gig em

[mr crab]

Been wanting to gig a few, so we tried south Sabine fri. Night. Water wasn't great, but we still stuck a few. Ended up trading the gigs for trout rods around 1am, and came home with a nice box of trout too. (Sorry no pics)....Sat. Night I met up with my family over on G-Bay, and the water was much better. Stuck 20 flats in a couple hours. We found those fish with no prior knowledge of the area what so ever. Just got lucky I guess?

[duckman1911]

Man that's awesome. Always wanted to gig flounder. Hell I'd settle for just catching one on rod and reel.lol.
Good times with the family. Can't beat that bro. Nice work Crabs

[big nd fan]

What kind of light did you use?

[eman]

If they used the light that they brought to G.I. last year. You could see a flounder at 50 yds.

[mr crab]

Originally Posted by big nd fan

What kind of light did you use?

I made these setups. Completely self contained and run off rechargeable AA's. I absolutely love em. They work very well. Had em side by side to a $600 dive light on Saturday, and they were almost as bright, way lighter, and more ergonomic. Cost about $90 in parts to build one. I would tweak the design a bit if I made another batch tho. If you gonna build one, holler at me. I can save you some time and $.

[bearwash87]

Crab hit me up if you still want to unload one to fund the next build

[mr crab]

Originally Posted by bearwash87

Crab hit me up if you still want to unload one to fund the next build

Will do. Need to calculate power consumption on the next gen led's. Brighter= battery hog. Wish I knew an electrical engineer...

[SGib]

Wish I could get the hook up with a plant job...

[bearwash87]

Originally Posted by mr crab

Will do. Need to calculate power consumption on the next gen led's. Brighter= battery hog. Wish I knew an electrical engineer...

Yea a good one of those is hard to come by these days! Lol

[AceArcher]

I gotta learn about this some day. so much potential for mayhem and fun all in one...

[mr crab]

Originally Posted by SGib

Wish I could get the hook up with a plant job...

Touche'

[bearwash87]

about how far do they shine crab?

[swamp snorkler]

I used some that run off of wheel chair batteries. Thos look pretty slick.

[mr crab]

Originally Posted by bearwash87

about how far do they shine crab?

Obviously that depends on the water clarity, but in Galveston on sand bottom with fairly clear water, I spotted em at a max. of about 8ft. away

[bearwash87]

Originally Posted by mr crab

Obviously that depends on the water clarity, but in Galveston on sand bottom with fairly clear water, I spotted em at a max. of about 8ft. away

Alright I had a guy at work asking

[mr crab]

bout to build a brighter model with external battery, I'll post pics when I complete the build

[jabert]

Originally Posted by mr crab

Will do. Need to calculate power consumption on the next gen led's. Brighter= battery hog. Wish I knew an electrical engineer...

Don't hear that one too often... Tell me what lights you are using and I'll see what I can do!

[swamp snorkler]

Originally Posted by mr crab

bout to build a brighter model with external battery, I'll post pics when I complete the build

Look into the wheel chair batteries. They are relatively small and last a long time. You can carry them in an ealry 90s model pleather fanny pack.