Quote Originally Posted by waterdog101 View Post
I fish at night 95% of the time, and run up on plane. on moonlit nights you can see very well. but on the new moon nights, when it's very dark. sometimes it's hard to see where your going. so I lowered the pitch on my prop, from 23" pitch. to a 19" pitch. I lost 14 mph on top end by doing so, but my boat will stay up on plane at 16 mph. and that slow speed helps to see where I'm going on dark nights. with the 23" pitch, when I dropped below 30 mph the back end started to sink. when on the water at night, slow down as slow as your boat will stay up on plane. and leave the ADULT BEVERAGE at home. and your chances of dry docking your boat, or running over someone fishing will drop very low.
Right--Use your eyes to view the water, bank, sky -- even better if moon lit.

Don't use your eyes to view "only" your GPS Screen.
Not suggesting everybody get radar becaues many would not know how to use that and if untrained may yeild a false sense of security but that would better than GPS alone maybe. Eyes the best and only way to go for casual boaters like me. Adjust speed accordingly as waterdog suggests.