Advice on Prawning Light setup?
Submitted by De-Crais on Mon, 2012-10-22 11:00
Hi Guys,
I'm interested in giving the prawning ago from the boat this season, have a pretty good idea of the places to try in the Swan River and down at Mandurah but was just wondering if anyone had any advice or suggestions for a good lighting set up to run off both sides of the boat?
Cheers
Paul
JoRn
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hey mate,sorry to hijack your
hey mate,
sorry to hijack your thread, have you still been getting them? when is the best time/season to target them? tried once this year and there was no boats around.
De-Crais
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Date Joined: 26/03/11
Any Advice Appreciated!
Anyone have any suggestion on a goog light setup?
Paul
Dan
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get some 4x4 LED spotlights !
get some 4x4 LED spotlights ! - low current draw; and easy mounting points off a pole or similar - pump out some serious light in close range
De-Crais
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Cheers for that.
Cheers for that Dan,
My boat has a hard top, and I was thinking of mounting them off the sides to be able to poit them downward or forward the 4x4 LED's could be the go then,
Thanks
Paul
Bodie
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head lamps... all you need.
head lamps... all you need. wide beam, works best because you can move the light with where your looking.
Belly Fish
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Underwater
Years ago, we always used underwater lights....avoids the reflection. We used to wire up a brake/tail light globe together then selastic into a piece of PVC. You can dunk this underwater and it doesn't break. Of course, LED's are all the rage now and I'm sure would be better, but I havenlt tried them underwater.
holth
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been doing this with my dad
been doing this with my dad since l was 10, started with gas lanterns with alfoil coving half the lense, then moved to scan lights that had a wide beam. to this day still using a similar setup. in the 28 years lve been prawning theres been plenty of good lighting systems people use , lately the underwater leds being the best.
You can never have enough light, dont let anyone tell you other wise.
De-Crais
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Thanks holth
Cheers guys,
Think I've been pretty well convinced to set up an LED under water set up already think I have it pretty well sust!
Thanks again for your input.
Paul
Vinesh87
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Led underwater for sure
Led underwater for sure !!
Got a few kgs last night but they were well well under water. Few nice sized ones coming through now too!