LED Bite Alarms, like or not?

Assuming it's not a scam(at least they SAY they have paypal) They got some bad reviews, and i think this company is from hong kong..still it's tempting. I found this pack of three online for $19 which seemed pretty awesome,

http://www.1topstore.com/en-usd/led-tone-3-bite-alarms-p13305.html

Anyway I don't think it comes with bank sticks, but I'd need 9mm size.

So what is your experience with bite alarms, did you like them? Do bluegills make them irritating? It says there is a volume control, I know they can be a nuisance for other fisherman. I heard that bank fishing systems was okay in price, anyone know any cheap places to get them?

Check out resistancetackle.com They have bite alarms for a good price and they are waterproof unlike most cheaper alarms. Trust me pay a little more for this or they will break the first heavy rain. The key to bluegills are turning the sensitivity down low so a small pull doesn't trigger the alarm. I have bank sticks if you are looking. They were only used twice and cost me 15 each but could work out a deal. I bought a new setup instead of using them.

We just hang a bell from a cat toy on the line between the first and second eye on the rod. Let the line sag a bit between the eyes.

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or... we use the lighted bobbers with the bb shot in them that cause them to rattle. I tie a loop in a 6" piece of fishing line, on the other end tie it to a generic larger sized swivel. Hook the bobber to the loop end, open swivel and hang it over the rod's line between first and second eye with droop in it (as borg said) and sit back to wait. A strong hit will most likely knock it right off of the line, or at least make the shot rattle plenty loud, and with it being lit you can watch it from a distance and still see light bites/nibbles.

They also make bells with glow in the dark holders that clip right around the end of your pole and also are decent aides.
I've never used the alarms like you showed basically because we were always happy with how the other methods worked.

Thanks for the ideas! I will def try a couple of these, and see what works for me, try to save some money. I'm assuming this is just for cats, since carp need to run, or what? My bf is pretty stuck on the idea of these LED alarms, since he wants to carp fish. I'll let him know about the bank sticks and that website, thanks accord.

I like my alarms turned way down

We were out carp fishing yesterday and it was run and stop, tick- tick, run and stop..this went on for 3-4hours, when I pulled in two of the rods at the end of the day there were two golden shiners! I was thinking I don't know if having a bite alarm would be exciting or annoying with those goobers. Does that happen a lot for you guys?

Golden shiners make great catfish(and bass) bait. I would rather catch those than carp this time of year!

sorry I meant yellow belly shiner, do those work any good? I heard perch work and some others about 4-5 in? Would you just use a carolina rig, or what for that?

For ocean surf fishing at night, I always use glow bracelets (will be doing in about 8 hours!). They bend nice, so no need to take off for casting. Put at the end of your rod, take one end of a rubber band loop and put end of stick in. Then wrap the rubber band around both the end of rod and stick until tight and put remaining loop of rubber band around the stick. Put a rubber band at bottom and top of stick. Easier to put on before lining rod, but not hard to add on after. Craft stores and dollar stores usually sell about 12 or so for $1. If you pay attention, right after certain holidays, they go on sale for dirt cheap. The kids love them too, probably because they are made for them... I like to use the small hair rubber bands (that I steal from my daugther ), I'm the one that pays for them...

I attempted to make an LED sensor from lights that are made for ghettoing out car wheels. It screws into your tire stem. I think a 4 pack on clearance for under $10. Then bought a variety pack of plastic air pump tips, which clipped on the rod. They worked ok, but mostly used at the ocean, where the wind would set them off constantly, probably the same with sound sensors. Have sworn by the glow sticks since.

Try looking up an alarm called a "fishcop". They are vibration sensitive with adjutable sensitivity. They go off before the fish even takes any line.

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These are a great price and water proof. The company also stands behind their products.

I frequently use those type of bells catfishing. They work well but the threads frequently fail causing them to not tighten anymore. Oh well they're cheap.

The problem with bells is if there are multiple rods being used and you hear a bell, you don't know which rod to run to. I use "Fish cops".