First to admit that I do run on plane at night and do use my GPS for help. I say for help because I know Dale Hollow from Illwill to Hendricks Creek like I know the layout in my house. That being said, only had one CLOSE call and that was when the other boat was running towards me without ANY LIGHTS ON AT ALL and we would have hit head on if he had not turned on a flashlight in the nick of time so I could turn and avoid him. He had forgotten his running lights in the truck but never went back to get them.
I do fish Cumberland at night as well and bought a map just for the 680 lake level. Mainly I fish from the Dam to Harmon and Difficulty Creek so I took a permanent marker and outlined the new "outer bank" plus looked for any new shallow water and islands that were formed when they dropped the lake and marked them accordingly. It is not that hard to do because all you had to do is follow the contour lines on the map. You will find points, islands, shallow water areas and other stuff that makes it so much easier to decifer when you are on the water.
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