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Lighting For Night Fishing From A Boat

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Those of you night fish...what kind of lighting you have so that you can see well enough that you can cast against the bank without sending your lure to the tree branches every other time?

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I use the 18" Black light on both sides of the V up front and at the back on both sides mounted on the gunwales and fluorescent line.  RED LED head band lamp to see how to tie knots and RED LED lighting in all storage compartments on some set up to light the deck if needed.  NO white lite allowed and only use the red when absolutely necessary.   The less light you can use, the better your night vision will be.  On moon lit nights, a lot of times I don't use any light when casting areas than I'm not concerned about snags and stickups.  

 

I luv those black, Jitter Bugs about six inches long when they are hitting top water.  If I can get them to hit a Jitter Bug, that's all I will throw all night.  It may not sound like much fun to throw the same lure for six hours and only catch five fish, but when the smallest one of those six weighs 7 pound 11 ounces, and there is one 11 pound 3 ounce in there, it's a lot more fun than it sounds, especially when they strike at it and it sounds like a huge boulder just fell in the water. 

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$20 set of auxiliary lights from orielly's. welded the plate on vice grips for the gunnels

I don't use any lights while I'm actually fishing. Once you are out there for a but, you will get use to where the bank is. Plus go when you have moon. You will be surprised how much it lights up your surroundings. I always have my headlamp near by. I have one that has regular led, blue or red lights.

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