missing fisherman

Bad situation. Prayers sent to the family.

i just saw an update that they found the missing fisherman's body.

In our thoughts and prayers...The wind on Conway can be very bad add that and hitting an underwater stump at the right time and you can be tossed in freezing temps in an instant. Let's all take this terrible tragedy and learn from it. Wear a life jacket and use your kill switch.

Prayers Sent for the family.

Prayers for the family.

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Originally Posted by pesce

I myself keep the vest on when the boat is in motion heading for my destination, i know a lot of people that have there vest in the compartment and never remove it,when i stop to jig or pull cranks or whatever that vest is very near just incase, it's like a smoke detector it can save your life when the battery is in it.

My prayers for the family.:pray

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lots of folks have drowned because the life jacket was "close by" rather than on.

Hey it happened to me once, 2/18/2012, when I hit the water it was 43 degrees and I thought this isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Didn't have a life jacket on but my friend had the fore sight for us to get them quickly, if not for him and God's grace I'd have never made it to the bank, certainly not without the life jacket, and the swim wasn't really that far. Hypothermia set in so fast it was surprising to say the least, just before I got to the bank my muscles were locking up and I lost the ability to swim. Once on the bank it felt like I was breaking concrete just to standup and move. My prayers go out to the family. To everyone else, trust me you won't have a chance without your life jacket. Even then it will be hard enough to survive the cold water, but at least you'll have your best chance.