don't want blaring lights in each corner of the house, just enough light to effectively handle late night 'eyes.

Suggestions?

[rusty ironMan]

For the holes in my portable I used some LEDs from BHK. take a look at the 1157 lights in my previous post...Previous post pics If you got fancy with the 1157s you could wire them up with a high and low setting. I don't know if they would be too bright for you, so you could try the red LEDs from BHK.