re: Spotlight for running through marsh to duck blind in the morning?

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It’s illegal to have anything other than nav lights on when underway

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Is this a Louisiana thing? Every gator hunter in Florida and Alabama runs spot lights all night long. Tugs have huge spotlights working non stop down the interCoastal.

There’s plenty of right ways to run lights at night. For one you use them just like a car, you shine 50 yards or so in front of you not 500 yards down river. Turn them off when you see another boat, etc. I use a spotlight not a bar, not a fan of a mounted light personally.

I put a ‘cover’ on the top and sides of my lights so there’s a very tight beam. What really kills night vision is the peripheral light. Cheapest thing is to tape a piece of cardboard 2/3s around it that sticks out about 2 inches. Helps night vision a lot.

I’m talking about covering miles and miles. If I’m only going a short distance from the launch to the blind or fishing spot I don’t use a light by any means.

I carry a q beam . You hit that fricker in the face with 1mil candle power he will shut that light bar off quick.. I hate dumb frickers that run in open water with a light bar.

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I hate dumb frickers that run in open water with a light bar.

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Agreed. Its all on the angle the bar is pointing. When bow fishing with lights that point at the water you can still see great. Most light bars are pointing straight out and shining in the trees like they coon hunting.

Pretty sure you reccomended it to me. The mount is a pain in the arse to adjust but once that is done it works great. I'm glad I went cheap and got the nilight.


I run bayous and there is rarely anybody coming towards me. I shut the light off when they do

I have a rechargable coon hunting cap that i use. Its a kelly k light. Very badass but very overpriced these days.

Get a good headlight. Having both hands free while driving is awesome.

i just bought one of these and am really pleased with it as far as a handheld goes. runs off battery or 12 volt plug. obviously its a little more justifiable because i already have a bunch or ryobi stuff so i already had the Li-ion big batteries and chargers etc. but so far I'm really pleased.

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f you cant see with moonlight you aren't running the route enough and shouldn't be hunting there anyway....

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no kidding? so.. having lights on looking for obstructions, or logs, etc that may have floated in overnight, or other boaters that may not have lights on a cloudy night with no moon means you dont run the route enough and shouldn't be hunting there?... ooo k....i gotcha

That's not what I said nor does that logic follow. Fallacious much

celltech1981 that guy in your profile pic been huffing silver paint or something?