Battery operated fishing lure?

[Fishnut]

Is it legal to use a battery operated flashing lure for lake trout and Salmond fishing in Lake Ontario New York waters?

 

 

 

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[Xxx]

Come on man those lures companies are to catch people not fishLOL really I don't know they might!! As NY state is the only state that has a automatic jail sentence if you shoot a big foot, seriously!!

[salmonaddict]

There were some lighted j plugs around a few years back in the tackle shops


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[Fishnut]

[emoji23] this isn't a fish lure but. I'm thinking it could be. I've tried it in pa. For really deep lakers in a lake that you can't see your toes in 8 inches of water. I went from 2 and 3 fish a trip to 35 and 40 fish a trip. So I know it gets there attention in really stained water.


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[KilliansRed]

I bought a lighted j plug. Never caught anything but I didn't run it that much lol.


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[Fishnut]

Are they legal in New York??


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[Frogger]

I'm going to say yes! What's it look like? Nothing in regs about use of lights for fishing that would make them illegal. Matter of fact it use to be a way of fishing at night on finger lakes for years.


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[Fishnut]

Looks like a key chain with flickering lights in it. It's about 2 inches long and made of metal. I put a split ring in both ends and have the best luck running it in front of a meat rig.
I tried to take a picture but every time I hit the camera button on this sight it closes.


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[Frogger]

Go ahead and send it to me. I'll take a picture of it and post it for you lol


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[Xxx]

Legal or not we ran 2" glow sticks in front of our spoons at night, that gets their attention!! I zip tied the glow stick to the power pro in 30# test you couldn't budge those sticks.

[Fishnut]

I never thought of that. These things flash on and off in 3 colors, red, green, white in that order. They flash about 3 times a second.
The batteries seam to last forever. I have trolled them on 3 trips and the batteries are not dead yet.


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[CopperJon]

Has it been productive?

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[Fishnut]

About 8 to 1. After catching 8 with one and non on the other rods they all had 1 on. The place I was fishing has really stained water and is really deep.


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[Tyee II]

Also, Becholds makes a paddle with flashing lights on it. I would think it is perfectly legal. A guy I fish with has what I think you're using. If I remember correctly they look like jewelry that blinks underwater? Like a short section of bracelet?

Edited July 4, 2017 by Tyee II

[Fishnut]

Yep that's what it looks like.


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[Tyee II]

I would try it elsewhere, for sure. How are you rigging them up? Good luck and hopefully you post your results here.

[Fishnut]

Im putting split rings on both ends and running it in-line.  Im going to try it on lake O this weekend ill be fishing out of oak orchard Saturday and Sunday morning. ill let you know how we do.

[Fishnut]

No takers from the big O lakers.


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