Deadly Accident off of Sandusky Ohio.

Boating at night is dangerous. There are people out there with improper or no lighting/lights turned off. We did just have a Drunk hit a small island and flip his boat...lots of broken bones. He's lucky he did not drown! I would say "bow damage" says it all who's at falt. I hit a fishing boat while coming on plane....they had no lights on and did not even yell at me. There was some moon but I did not see them. My son was in our other boat and yelled at me to stop (I heard him 150ft away). He saw them from a different angle. I snapped my drive to neutral and my bow dropped down on top of their boat dead center. One man dove in the water and the other rode it out. My heart was in my throat. I had no/little bow damage and they had some bent aluminum. Imagine if my son had not yelled and I came on plane. I would have cut them in half with a 3,000lb boat. I ask why they didn't yell at me and they had no answer. I have thru-prop exhaust and would have heard them...I was at idle in gear. I reported the incident to my local Fish Commission Officer, "in person", and he reminded me most fisherman, in central PA, are not boaters and don't follow the rules. Since no one was hurt, there was no paperwork. I have had other close-calls while running on plane, 25mph, at night. All have been people fishing in the main channel with no or improper lighting. I no longer run after dusk due to others neglect in proper boating/lighting, Mike.