Night fishing requires quite a bit more preparation than daytime fishing does. Even if you "think" you know waters pretty well, you need to take extra precautions when fishing at night.

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If you are night fishing from a boat, you have even more to think about. Make sure you have enough flotation devices onboard and that they are easily accessible. If someone falls overboard, it is much more difficult to see them at night, so you need to be able to throw a flotation device out to them quickly.

Proper lighting on your boat is also essential. Enough flashlights and batteries should be an obvious commodity, but you would be surprised how many times those batteries that you "thought" were new, die off within minutes of trip.

Here is a topic that is often debated between night fishermen. Depending on how you like to fish at night, here is what you should look for in general:

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If you are going to be fishing with a blacklight, you will want to be sure you spool up a clear blue fluorescent line. The clear blue is especially made to work well with blacklight night fishing, so it is highly recommended.

When you go night fishing, never use a line that is less than 20lb test. 20lb is minimum weight you should even think about. You won't be dealing with those wimpy "day fish".