The Science and Biology of U/W Lighting, Sound, and Fish
Many opinions, theroy's, myths, and conjecture are available about underwater lighting. These range from what make fish come to light at night and what color should be used for a underwater light. Most of which are conjecture that has been passed down from generation to generation. When you approach dock lighting and fishing around dock lights from science and a biology of fish perspective the myths and conjecture can be quickly sorted through.
The color of the light: Many people will argue an underwater light has to be “green" . We have seen green lights shinning down on the water from the surface, but not a single person can give a valid reason why other than: this is the way it has to be. Fishermen will stand fast to what they have been told and/or experienced. The simple fact is: color is a perception to the human eye not a fish’s eye.
With underwater lighting, unless the arc tube has dye injected into it to make a color all bulbs are some shade of white underwater with a very slight exception to 8000k bulbs that in crystal clear water will have a slight blue underwater appearance to the human eye. Bulbs are made to a temperature chart. The bulb some call a “green" light has a much lower color temperature than a bulb that appears yellow. Side by side from the surface one will appear green the other will appear yellow or amber depending on how much silt or particles are in the body of water.
If you went underwater with a scuba mask both would be bright white lights. Color is a perception to the human eye created by the column of water on top of the bulb. The lower color temperature bulb cannot break through the water column to reveal its true color which is a shade of white. The higher temperature bulb can break through the water column because of the higher kelvin or temperature. The color your eye see’s is a combination of the white of the color temperature mixing with the tanic color of the water creating either a green or a yellow/ amber color to the human eye. IE..white and brown=yellow or white and blue=green
What color is the fish seeing or being attracted to?: White... To a fish’s eye the color you see is irrelevant. The factors that attract fish are much more simple and primal.
HID Underwater lights produce extreme amounts of light. The Fish Vector 400 watt lights produce close to 40,000 lumens. After many years of research and development we have pin-pointed what works best on all species of fish that are being targeted by dock owners. The principal reason underwater lights are so effective is because they attract and illuminate the organisms that bait fish feed on. The bait fish are attracted to the light as a source of food. The predator fish move in to feed on the bait. The same natural food chain that occurs in the daytime but now isolated in a single spot off your dock. Nothing more or less, it's that simple with one caveat.
How does the predator fish know there is bait fish on the light? Excellent question, in some cases fish are always in contact following the bait school. In some case they are not. You could have a dock filled with bait fish and no predator fish to catch. This was the problem the patent pending design of Fish Vector solved. Fish use lateral lines as their ears. To a fish it is more of a frequency that triggers a reaction in their brain. Some frequencies will attract fish, some will scare fish. Fish Vector was designed to make fish follow. Our frequency is designed for fish to lock on to it and follow it to the source.
Fish Vector will call fish to a bait school from down the canal, bay, bayou and even in from the shallows of the gulf. This is why Fish Vector underwater lighting has been the number one underwater light since its release in 2009 and still the world leader in underwater lighting for fishing. Fish Vector incorporated all the science and research into our underwater lighting. You just install them and enjoy a fun filled night of fishing.