Originally Posted by
bluegrass
I start by lowering a light down in the water 1-2' until I get a lot of shad around. I switch to a floating light I built and that draws them in tighter. I start dimming and that makes them tighter. Turn off light and with a long handle fine mesh dip net I dip through them quick and repeat until I have all I want.
I done this at Dale this past summer and after a lot of trial and error got my technique down.
I built the floating light with a 8-10" stainless mixing bowl, a 3/4" piece of plywood to mount the bowl in to give it weight. Attached an oversized piece of 1-1.5" blue foam to plywood so it would float. I drilled a hole in the bottom of bowl so the threaded adapter on my 4-5" piece of pvc would fit then put the nut on it. Wrapped green led's around pvc. I put the 12v dimmer on and it worked pretty well. Makes it almost like a headlight. The submersible lights gave off a lot of light, like a 60' circle.
Hope this helps.
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