Going to improve on the noodling fishing rig - electronics expertise talk needed

[g5jamz]

Going on a fishing trip next weekend that involved lots of fishing, lots of drinking, good eating, some golf, and a lot of junk talked.

The river we go to is in the middle of a swamp and chockfull of fish.

If you don't know what a noodle rig is...here it is. Pretty cool too.

Take a 2' piece of PVC pipe. Put a cap on one end and cement it. Take about a 2-3" piece of rebar and put inside the pipe. Take another cap and put an eye bolt/lag through it and cement it on the other end of the pipe and waterproof it.

You then can tie on a Carolina rig setup off the of the eyebolt to whatever depth you want. Now...take a water noodle...yes...the ones your kids use in the swimming pool. Cut a 2' piece and get the 3/4" PVC pipe worked through the center of it.

Now...go to the lake and bait the circle hook or whatever and slide the rebar where it's about midways. It will lie horizontally in the water. When the catfish/whatever takes it...the rebar will shift to the end and the brightly colored noodle will be vertical and bobbing up and down.

Local rednecks have calculated a 3-second submersion to be around a 10lb catfish.

Now...I want to improve on the design. LED lights are cheap...low power...and bright. I'm thinking about putting a little mercury switch on it and when it goes vertical...LED lights light up.

Now...what device (cheap) could I put there that would be a low voltage pull and allow the light to flash versus solid. Also...would a piezo buzzer draw too much current to bother with.

[PanthaSan]

Wouldn't some dynamite be alot easier?