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Rub rail lighting
Jig Man:
I have a couple of night lights that have both white and black lighting. However, they will not fit on the narrow gunwale of my Nitro. So I am considering having a strip put down the center of each rub rail. I can't decide which color to use. There are 1000 bugs per square foot on the lake I mainly fish. So I'd like a color that doesn't draw bugs but still allows me to see where I am casting and my line.
The only boat I have seen at night have had blue or purple lighting. The blue could be seen from miles away.
bullet20dc:
Insects generally see 3 colors of light, Ultraviolent (UV), blue and green. Bright white or bluish lights (mercury vapor, white incandescent and white florescent) are the most attractive to insects. Yellowish, pinkish, or orange (sodium vapor, halogen, dichrom yellow) are the least attractive to most insects.
Jig Man:
So what would you recommend bullet?
Curt:
@Jig Man Red will attract no bugs at all. And red will not mess up your night vision like white and other "bright" lights will do.
With that said, I would recommend installing 4 short (2-3 feet each) red strips in your rub rail. 2 in front and 2 in back. I would also recommend installing a dimmer so you can set the intensity at whatever level you need or want on any given night, or at any given moment. And when I say 2 in front and 2 in back, I mean to install one on each side in the two areas mentioned.
As for which ones, LedHead Lightning is a BBB sponsor ( @mfwyatt05 ). Touch base with him. He offers a discount to members of this site. He's super knowledgable and his products are very good, at very reasonable prices. I have his lights on my boat and they work well.
Jig Man:
Thanks Curt. I've been running red console lights for several years but didn't know how a bunch of red would do lighting up the fishing area.
This won't be a DIY project. I'll have someone do it.
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