Fish lights and squid

[Pt.JudeJoe]

I don't think it is the light itself that spooks the fish ,but if it is steady or not. For instance the lights on a bridge are constant and the fish are acclimated to that. However if the water is pitch black and then you flash a bright light through it from a fishing light , or headlights moving , it will be quite a startling contrast in the water. Oh , and by the way the [I]Lantern People[I] should know that walking back and forth in front of a lantern that lights up the rocks like Gillette Stadium is just like sending a semifore messeage to the fish that says "Go Away!" Geeze I HATE that when they come up on your quiet liitle fishing spot at night and then set up a frigging camp....but I digress.

[Mr. Sandman]

I agree with the constant vs. sudden on/off theory. As I kid I use to fish with my Dad for bass at night under bridges. We would tie up to the bridge and work the shadow line. At time he would hang a coleman lantern off the back of the boat. He made a jig that attached to the cleat to canterliver the lantern well off the stern. We would drift small blackfish , choggies and eels back thru the shadows cast by the bridge lights. You would be surprised what lurks in those shadows. Once hooked up, you pray they swim away from the pilings or your screwed.

I plan on ordering one of these hydroglows and will get deep discharge battery to lug out to the dock. I might give it a try near the islands some night.

[MakoMike]

Sandy,
One think to keep in mind on the hydroglows, they are very delicate. We did a group buy on them last year on Noreast and probably 40% of them came from the factory already broken. Several guys have also reported breaking them since they got them. If you can't "baby" them, they may not be the right light for you.