Chemical lights: prolonging output of light

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Esox lunatic · #1 Post by **Esox lunatic** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:47 am

After activating, chemical lights have a life of around 8 hours, depending on conditions. You can extend the life of the lights by keeping them very cold after use. When you are finished for the night and your chemical light still has a reasonable light output, put it in with the freezer packs and when you get home put it in the freezer.

As the light is produced by a chemical reaction, putting partially used lights in the freezer can slow down the chemical reaction reaction and you may get 'another turn' out of them.

E.L.

#2 Post by **Pat Spillane** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:31 pm

Hey they only cost 1 Euro is it worth the hassle

#3 Post by **BigPhil** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:32 pm

find it aint worth the hassle myself, if you buy them in bulk they are even cheaper again.

#4 Post by **hairyconger** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 12:57 pm

Reflective tape all the way :!:

#5 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:46 pm

yes reflective tape is good , but, sometimes it is better not to have a light flashing around if at all possible as it can spook fish that are close in, its in situations like this that any form of tip light comes in handy

#6 Post by **beachcaster** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:38 pm

never used chemical lights never found i needed them,i use reflective tape and a head lamp works fine for me,you dont need to hit the water with the light at all if you are careful.and the tape can be seen in the dark anyway without a light ,night vision!!!!!

#7 Post by **Adam S** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:49 am

hi

I got two of those sea float fishing sets in lidl last week, each set had twenty six packs of large starlights with two starlights per pack, they are good quality too and all six that i have tested have worked and remianed glowing for twelve hours.

so thats 100 starlights for 16 euro. not bad when it came with two tackle boxes, eight rod bells, some beads and ten floats too

#8 Post by **Adam S** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:52 am

i dont use them on my rod tips either but do use them on sliding and polaris floats for congers on ocassion and also for coarse fishing.

have had congers to 21lbs on mack suspended just off the bottom with a sliding float and starlight, can help keep the bait out of snaggy bottoms and give you that extra second to get the congers away from their lairs

#9 Post by **BigPhil** » Tue May 02, 2006 4:48 pm

chum floats can also be used for this as they come with starlight holders and a luminous top on them, fill them with some rubby dubby to form a scent trail to attract the fish to your bait as well.