Fishing with Lights OFF!!

[waterdog101]

I'm leaving my lights on so some drunk boater doesn't come along and smack into me. An accident can happen anywhere, even "one cast away" from shore.[/QUOTE]

now that would be a wreck, that would make headlines. fisherman drinking while boating { which is against the law } runs over another boat that is fishing one cast from shore with no lights on { which is against the law } a wreck that didn't have to happen, if only that nut fishing so close to the bank, would have had his lights on. that drunk wouldn't have smacked into him.

[Rudypoo4444]

I'm leaving my lights on so some drunk boater doesn't come along and smack into me. An accident can happen anywhere, even "one cast away" from shore.

now that would be a wreck, that would make headlines. fisherman drinking while boating { which is against the law } runs over another boat that is fishing one cast from shore with no lights on { which is against the law } a wreck that didn't have to happen, if only that nut fishing so close to the bank, would have had his lights on. that drunk wouldn't have smacked into him.[/QUOTE]


I'll try and type it S-L-O-W-E-R for you. Keeping your lights on to avoid an accident makes better sense than fishing with them off and not being seen, just because you are afraid of spooking some of these CIA bass that KC is after.

Lets get real here. I have seen guys tear off lower units in the daytime by running to close to shore, over a point they didn't know was there. Your chances are much better to have an accident like that in the dark. Maybe you are Captian Kirk of the Kentucky waters and never make a mistake, but if you have boated in KY at all, you would see that is not always the case.

Better to be safe now, than sorry later....