How many of y’all ever fell out of the boat while fishing? It will shorten your fishing trip for sure. I’m in need of a new pair of Coasta sunglasses if anyone has a pair for sale cheap.
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How many of y’all ever fell out of the boat while fishing? It will shorten your fishing trip for sure. I’m in need of a new pair of Coasta sunglasses if anyone has a pair for sale cheap.
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I did it one really cold January morning. I backed my boat in to go duck hunting, still had it on the trailer and was pulling the rope on that Evinrude 25. Went head over heels into the icy water. Got my freezing self back in the truck and went home. [emoji23]
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I keep a dry bag in the boat with a towel and a change of clothes for just such an occasion.
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A couple of years ago on New Years Eve. Involved the ol transfer from the boat to the dock ramp. The water was actually warmer than the air!
Have not fell out of the boat. But first trip wading this year stepped over a log and the waders ripped up the inside of my leg and instant cold water up to my chest. Next trip new waders, stepped in a hole filled them waders up.... thankfully i have stayed dry the last couple trips.
Got you beat . Had a Ranger boat that had a high thrust super dyno whoop ho . Hand control trolling motor you turned it on and off by pushing dimmer swithch controls . I'm fishing i Plummer slough with girl friend hit stump got knocked out of boat . But boat was still running and running away from me . There used to be a big female gator in there we had just past her on bank . Any way im trying to swim to keep up with boat and im also trying to tell girlfriend how to turn off trolling motor . To insult me even more there was another fisherman laughing at me and he was on his trolling motor trying to get to me . She finally hit the dimmer switch . I was many years younger i don't think i could have stayed up with boat now .
Well my story is the pedestal seat broke loose from the floor and in the water I went. There was a guy bass fishing close to me that got a good laugh once he realized I was alright.
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I am glad you are alright. I am getting pretty old now and not as physically fit as I once was. How hard was it to climb back in the boat?
Scat if you hit the water go to back of boat and stand on cavitation finns on side of motor then hit the trim and tilt button on side of mortor it will tilt you right into back of boat . You cant climb over side like you once could .
It's a real job. Last time I was in the water I barely made it back in and that was with a ladder.
Please guys ... Always remember to take you phone out of your pocket and put it somewhere on the boat ...every time ...
If you fall in = your phone is toast ....and that phone may be your lifeline after you manage to get yourself back in the boat ...
Rickie
My son and I were fishing Grenada a few years back. He was 17, I think. We were leaveng Greysport and heading to Grenada Landing. Water was just barely over thr sand bars at Piney Woods. My son was running the boat and I was sitting in the very front. I told him to slow down because I knew there were shallow areas we were coming up on. Being a teenager, he ignored me. We' running full blast when the boat came to a dead stop, within a second. Delayed reaction, I flipped twice in the air and fell in the water. Luckily, it was only one or two feet deep, but I was was soaking wet. It was November, and the air temp was in the 40's. We still had a few miles to the landing. Needless to say, I had icicles on me when we got to the landing. Scared him to death, lol. When I got back in the boat, he was white as a sheet. Funny now, but not at that moment, lol.
I don’t remember. I got back in so quick it must have been pretty easy the first time. Then I dove back in to try and find my glasses. The second time was a struggle.Quote:
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Good point. Just so happened that my wife had just texted me about supper and I took my phone out of my pocket and laid it on the deck right before I fell in. This was in a lake where there are always boats close by but I normally fish at the river where I might go all day and not see another boatQuote:
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When I fell in I tried to use the motor to get back into the boat, but I couldn’t get my foot up high enough to get it on the cavitation plate so I could use the tilt on it to get myself back in
the boat. Luckily I had a friend with me and I held onto the side of the boat and he idled us to shore.
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Everyone should try getting back in boat while fully dressed and preferably in full winter gear (in the summer of course). It's a lot harder than you think. I installed a long flip down ladder on the back of mine for this very reason.
I've done it...is why I mounted bases and got rid of the Ez pole perch. Was on Enid in the summer thank goodness. Was tying on a jig and the seat shifted... I just balled up since I knew what was happening and in I went. Cost me 500 bucks for the phone. Had the troller on autopilot so I had to catch up to the boat. Luckily spider rigging you go slow (most of the time) This is another reason I keep the motor trimmed down...just in cases [emoji38]
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Looks like its happened plenty enough times to prove how easy and dangerous it can be. Trying to pull yourself into a boat is almost impossible if your not in shallow water. Especially for the not so young and agile. Great tip about phone. I always leave mine in boat mainly to keep from dropping in lake. Another great tip on the ladder. Motor and trim good too but might b hard get foot hitched that high. I went face first over front end when seat broke. Water in 50s. My dad said I got back in so fast I never got wet. Lol. That was 35 years ago though. I had youth on my side.
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I fell out at Butla one time getting unhung from a trot line that wasn’t marked. My wife was with me. I handed her my wallet and all the stuff I had in my pockets, Except The CASH!! [emoji23][emoji23]
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And if you DO get your phone wet..Dont shake it off, and turn it on.. ... Cover it with rice a few days...BTW. Those Otter cases are not water proof..Dont ask me how I know this!!!
This guy was a friend of a friend of mine, he was a defensive end at Ole Miss in the early nineties so some of you Mississippi guys may have heard of him, he went overboard fishing out of a small jon boat and never came back up. Had his 2 small sons with him, they both had lifejackets on but he didn't. I usually only wear mine while the big motor is runnin but since hearing about this I'm considering investing in one of those inflatable life jackets and just keeping it on all the time.
Update: Lake Mendocino drowning victim identified
Thats a good idea BK
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I do wear my self inflating vest all of the time. I can't swim too good and at 68 don't figure I can get back in either. Thing is if you fall out and hit your head on the way out about the only thing that will help is a buddy close enough to help or a self- inflating life preserver.
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We were in about 15 ft of water. I lost my wallet with all my id plus $42.00 in it and ruined my phone. The rest of the story is that the next year I got a phone call from a guy that found my wallet in the mud along the shoreline when the water had gone down. The $42.00 was almost completely desolved so badly the bank wouldn't exchange it so I had to send it to the US Mint and they replaced it for me.Quote:
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I've been overboard once about 10 years ago. Me and two other guys in a 16' rental boat on Lakeview. Still to this day I can't say what happened, one minute I was in the boat dry the next minute wet. Luckily I was in my late 20's I was able to bounce back in pretty quick, just had to have the other two shift their weight to the opposite side. If I recall correctly water temp was 58 with morning air like 50 and warmed up to 65 by noon and sunny thankfully cause we kept on fishing the rest of the day. I make it habit to wear my life vest in the winter and like Speck. I keep a towel, heavy coveralls and thick wool socks in the boat for a quick dry / warm change of clothes. Need to get me an inflatable and get it the habit of wearing it in the summer months as well. Never know what will happen when you hit the water, best to be prepared.
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I love the opportunity to post this pic. Keep putting that Foot in Mouth. [emoji23][emoji23]
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Good adviceQuote:
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