***THIS IS THE FIRST OF A 3-PART POST SINCE I CANNOT UPLOAD MORE THAN 3 PHOTOS AT A TIME***
I have a 14' Old Town Predator K14 which is a SINK. Without drilling, or making any permanent attachments, I made use of my flounder lights to mount in the rear for night gigging. I'd give the dimensions, but they may not work for other SINKS and most definitely for SOT kayaks. You can see the different 90 degree elbows, T-joints and even the end caps where I routed the wires through.

These three photos were taken from different angles to give an idea on how to make maximum use of a crate as I did. I basically made it out of PVC and it's designed to fit inside of my crate that sits between my seat and the battery. These lights are from http://www.fishinglightsetc.com and give me a 10' - 15' radius of light (depending on water conditions). I designed this to sit inside of my crate where I strap them down securely. -Hector

***THIS IS THE SECOND OF A 3-PART POST***

As you can see in this second post how I attached my flounder lights inside the crate. The crate I bought from Wal-Mart for around $5 and I improvised making my rod holders out of 45 degree elbows complete with the rod leashes. I finally spray painted everything and attached some high reflective street tape. I also created some dry storage containers out of 4" PVC with the caps. In these three containers, I can store what I need to keep dry such as cell phone, batteries, electronics, etc.

Back to the flounder lights....I used velcro straps almost exclusively in my crate set up because I can always adjust and it's very durable, weather proof and versatile. If you noticed, I have some foam protectors over my flounder lights to keep them from busting in transit. In the second photo, I purposely "raised" one of the flounder lights at the 90 degree elbow to show how I can adjust the height and depth while they're in the water. -Hector

***THIS IS THE THIRD OF A 3-PART POST***
As you can see in installing the flounder lights in the crate, it sits between the rear of my seat and the battery (in a dry box). I use an aluminum bar to securely hold in place the crate in my Predator. When the flounder lights are not being used (in daylight obviously) I use them to store my two tackle box trays. Then I fasten the mesh net to keep everything securely in place and this can easily be accessed while I am sitting down.

So there you have it, my rigging idea for my flounder light set up (please excuse the messy garage folks). I refuse to drill or glue anything on my SINK that I love to death. I can raise and lower these babies to adjust the depth and height in water or to keep my SINK from dragging as I paddle from one place to another. There are so many modifications I designed but this is probably the most improvised of the few I designed. A lot of thought went into this and if you need any help, please PM me on this or 2 cool fishing (same screen name) and I'll gladly help you any way I can. -Hector

The beginning of a master piece!

nice

Hector and I have been talking about his project and I am really glad he got the pictures to explain how he did this. YOU can pm him but better is to post this up here as a "work in progress" for different kayaks as this is adapted for their kayak.

After talking with him I would recommend looking at the site that he got his lights from. This is a great site with some other pictures of a hand held light and few other other set ups for real boats and one other kayak set up.

This is by far the best setup that I have seen for a kayak.

http://www.fishinglightsetc.com/FlounderLight.html.

iirc these lights are 600,000 candle power so they put a pull on a battery. ON the above site is a reference to candlepower, lumens, to watts and to how to figure how long a battery will last with a draw.

Academy carries Brinkman which makes a smaller light at 300,000 candlepower that pulls about 4 amps.

looks good

Thanks for the comments guys. As for http://www.fishinglightsetc.com, ask for Tom the owner at 1(785) 259-1343. We talked several minutes before I actually made a purchase and he made sure I had what I needed and understood what quality product I was buying. I was surprised I was speaking to an actual person and not some message board operator.

Tom is down to earth and was able to answer "all" my questions regarding battery/amperage draw, light/lumen power and as Jim said the website itself has a chart you can refer to. I am completely satisfied with my product that I've had for just about a year now and no complaints.

I imagine that my above listed project I made with 1 1/4" PVC can be adapted to just about any kayak if you use your crate. It makes for easier mounting, transporting and no drilling or gluing. Plus when you want to, you can transfer the lights back into the 1 1'4" PVC "hand-held" set up or even to up to 4" PVC and make you a floating portable fishing light dock!! (I'll post pics of those later). These come great in pairs because of their power and low battery/amperage draw. If you have any questions about my project, post 'em here or PM me. -Hector