07-07-2010, 01:28 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Unless you have a bright spotlight that shines strongly down into the water your running light is not likely to have much effect one way or another. Chances are that you will be trolling or casting well away from any influence your light might have...except in extremely shallow water. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, walleyes ARE light sensitive at night. They prefer to hunt in darkness, where they have the advantage. I have both observed and heard from others that walleyes will not come into an area where there is an overhead light in or above the water. They stay out away from the light and hunt the fringes. This has been especially noted by guys who fish the ice at night, with lanterns on the ice. They will set up rods out at the edge of the light and catch walleyes...but never inside the light.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, walleyes ARE light sensitive at night. They prefer to hunt in darkness, where they have the advantage. I have both observed and heard from others that walleyes will not come into an area where there is an overhead light in or above the water. They stay out away from the light and hunt the fringes. This has been especially noted by guys who fish the ice at night, with lanterns on the ice. They will set up rods out at the edge of the light and catch walleyes...but never inside the light.[/#0000ff]
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