I love the LED boat lights! My boat is also lit up to the max and it is fun at night.
One thing to think about, those green lights that are super good at attracting fish are also super good at attracting bugs. When I first added green lights to my boat I had them in the boat but aimed down toward the water. The first time I turned them on within about 1 minute the whole inside of the boat was covered with Mayflies. That included almost every bit of my body. Needless to say, the green lights were moved to outside the boat.
My experience on Old Hickory in the summer is that the only color that doesn't attract a lot of bugs is red. White is horrible. I can't have it on for more than about 10 seconds before there are a bunch of bugs in my face. Yellow is ok, and blue and UV (purple) are moderate for attracting bugs.
Even with all the changes I have made to different color and position LED lights in the boat, it is common not to be able to turn any interior lights on while fishing. As long as the lights don't aim inside the boat the bugs seem to stay in a huge cloud just outside of the boat.
My two new fixes for this year are:
1. adding a dimmer to the system so I can adjust the light intensity inside the boat.
2. Adding a RGB light strip inside the boat so I can change the color and brightness with a remote control. When the bugs are not bad, hopefully I can use a brighter color and then turn it red when I have to.
The waterproof RGB 5 meter strips with controllers are getting super cheap. the last one I bought was $17 off ebay and it works great. It is not on the boat yet, but will be by spring.
At any rate, I like your lights and any LED lights are better than no lights at all. It definitely makes the boat visible and keeps drunk/crazy boaters away from you at night.
Nice work,
Jim
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