Head lamps for night fishing

[Sleeper-6]

I've been checking out some of the $30-40 ones on Amazon. Not getting too crazy price wise. I get what you're saying about them being too bright. I'll definitely look into the suggestions here.

I have a Streamlight Waypoint spotlight that I keep in the boat. That thing is awesome, with a laser tight spot that will light up the shoreline hundreds of yards away. Great for navigation and checking out the shoreline, way overkill for task lighting while fishing.

[Moz]

My preference is it uses a AA battery.

First one I ever purchased clipped to the bill of my hat and used the flat watch-like batteries. Worked well until the original battery(which I took out when not using it) I needed to replace and it drained the rather pricey new ones seemingly as soon as I put them in.

Nothing worse than getting up at o'dark thirty and finding no juice for my primary source of light. Never short on AA batteries when needed!

[Charlie B]

If you want recharge ability and the light you like best does not have it. You can get rechargeable batteries in sizes aaa through d and a charger for them at a pretty good price at Harbor Freight. Or other places for maybe better quality. The nice thing about that is you can carry spare batteries with you and be back in business if the batteries die on you. And of course use the batteries for other purposes too...Charlie

[Eskimo]

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I have a collection of different headlamps because I shop on Amazon when I'm drinking and I'm often surprised at what shows up on my doorstep a week later.

I've learned that headlamps follow the law of diminishing returns. The expensive ones are only marginally better than the relatively cheap ones. Get one that takes AAA or AA batteries. Save the CR123A battery flashlights and headlamps for police SWAT and military entry teams.

100 lumens is more than enough for fishing or even walking at night. High powered headlamps will quickly burn through your batteries and blow-out your night vision when the light reflects off a surface. The only time I jack-up the output on my lightsource above 100 lumens is when I'm fishing or walking in an area frequented by bears. A high-powered light will reveal the eye-shine of other animals from a long distance away.

A basic Petzl Tikka will almost anything you ask of it to do on a fishing trip.


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[Bruce Litton]

Good advice on this thread & I'm putting it on my favorites for later. I bought a headlamp for $16 at Dicks way back in 2003 I really liked, but somehow, it went missing, and for the life of me I can't find it anywhere. So last fall night surf fishing I used one of my cheap Energizer headlamps, think that's it, something for like 8 bucks at Home Depot I despise. Wanted the other to last the rest of my life, and maybe it will, turning up years from now, but in the meantime, before I go back out for stripers, I guess I'm going to have to spring for something that's better anyway.

[NJ219bands]

Princeton Tec but most nights on the jetty I never turn it on because I can see well enough without it.