I have mentioned it numerous times but here it is again. PLEASE WEAR YOUR PFDS!!!
Anglers Fight to Survive after Boat Sinks in Sam Rayburn Rat-L-Trap Tournament - Wired2fish - Scout
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I have mentioned it numerous times but here it is again. PLEASE WEAR YOUR PFDS!!!
Anglers Fight to Survive after Boat Sinks in Sam Rayburn Rat-L-Trap Tournament - Wired2fish - Scout
Shadow, thanks for posting the great article above.....if this doesn't make you put on your life jacket.....then you "just can't fix STUPID" !:hatchet:
or going fishing in six foot swells in a bass boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by B&M BOBM
I have been on SR in April when it got rough. Not pretty! We were on a party barge, and it was a tough ride back to the launch...
Wonder what caused the damage shown in the first image. I'm thinking they drug in on land upside down to get it out.
40mph winds & 6 ft swells is no place to be.
You are correct! Nothing is worth losing your life over!Quote:
Originally Posted by kycreek
The tournament director should have shut it down with that kind of weather approaching. No way would I have been out there with 40 mph winds forecasted.
Scary for sure on big lakes. A few years back on Toledo Bend I was fishing in the back of a small cove and on to them big time. I noticed the wind was picking up, but wanted to continue, in which I did for a while. Was watching the tree tops on the calm water back in the cove. Wind picked up some more, so I decided to head back to the landing. Once on the main lake, the wind was serious out there in the open water. Swells so huge I couldn't see the horizon unless I was on the crest of a swell. Reminded me of the Gulf. Scared me silly - believe me folks, nothing scares me, but that did. Steering this way and that to negotiate the swells. Finally made it back. I have learned to respect that big body of water.
same happened to me on TB also....when I go now, I do not get out of the cove where I am staying...and I got a big boat....Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
Thanks Shadow for bringing this up. As a former wildlife agent, some of the worst times I spent on the job was dragging for someone that drowned due to a boating accident or ignorance. When people test fate, fate almost always wins.
Please everybody listen to what these guys are saying.You cannot call it back if it happens to you.My son and i were going duck hunting a few years back and did not have pfds.Most of the people we see when hunting don,t have them either but let me tell you when a boat sinks and you have waders on you will think twice about it.I could have lost mine and my sons life that day over something so simple.So now we are faithful to wear them so everybody please dont leave them at home and if you dont own any buy some.
I have seen more than one who perished because of waders....it only takes one small mistake....Quote:
Originally Posted by padre318
I believe Shadow is correct, this topic cannot be stressed enouph! I personally know one great man who was in a boat with his family when a sinker log was struck by the boat. He was ejected and was never found. Its too simple to take 30 seconds and put on your life preserver considering an accident takes only moments. If you boat with me then its not an option, if its a problem then maybe you should stay at the launch. I value everyones own right to wear or not wear in their own vessel but for those who chose not too please answer this. What possible harm can come from wearing?
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