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Lights for your bass fishing kayak

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Adding lights to a kayak for safety is easy, especially with components or kits like Yak-Power offers (yak-power.com). We installed two 20-inch, blue LED lights in the bow of our project Old Town Predator PDL in about 90 minutes.
Adding lights to a kayak for safety is easy, especially with components or kits like Yak-Power offers (yak-power.com). We installed two 20-inch, blue LED lights in the bow of our project Old Town Predator PDL in about 90 minutes.
Components: Power panel with relay switching module, a pigtail with fuse holder to connect to the battery, two lights and associated wiring. These items cost $213 if bought separately. It’s cheaper to buy kits. With the switching module, we’ll add more outlets for more lights and a USB port to charge a phone.
Components: Power panel with relay switching module, a pigtail with fuse holder to connect to the battery, two lights and associated wiring. These items cost $213 if bought separately. It’s cheaper to buy kits. With the switching module, we’ll add more outlets for more lights and a USB port to charge a phone.
1. Install the power panel where you can easily reach it while seated and where it is close enough to the battery. You might need the 96-inch pigtail, depending on your battery’s location. Our battery is in the bow, so the 12-inch pigtail worked. Cut the panel hole with a 2 1/8-inch hole saw.
1. Install the power panel where you can easily reach it while seated and where it is close enough to the battery. You might need the 96-inch pigtail, depending on your battery’s location. Our battery is in the bow, so the 12-inch pigtail worked. Cut the panel hole with a 2 1/8-inch hole saw.
2. Place the lights about an inch or two above the waterline to shine at the water — not in your face, wrecking your night vision. Masking tape makes a good guide; mark it where you’ll drill the hole for the fitting.
2. Place the lights about an inch or two above the waterline to shine at the water — not in your face, wrecking your night vision. Masking tape makes a good guide; mark it where you’ll drill the hole for the fitting.
3. Drill the fitting hole with a 1/2-inch bit. Run the wire into the hull and tighten the fitting with an Allen wrench. Clean the hull with alcohol so the light strip’s adhesive backing will stick. Squirt some dielectric grease into the fitting, snap the light in place, and peel and stick the light strip to the hull. Screw down the end with a self-tapping screw. Connect the light’s wires to the switching module and the pigtail to the battery. Illuminate.
3. Drill the fitting hole with a 1/2-inch bit. Run the wire into the hull and tighten the fitting with an Allen wrench. Clean the hull with alcohol so the light strip’s adhesive backing will stick. Squirt some dielectric grease into the fitting, snap the light in place, and peel and stick the light strip to the hull. Screw down the end with a self-tapping screw. Connect the light’s wires to the switching module and the pigtail to the battery. Illuminate.

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