Went out surveying today with my son. First 40 corner we had to shoot was in water 16" deep. How do I know that? My Burley boots are 17" and I took them off for my son to wear, hoping he didn't go over the top. There I stood, two miles off the nearest road in the middle of a cypress bottom in my sock feet, standing on my camo jacket to keep my feet dry, watching the water come to within an inch of the top. Finished surveying a 375 acre tract then hit another job where we surveyed a piece that was being split off a larger tract. We had to shoot some points along the Ouachita River and I got to stand and watch something crappie sized chasing minnows around a tree top. I was the pack mule, toting the surveyers bag filled with 1/2" black pipe, metal detector, hammer, shovel and assorted other heavy things. Wish I would have packed a spinning rod in the bag along with a hand full of jigs. I could have put them to good use. No fancy dress up clothes needed in this neck of the woods.