Thanks for posting this Boone. I tell you what, I have been struggling with the light issue for a long time. My buddy and I were going to get a black light because we do alot of night fishing. The issues we have in fishing for stripers and smallmouths is it seems that they like the darkest banks. For that reason we have shied away from lights. Last fall we ran into a guy that was fishing at night that had this reversible light. It was a black light on one side and a florescent light on the other side. We thought he used the black light while fishing until he took us out in his boat. He didn't use the black light at all but used the florescent light. He aimed that thing right on the bank. We could see every rock on the bank. One thing that was nice is we could see shad right next to the boat all the way to the bank. I had no confidence at all but it didn't take long for him to set the hook on a small striper. He was marking fish on the fish finder also. So now I have no clue as to what is the best approach at night. We will probably continue doing what we do.