I need to put front and rear lighting for driving my 14' jon boat down the lanes and back to the launch ramps at night on Lake Conway. Occasionally I am on the water when it is foggy.
Any and all suggestions/opinions welcome.
Thanks, Paul
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I need to put front and rear lighting for driving my 14' jon boat down the lanes and back to the launch ramps at night on Lake Conway. Occasionally I am on the water when it is foggy.
Any and all suggestions/opinions welcome.
Thanks, Paul
For seeing it is hard to beat a good handheld spotlight
Thanks Doc, what size for one that would let me see when it is really foggy?
Foggy less is better. Low to the ground or water also helps. Brighter light in fog only whites it out and reflects it back.
I am currently using a Dewalt 20v spotlight. Cordless and I can swap to fresh battery. One before that was a Q beam rechargeable LED that had red light as one of the modes. With the red light it would preserve your night vision and still light up anything reflective ( bouys, channel markers ) for a long ways. Fog is difficult to deal with. Hit it with a little light, slow down and pick your way through it
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Jack always has some Good answers.
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Even a blind hog finds acorns:Rofl
Run it back with gps track on you graph.
Seen guys running 60mph plus in the middle of the night running on their charts.
Not for me. It is a gps map not live radar.
Absolutely only my humble opinion. I would like to live long enough to collect some social security payments :yikes
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Jack we must use the same light. Can’t beat it on the H20 plus I use it when tracking deer at night or checking the yard for critters. When the power goes out I rotate the light head and shine it on the ceiling as well. Very versatile!
They are some good lights. I do like the fact you change the battery out.
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Here is a small LED light that is mounted on the front of my boat. It is enough to see by if you are idling along. Any more than that I break out the spotligh
Get one that will work on a 20 amp switch and you won’t need a wiring harness to turn it off and on.
Watts/volts = amps if i recall correctly
Have you tried a LED light bar on the front? I duck hunt so I run an 18" light bar on the front deck as far forward as I can get it and I have two 4" lights on the back of the boat. 2 switches on the battery box and you are in business. Nothing fancy for sure.
As far as that GPS suggestion, you need to be proficient with it before you try it running across a lake like that. I wouldn't suggest it on Conway as those boat lanes narrow up in a couple of places that would probably leave you with a lower unit missing when you hit one of those fine stumps. :Rofl
floating logs will change your mind . Changed mine . lolQuote:
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Funny how going over a log in the dark tends to make a fella cautious. It's a long trip back to the launch cold and wet with prop all bent to pieces. Been there myselfQuote:
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I like a hand held spotlight like a brinkman attached to a pole about 3 feet long. Gets the light up and cuts out glare in the boat.
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