The only time I worry about light on the bank is when I am lure fishing personally. I don't think the cats and carp mind too much. However I should note i am often fishing in very urban settings with allot of light illuminating the area allready. It will be interesting to see what others chime in with.

 

Personally I prefer red light at night.
"Blacklight" comes in two basic forms, UVA and UVB. Different bulbs emit different wavelengths. This is important to know the difference. Both are ultraviolet. Ultraviolet UVA isn't the safest light, UVB is even worse for you.

Red light is far more comforting to your eyesight and not nearly as dangerous.

Also "blacklight" attracts far more flying bugs.

But that is just my opinion.

 

What he ^^^^^^^^ said.

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I would buy a black light or some sort and go to an auto parts store and pick up a cigarette lighter plug in on one end and small jumper cables on the other type thing a majig and hook it up to a car battery like I do. It works for me. The thing a majig costs like $5.00 to

 

I saw a program a lot of years ago (might have been Bill Dance) that showed a guy with a black light mounted on the side of his boat, shining into the water. And he was catching fish. of course, I have never seen any program or video of him NOT catching fish.

 

I have a little UV penlight with a pocket clip. I turn the clip around and mount it on the bill of my cap light. It's not very powerful but it does make the rod tips and the yellow line I'm using pop without having to light up everything.

 

I rarely fish at night but if I did I’d spool some Moonshine, made to work with black lights.

https://bottomdwellerstackle.com/product/power-pro-super8slick-v2-braided-line-moonshine/