Easier said than done. I worry about being bitten and have to go through rabies shots. In the seven or eight years I night fished (about twice a week during the summer and fall) I only "caught" three bats. I know by the number of bats that flew around me through all those years that I didn't put a dent in their population. I am a catch and release fisherman...bats are another thing. I now longer night fish as the area that I now smallmouth fish is too dense and steep to get out of without a little more light than a flashlight can provide. Didn't mean to get something started here...I just thought the wide-brim hat idea could put a fisherman more at east while fishing.