Headlight or hand held spot light?

[Les Young]

I run a pair of 130 halogen seal beam aircraft landing lights. There were 2 on my old boat when i bought it but on another new one i bought i mounted one of the same ones on the trolling motor & it was plenty. I do turn them off if meeting another boat & my light will bother them. I fish Cumberland a lot at night & from spring when i usually striper fish at night until around the first part of July it can be very dangerous with huge trees floating everywhere. I have been pulled over once by a fish & wildlife officer & was told " Buddy you've got the brightest dang headlights i've ever saw on a boat. He also said he wasn't a **** about them like a lot of wardens & totally understood why we ran lights on boats. You can get by with one easily no problem. I also run them off & on when the lakes clear of trash instead of constantly.