Quote Originally Posted by sglass View Post
So does this mean that 90 percent of the boats I see running at night are breaking the law??? I dont want to take the risk of hitting a floater at night and most if not all the bass anglers who have the lights on thier boats have them where they point about 30 feet or so in front of the boat and not straight ahead like car head lights. I have only been blinded three times while night fishing in my old boat and that was by a spotlight pointed at me, a big cabin cruiser who had unleashed the power of the sun on the front of his boat and a pontoon who had at least ten monster lights hanging from the side of the boat crappie fishing i guess. When that guy passed me it sounded like he was runnng a generator on his boat to keep all of his lights on. I will do some digging and try and find something that suits me. Thanks to the guys who helped me out and for the guys who didnt sorry I stirred up your nest and gave you something to argue about.

Shawn
IF "90%" of the boats you see running at night are running "docking lights" on constantly down the lake AND you can't clearly see the green/red lights obviously they are.......

I've never been on any Ky lake that is "straight" thus you'll encounter boats where each needs to see the nav lights at night, which is impossible when other lights are too bright.... (well maybe some have "super vision" but most I'd guess don't)

I've personally never seen this by even 10% , most where I've fished only use them for a few seconds to get bearing on shores or buoys....... which I've never known anyone to be cited for "running down the lake with them on" is totally different and you can be cited (and many have been on several lakes btw)

But for "me" it's not "only about" possibly getting cited, it's about common courtesy and safety .... many can tell stories about someone coming around a sharp bend running bright lights and blinding them, I can't believe that anyone can dispute that it's not a serious safety issue (especially "at speed" being underway)

It's not my place to try to tell anyone "what to do" (nor am I trying to do so) , I do think we need to think about the dangers of our own actions and try to avoid all of that whenever possible..

As for "floating debris" if you're not driving "too fast" then your nav lights should show them up in plenty time to avoid them??? IF the other boats haven't blinded you with driving down the lake with theirs on