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Name:	Green Man -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/16/2009 2:15:46 PM

Any idea what to use when fishing a submerged light during the night? They were all over the place but very difficult catching.

Name:	Aardvark -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/16/2009 4:28:49 PM

Not so much what as where around the light. Try fishing the edges where the light starts to fade into the surrounding darkness. There are fish out there too, and they will be easier to catch than the ones you see swimming around in the brightest light.

Name:	Pontoonfisher -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/16/2009 11:34:30 PM

I use a #2 hook with a live minnow. Sometimes I will use a small splitshot to fish it near the bottom or free line it with no weight. The fish just don't bite if you fish them directly in the light. Fish the outer edges. Most of the fish will be deep or on the outer edge in an ambush position. I don't have much luck with any type of artificials. After you catch a couple it seems to spook the rest of the fish and they may not bite for a while. Last week my 4 year old twins and I caught spots, stripes, white bass, and crappie at the Green monster using these techniques.

Name:	Pontoonfisher -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/16/2009 11:36:17 PM

One more thing, use the smallest line you can find. I use 4lb test in a moss green color (Berkley Trilene or P-line) If you use anything larger the fish can see it.

Name:	Aardvark -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/17/2009 2:09:53 PM

I have had some success on artificials under all kinds of lights. Small jigs, beetle spins and lipless cranks fished slow on the edges have worked for me. A small Rapala twitched on the surface has brought in a few bream, too. Light line is pretty much standard for me anyway, so that is a given. I have often thought that a popper on a fly rod might work too, but I am not brave enough to break out the long rod at night.

Name:	Green Man -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/19/2009 4:07:54 PM

Great suggestions and I'll give it a shot this weekend. Thanks for the help.

Name:	Feb -	Reply
Subject:	Green Monster fishing
Date:	5/22/2009 10:52:56 PM

Also watch the flow and direction of the minnows and smaller fish. Try to immulate it with your lures. The rapalla minnow and Big O's seem to work best for me. I have had little luck with live bait. Make sure you have the lure retrieval above the depth of the fish. I have a green monster light which glows green and seems to attract the larger fish (large stripers). I had to upgrade the calibre of my fishing tackle. The larger stripper will run away with lures and even strighten out small trebble hooks and small swivel snaps.

I also built my own 400 watt metal halide submersible light which gives off a yellow glow as opposed to the Mercury 175 Watt green glow of the monster light. It seems to attract the smaller
spotted bass and crappie. I think the two work well in conjunction with each other.

If you want to make your own light, send me an email for my trial and error sucess method. It is not cheap to do. You can score a lot of the components off eBay, but you will have to compete with the pot growers for the available assets. There is a lot more to it than a bulb and a lenght of electrical cord. You need a mogul socket and the appropriate ballast/capacitor (H39 for the 175 Mercury Vapor bulb and an M59 ballast with the 400 Watt Metal Hallide)with the selected bulb. You will also have to prepare a potting or encapsulating compound to surround the under water components.

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