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Location: With my son on the water | Guys
As we are about to start on another big season I want to remind everyone about 3 basic things that may allow you to go home after fishing versus being dead.
1. Life Jackets - Wear them.........In my life time of being in boats I have had 3 different people fall out of the boat. The causes were a wet boat, frost on the boat, a Rogue Wave. In two of the cases the people had PFDs on and after the incident they both said, "I am dam glad I had this on". In my case I wear an inflatable 100% of the time, and yes it worked.
2. Will you be able to get back into your boat????? Have you tried it with cloths on?? You will be surprised that the answer is (probably not). If your boat doesn't have a boarding ladder take a rope and tie several loops in it and tie it to a back cleat where you can grab it. It works..........
3. Boat lights. I absolutely don't understand why people who are out away from shore fishing, running up on plane, or people who have other boat approaching them after dark don't have boat lights on??????? 40 years ago ya boat lights didn't work very well, but today it is as easy as flipping a switch. So the question is why??? But I see it so much. When I do see this I do as kindly as I can tell people to put them on.
Another good tip is when you see someone at a boat landing struggling, give them a helping hand versus getting mad. You will feel better and you probably will have another friend that may give you a fishing tip.
Have a good day.  |
