I was on the bow of a Jon boat setting a hoop net on the Mississippi river in about 15 ft of water, the boat was drifting back with the current applying the tension to set the anchor and feed out the net one hoop at a time from my hands. I was down to the next to the last hoop when the net caught on a speed lace on my boot. My buddy was at the helm but was kinda drifted off not watching that close. The pressure of the boat drifting back in the swift current and me trying to free my boot...well before my buddy figured out between my hollering what was happening and throttled the motor up to relieve the pressure...I pert near went off the front. If I had ...that net would have took me straight to the bottom and in all that murky water and confusion I doubt i would have got out of it or pulled my boot in time. It all happened a lot faster than I make it sound.

I didn't wear no speed lace boots no more when setting nets.