Required or not, lights are a must for me. I also bought a comfortable PFD so that I have no excuse not to wear it...they only work if you are wearing them. I also have a sound-making device (USCG-approved whistle) attached to me and a small airhorn handy should I need it. If I go into waters patrolled by the USCG, I will have a 4-pack of flares within reach, and a spare change of clothes will be in a dry bag inside my kayak when I fish in winter. I live by a simple motto: "Better to have and not need than to need and not have" this also explains why I have 9 rigged rods on my kayak and more lures than I should ever need, lol.
Chris Bryant
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