09-30-2019, 04:57 AM
When your boat tips over, you've been out too long [
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Actually, I'm just making wild guesses when it comes to actual wind speed. I look at the water and if I see white caps, it's probably getting close to TOO CHOPPY... Sometimes I stay out a bit longer, but after a couple really rocky waves, I like to head in. I usually lean on the cautious side because I don't want to be one of those people that aren't found until days and weeks after their empty boat is found floating on the lake.
There is real danger in staying out in too choppy of water. I wish that they'd say what kind of boat people were in when they report drowned boaters. Were they in a canoe, a kayak, a pontoon boat, or an 18 1/2 foot long Starcraft aluminum boat like mine...
I guess err on the side of caution. If it doesn't feel safe, it probably isn't safe and would be best to head back to shore. Especially when the water's getting colder like it is.
I don't ever wear a life vest, but I probably should. I have them on my boat, both in the bow and under the bench. But if a quick wave hit, I might not be able to grab a life jacket fast enough, let along haul my huge self back into the boat, or swim to shore..
Anyway, if I die fishing, I'll probably have died happy, but I'm not going to intentionally speed up the process [crazy]
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]Actually, I'm just making wild guesses when it comes to actual wind speed. I look at the water and if I see white caps, it's probably getting close to TOO CHOPPY... Sometimes I stay out a bit longer, but after a couple really rocky waves, I like to head in. I usually lean on the cautious side because I don't want to be one of those people that aren't found until days and weeks after their empty boat is found floating on the lake.
There is real danger in staying out in too choppy of water. I wish that they'd say what kind of boat people were in when they report drowned boaters. Were they in a canoe, a kayak, a pontoon boat, or an 18 1/2 foot long Starcraft aluminum boat like mine...
I guess err on the side of caution. If it doesn't feel safe, it probably isn't safe and would be best to head back to shore. Especially when the water's getting colder like it is.
I don't ever wear a life vest, but I probably should. I have them on my boat, both in the bow and under the bench. But if a quick wave hit, I might not be able to grab a life jacket fast enough, let along haul my huge self back into the boat, or swim to shore..
Anyway, if I die fishing, I'll probably have died happy, but I'm not going to intentionally speed up the process [crazy]
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