Lights on while fishing!

[Dave Stewart]

Just for your information moose man..putting a white cotton sock over the anchor light does not cover it up..it just knocks the glare down and hence keeps the bugs off and makes it so that the person in the back of the boat is not blinded by the glare....I have checked it and it can still be seen for over a very long distance.

Now, just let me add this since I am already on here....for the past three years I have taken some folks out on night guided trips here on Ky Lake during the months of July and August...this will be my last season that I will do that. There are just getting to be too many folks out there running dark, anchored with no anchor lights on and barges without any front marker lights and without a spotlight sweeping the water..in other words it is getting in my opinion a little too risky to be out there with clients in the boat.

[TEE]

Good point Dave....I also agree on..."DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S JUST UNDER THE SURFACE AT NIGHT"?
Didn't think so:P

[apextrail]

I totally agree with Dave. I have spent allot of time this year night fishing KY lake. Moved my camper into a resort and have been there almost every weekend and I have witnessed several "near misses" involving someone running or anchored with no lights. Have also witnessed a near miss involving a barge. I stay near the campground in coves at night. That is the only place I feel safe on KY lake when the sun goes down. The upside is that I have been catching some nice fish in the coves and points leading into the coves. :-)