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Originally Posted by thehick176
Bottom line is don't go out at night if you aren't familiar with the lake your on. 10:00 seems to be the sweet spot for me. Most drunks and stupid ski boaters are off the water by then.
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Your comment is very true about not going out at night unless your very familiar with the lake your on. I had a heart stopping moment on Dale Hollow this spring. I was fishing a part of the lake I'm not really familiar with when I came upon a very small island in the middle of the lake. I was fishing during the day. When I looked at my navionics map it showed the island as being water that was 40 feet deep. I thought man that looks like a good fishing spot so I went and fished around it. Then all of a sudden it dawned on me that if I were running around at night this little island could kill me. It's basically a huge rock that sticks out of the water about 10-15 feet at summer pool and it's about the size of 2 bass boats. I called navionics to voice my concern and they were very polite and seemed to take my concern very seriously. They called me a couple times after that to ask some questions and told me I would get an email when they finished their investigation. I haven't gotten an email though. I just remember how fast my heart started beating when I realized how easy someone could hit this thing at night by driving off the map only.