Just my Top 10 for Night Fishing -

1. Keep your red/green and white tail light on at all times.... KWRA and TWRA have night vision goggles and will definitely write your @ss up especially on Dale Hollow.

2. Bring a flashlight to see your way around inside the boat.

3. Keep the boat organized and have a place for everything so when you need it, it's there.

4. Wear clear eye protection going down the lake --- a bug in the eye going even 30mph feels like a bug in the eye going 60mph :-)

5. Always wear life jacket protection especially traversing down the lake.

6. Try and go out towards your honey-holes during daylight to see the lay of the land and especially check if anything is floating down lake or down river.

7. If not familiar with the lake, bring a map or have GPS capability -- even the most well-known lakes looks different when you are tired after night fishing 8-10 hours.

8. Do not leave anything in your tow vehicle that you don't want stolen --thieves come out at night (try and park at a secure launch area if possible).

9. Watch out for them crazies especially at dusk when they try to make it back to their launch site after drinking all day (not H2O either).

10. Have fun and make sure you hold on to them rods so not to have a rod snatched out of your hands by one of them mean, hungry, brown looking fishies.

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