I'm having severe withdrawals!!!!!

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03-25-2011, 04:28 PM
OleMiss

I'm having severe withdrawals!!!!!

Dont know how many more pictures of crappie I can see until my boat is done!!!! Cant hardly wade at Sardis the bottom is so soft and muddy.

I wasnt gonna tell anybody but, this past Wednesday I went to Sardis and tried to find a place to wade. Well, I got off 4 wheeler and seen I really wanted to be on the othe side of this little bitty ditch with about 4 inches of water in it. Soon as I stepped in it I went plumb to my chest in mud and couldnt feel the bottom!!!!!:eek: Instinctively I threw out my arms to push out and they sunk up too. I almost panicked!!:eek: I couldnt move and water was coming in my waders fast! I remembered a tip from some TV show about using your knees to crawl out of quicksand and mud instead of your feet. Well I wallowed around flailing like an idioit and was sinking deeper til I started using my knees and it worked. I finally got ahold of firm ground and sat there exhausted thanking the Good Lord I made it out!!

Point is if you are wading at any of the COE lakes this year please take a long stick to use as leaverage to help you pull your self out of these mudholes! Also, test the ground before you step off in it!

I'm bout to spooked to try wading anymore now!!!:D Fixin to call ole Doug at F&F and speed him up!!!Thumbs Up
03-25-2011, 04:31 PM
ScottV

Hang in there bud, it'll be worth the wait.
03-25-2011, 05:13 PM
majflyboy

Sorry for your scare.
03-25-2011, 05:17 PM
Jerkn Meat

what a man will do for a fish
03-25-2011, 05:22 PM
OleMiss

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Originally Posted by Jerkn Meat

what a man will do for a fish

Yep...you got that right....I've never understood why folks say us spawn fishermen are lazy either. I'm telling you wading for 8 hours in mud trying to catch a stinkin crappie aint lazy! I'm still sore from that trip Wednesday!
03-25-2011, 05:25 PM
Speck

Whoa Man, you are lucky!!!! Glad you got out OK
03-25-2011, 05:31 PM
EmptyStringer

Dang scary. But did you catch any?
03-25-2011, 05:39 PM
OleMiss

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Originally Posted by EmptyStringer

Dang scary. But did you catch any?

Caught 3 stinkin bass!!!! I dont know what I was doing wrong. Thats the first time I've been skunked wadin in long time!!!!
03-25-2011, 05:39 PM
crappiholic

That and water moccisans is why I stay in the boat.
03-25-2011, 07:36 PM
OleMiss

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Originally Posted by crappiholic

That and water moccisans is why I stay in the boat.

I hear ya sounds like your a smart guy!!! Except for that messed up avatar you got!!!:D
03-26-2011, 06:17 AM
jimfish

Wading

Glad you made it out of there. Had a similar experience at Butla 20+ yrs ago havent waded since.Quit skydiving also. Dont jump out of a good air plane and dont get out of a dry boat.
03-26-2011, 09:02 AM
majflyboy

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Originally Posted by jimfish

Glad you made it out of there. Had a similar experience at Butla 20+ yrs ago havent waded since.Quit skydiving also. Dont jump out of a good air plane and dont get out of a dry boat.

Glad you finally saw the light about getting out of a good air plane at altitude.
03-26-2011, 09:09 AM
jimfish

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Originally Posted by majflyboy

Glad you finally saw the light about getting out of a good air plane at altitude.

Especially if you have 4 turnin and 4 burnin.
03-26-2011, 09:28 AM
BigBlue

Mr. Jim sounds like you pulled a DB Cooper before?
03-26-2011, 10:27 AM
reb66jr

Years ago me and a buddy were deer hunting at Sardis. Walking in a creek near the old iron bridge. Water 2" deep, clear as gin and a sandy bottom. We were right beside each other. He sinks waste deep before I could turn around. It took all I had to help pull him out of it. I am surprise someone hasn't just disappeared in one of those things. Glad you worked your way out.
03-26-2011, 01:19 PM
OleMiss

Had older gentleman tell me this week about his experience at Sardis wading one year. He stepped off this point and instantly sunk up to his armpits. He said he was kicking and almost panicking trying to get out. He said he was sinking deeper every time he moved...he said just as he was fixn to go under a guy nearby in a boat shot up in there and he grabbed side of boat and he said that was the last time he ever waded. He said nobody would have ever found his body....just disappeared.. he told me to be very careful with this low water...it has exposed a lot of these old sloughs that have been under water for so long and are so silted and mudded up that you can disapppear in them! This has been a huge eye opener for me.
03-26-2011, 01:51 PM
majflyboy

This thread has saved me about a hundred $$. Don't see waiding in my future.
03-26-2011, 03:12 PM
"G"

Nope.....I'm not gonna wade either
03-26-2011, 03:59 PM
DonDon

Glad ya ok bud and see your a Bear Grylls.fan. i saw that show
03-26-2011, 04:27 PM
Release to the Grease...

Was at Grenada habitat day one time on a 4-wheeler during low water. Went across a mud puddle a little bigger than a bathtub and was in mud up to the top of the fenders instantly. This is a big 4wd 4-wheeler w/ swamplites on it too. Remember that Stan? :)
03-26-2011, 05:03 PM
OleMiss

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Originally Posted by DonDon

Glad ya ok bud and see your a Bear Grylls.fan. i saw that show

Yep!! Thats where I saw it...I reckon ole Bears info saved me! Now, if I wade anymore I'v got a 6 ft oak stave that I'm taking with me to check the ground in front of me before I step off it in. Still can't believe that stuff is that deep! Where does it come from?!?!
03-26-2011, 05:05 PM
OleMiss

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Originally Posted by majflyboy

This thread has saved me about a hundred $$. Don't see waiding in my future.

Man, let me tell you in the right conditions its a blast hauling them slabs out of 1 ft or less water. I'm probably not gonna give it up but I've gonna be a lot more careful from now on!