Originally Posted by
olsaltydog
Where I run, coastal NC, we have gillnets, crab bouys, oyster bars, and sand bars. I run no lights at all when out on plane or moving faster then a no wake speed. Might be because I learned the waters and know where these things are, not sure if possible your way. But any light will diminish or flat out ruin night vision, think of it like driving with your cab lights on.
The choice is yours, yes you can do it, I don't recommend it and won't advice you on how to do it. If the waters you run are navigable, be careful as you may find your violating navigable water laws by running any lights.
Yes, here in Il we have to have nav lights on at night. And the rivers we run have too much crap floating for us to run without lights. Only the big lake by my house can I run without lights for I know it like my bedroom. We drift night catfishing like that and only cut on nav lights when we hear someone getting remotely close to avoid a situation. We run jugs at night and float with them and can hear or see the jug bouncing when something is on it. We put a few ballbearings in them at night and can hear them rattle around when something goes to pulling on them.