Ron
I'm pleased you enjoy night fishing on your own terms but why should everyone else have to do the same? I think the barbel police are getting to you, mate.
Staying up all night is a good way to kill yourself on the drive home. Should you take someone else with you the police call it manslaughter.
Staying up all night clearly fits in with your lifestyle. Anglers with young kids and families probably can't go to bed at 7pm. Some anglers fish two nights at weekends which is not exactly compatible with staying awake.
Am I mistaken or was the reason old-time specimen hunters wore dark glasses was because they'd kept themselves awake with narcotic stimulants?
The odd can of lager pales into insignificance by comparison, eh?
Ron, enjoy your fishing, I'll see you in the morning (if not tonight) but please, put away the soapbox. We are all entitled to fish on OUR own terms, NOT yours.