Fishing with Lights OFF!!

[kydonky]

Here is a different take if you are running and hit somebody with no lights on don't that mean that you couldn't see where you was going in the first place? There is a certain amount of danger involved on both sides of the issue.

If you are in navigation channel or navigtable waters the person with lights off is the cause of the misshap. Remember, boats do not have brakes, some houseboats may take several hundred feet to stop. Can you imagine anchoring in a channel on the Ohio with a 15 barge pusher bearing down on you. You with no lights and your motor does not start!!

Get real. Go to the Kentucky fish and wildlife website, click on education, click on safe boating link and take the course. Learn the rules of the road.

Visablilty is decreased at night, lights on "both" vessels allow you to see each other!!! They also tell you the position of the other boat. You see a red light you know the other boat is approching from your right (because you see his left side) If you see red and green you know the other boat is approching you head on. A white light only means the other boat is anchored or is running in front of you in the same direction.

Course take an hour tops to actually learn the rules. Stop guessing and learn how to opperate a boat.

[dac244]

If you are in navigation channel or navigtable waters the person with lights off is the cause of the misshap. Remember, boats do not have brakes, some houseboats may take several hundred feet to stop. Can you imagine anchoring in a channel on the Ohio with a 15 barge pusher bearing down on you. You with no lights and your motor does not start!!

Get real. Go to the Kentucky fish and wildlife website, click on education, click on safe boating link and take the course. Learn the rules of the road.

Visablilty is decreased at night, lights on "both" vessels allow you to see each other!!! They also tell you the position of the other boat. You see a red light you know the other boat is approching from your right (because you see his left side) If you see red and green you know the other boat is approching you head on. A white light only means the other boat is anchored or is running in front of you in the same direction.

Course take an hour tops to actually learn the rules. Stop guessing and learn how to opperate a boat.

I know the rules you missed my point what type lights doe's a floating log or a stump have on it?

[Rudypoo4444]

I know the rules you missed my point what type lights doe's a floating log or a stump have on it?

We are not talking about logs, we are talking about boaters. You can't control natural debris, but you can control your boat. Put your lights on, and control your boat. That is all you can do. The lights might seem annoying to you, but they are there for your safety and the safety of others.

[dac244]

We are not talking about logs, we are talking about boaters. You can't control natural debris, but you can control your boat. Put your lights on, and control your boat. That is all you can do. The lights might seem annoying to you, but they are there for your safety and the safety of others.

And you also miss my point all I was saying was if you can't see a boat in the dark what else can you not see? That you need to be extra carefull navigating at night nothing more nothing less! I don't recall me saying anything about lights annoying me at night or any thing else of that matter and no I'am not a advocate for fishing with your lights off if that is what your thinking.

[Rudypoo4444]

And you also miss my point all I was saying was if you can't see a boat in the dark what else can you not see? That you need to be extra carefull navigating at night nothing more nothing less! I don't recall me saying anything about lights annoying me at night or any thing else of that matter and no I'am not a advocate for fishing with your lights off if that is what your thinking.

Yeah, I read it the wrong way. sorry dude!

[dac244]

Yeah, I read it the wrong way. sorry dude!

No problem I guess I should have been more clear on the point I was trying to make.

[Rudypoo4444]

For those of you who don't turn your lights on, this story is for you. Maybe this accident could have been avoided if the jet-ski had lights on it:

http://www.amnews.com/stories/2010/07/03/loc.129956.sto

HERRINGTON LAKE — This year’s July Fourth weekend got off to a somber start Friday night, when a 13-year-old Danville girl suffered severe injuries after the Jet Ski she was riding on Herrington Lake collided with a 17-foot boat.

Officials would not release the name of the girl, but Boyle County Sheriff Marty Elliott said both of her legs were “apparently crushed.” The girl was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center after the incident. Her condition was unavailable Saturday.

The collision occurred at dark, just after 9:30 p.m., in between Chenault Bridge and Bryant’s Camp Marina.

The driver of the boat, Sammy Jason Hackler, 39, of 475 Goodlett Road in Salvisa, has been charged with second-degree assault, driving under the influence, and three counts of wanton endangerment. He is currently being held at the Boyle County Detention Center on a $25,000 cash bond.

Fish and Wildlife Officer Greg Hill, who is handling the investigation, said the collision threw the girl from the Jet Ski and also ejected all three people in the boat into the water. The Jet Ski was very badly damaged and the boat was flipped upside down and nearly sunk, Hill said.

None of the people riding in the boat was injured. Emergency responders worked the scene for hours, some staying until 5 a.m. or later.

Hackler was charged with second-degree assault because a boat can be considered a deadly weapon, Hill said.

“I can’t prove that it was intentional,” he said. “But he definitely used that boat and it caused serious physical injury to her.”

Hill said he cannot release more specific details concerning how the collision happened because it is still under investigation. Accident reconstruction began Saturday and was expected to take a couple days, Hill said.

Hill said the incident underscores the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s push to make sure people behave safely on the water this holiday weekend. If everyone who goes out on the lake would refrain from drinking alcohol and wear a life jacket, it would reduce a lot of problems, he said.

“Two things happen when somebody drowns. Either they weren’t wearing a life jacket, or they’ve been drinking. It’s never anything else,” Hill said. “We’re just really trying to stress that these people don’t need to be out here driving a boat and drinking.”

[waterdog101]

their is no doubt that lights on a boat, helps other people to see you. but looking at the pictures Peter posted. of the boat running 40 feet up on dry land. makes one think that when a person has been drinking the { ADULT BEVERAGE } that they can't see anything. with or without lights.

[Dave Stewart]

Seems to me that there some responsibility for this goes to whoever let a 13 year old be out there riding a jet ski after sunset....whiich is against the law also. Certainly if the boater was intoxicated, he needs to be charged....but he is not the only one at fault here.

[Duayne]

I was thinking the same thing...

[gump]

I was out in the boat at Eddy Creek for the fireworks. The KY Fish and Wildlife guys were there patrolling and low and behold they were running around all night without their stern light on. I was hoping they would get close enough to me so I could tell them about it. They jumped my butt last year for not having mine in before twilight.