I personally don't like my lights on at night. The usual -- bugs, glare, spooked fish and I understand the law and the reasoning behind it. But what I don't understand is where common sense plays into this. To me if I am on a bank say up in a bay and a boat is running out on the main lake a couple of hundred yards away (not towards me) why do I need my lights on? I have always used common sense and when a boat is approaching turn my lights on to let them know I am there. Why is this not an acceptable common sense approach? If I am anchored or out in the lake I leave them on but when I am fishing close to the bank and not in a normal navigation channel I am fully aware of boats moving around I just can't see why this is a problem. I guess I will be taking my chances. In my world common sense rules and fishing with lights on at night ain't common sense if you want to catch fish.

kc