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Luke
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posted 12/29/2006 06:35 PM EST.
well.. carping isnt too far around the corner.. and i need some help with my boat.. its not the biggest... seats 3 for carping.. and we need to "supe" it up for carpin for me and porker and my bro... so i was wondering what we should do to keep the light longer in the boat.. what Kind of light to buy.. and should we just hook it up to alot of batteries? or what should we do?
Lukester
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Mink
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Response #1 posted 12/29/2006 06:38 PM EST.
Luke
Keep your eye open for generator. They run alnight and weigh about the same as 4 deep cycle batteries
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Luke
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Response #2 posted 12/29/2006 06:41 PM EST.
yeah we have one Mink.. but doesnt the noise scare them away? it would vibrate like a mad man!
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chop
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Response #3 posted 12/29/2006 06:44 PM EST.
Some of the best trips I have been on was with a handheld spotlight. If you buy a Delco Voyager battery on a full charge it will run one till one hour before sun up. Of course you have to take turns shining and shooting. The generators are fun but it takes alot of watts to equal a good spotlight in the muddy water down south. You may not have that problem where you are located.
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Mink
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Response #4 posted 12/29/2006 06:44 PM EST.
Believe it or not no!
You can also put a ruber mat under it if it's really bad
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Luke
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Response #5 posted 12/29/2006 06:46 PM EST.
we use spotlights.. but we keep on running out of batteries =(
how could we use a big battery to hook up to a spotlight? we have the handheld ones.. but not the kind that you can install.
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Alex
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Response #6 posted 12/29/2006 06:49 PM EST.
We actually used both.
5000 watt generator running 4000 watts of lights a 36v smart charger and various electronics.
then we had a bank of 6 - volt deep cycle batteries running the the 110lb trolling motor. We also had 6 12v on the other side of the deck as back up. Though with the 36v smart charger, we put 68 miles all on trolling motor and never tapped the 6volts out! 
The generator will not scare them in the least!
Word of advice... Keep you lights as low as possible to the water. Less reflections and the bugs stay below your mouth!
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Luke
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Response #7 posted 12/29/2006 06:52 PM EST.
haha! thanks Alex!
another question..
Do you know of a kind of spotlight that we can hook up to a car battery? like what brand and etc?
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Jim(BigBird)
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Response #8 posted 12/29/2006 06:56 PM EST.
hey Luke if you use 2-6 volts instead of 1-12 volt you will get alot more time out of it.
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Mink
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Response #9 posted 12/29/2006 06:57 PM EST.
Your welcome!
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chop
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Response #10 posted 12/29/2006 06:58 PM EST.
Brinkman makes some good ones. The car batteries wont last long. You have to have a deep cycle. I like the delco voyager, the charge indicator is nice and I have went many, many nights until sunup in the brackish water after sheephead, flounder and redfish. The voyager held up every time. Use a seperate battery for the trolling motor of you use one.
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Luke
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Response #11 posted 12/29/2006 07:04 PM EST.
kk thank you guys for all the input!
Lukester
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carpkiller
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Response #12 posted 01/06/2007 09:36 PM EST.
get a couple pieces of about 5inch diameter about 3ft pvc pipe. zip tie it to your platform it works great for holding your spare arrows
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Nick
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Response #13 posted 01/07/2007 01:04 AM EST.
quazzy i already talked to dad about helpin us put some wires in there so we can put a cigarette charger outlet in the front so we can plug the spotlights right in there so the light runs of the 2 batteries we'll have in the back. That's what we did with parkers boat last season. It shouldnt be too hard, just take some time.
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Caleb
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Response #14 posted 01/10/2007 07:57 PM EST.
Nick and Quazzy,
HEy guys I have one of the cigerretee charger thing sthey are 5 bucks at west marine.
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JB
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Response #15 posted 01/10/2007 08:06 PM EST.
I'm not familiar with the six volt batteries..I have two twelve volts for my 24 volt trolling motor and it will go all day while fishing but you are saying the 6 volts are better than the twelve volts? What type of batteries are these..and what brand? Where do you get them?
I want to go light as I can in my Go-Devil....it is a 23hp Vangaurd..I also have a head light that I use for running in the dark..13volt..100 watt...I want to get the most out of the lightest battery or batteries...what do ya'll suggest? I have one 12 volt battery right now and the light drains it pretty easy..it's more of a car type instead of marine like in my other boat..thanks..
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1adam12
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Response #16 posted 01/10/2007 08:15 PM EST.
I dont know alot about the bigger lights but if you can find something with LED's they will take less energy from your batteries
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