Head lamps for night fishing

[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.