so i'm making the rounds this am and i hit the jetty in scituate. there was a guy who gets a borderline keeper but it gets stuck in the rocks still on the hook. it's high tide and pretty snotty, waves are breaking, and just no way to get to the fish. he takes off and i'm not far behind him. i figure i'll take a ride back in a bit when the tide goes out and see if it's still there. i hit a few more spots and double back. there is no sign of the fish but there was one other adventurous soul giving it a go. the tide was out a bit but the waves are still crashing the jetty pretty fierce. i hang a few schoolies and the guy further down ties into a decent fish. i watch him get it into the jetty and he starts climbing down the jetty to get it. right before my eyes the ocean swallows him. he's just gone. i'm stunned but snap out of it and start making my way in his direction. it seems like an eternety but get to where he was. he's hanging on to the rocks for dear life. his face is bloody and he is in trouble. i start screaming at him to hang on and he is staring at me blankly. i scurry down a few rocks and he comes to. he starts climbing up towards me and i grab him and we get to the top of the jetty and he says "my rod". i start laughing and collapse. we stumble back to the parking lot and get him cleaned up. he looks like mike tyson had his way with him but is fine. he gives me a hug before we leave and says "i owe you a beer man". he is one lucky young man and thank god it ended well.

wow....good work Paul...you saved that guys life!!!!!:buds:
scary chit....

Good work Paul !

Productive Friday morning catch fish & save a life nice job:angel:

I'll buy you a beer next time we hook up:wave:


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nice job Paul

Wow, nice work Paul!

That's scary stuff and hits home for most times I fish alone. Lucky for him you were close enough to help.

nice work, Paul!

it's a GOOD thing you doubled back.

Thanks be to God,

you were there where you needed to be
there and when you needed to be there, to
hep a surfbruddah OUT!! gotts ta pay attention
if yer gonna fish tha schnottt!!

Credit to you for doing what needed to be done in spite of significant risk to yourself.

Paul, please pm me your address.......I think your courage and selflessness deserves a little something in the way of wood! Fine job and you have my admiration!:claps:

nice work Paul, it's a good thing you were there. I was on the rocks the other night alone, took a digger and decided to head home. Pretty scary feeling.

Wow, quick thinking man. Very couragious nice job.

I guess he lost the rod huh?

You saved his life..

Damn scary stuff! You definitely saved that guys life he is lucky someone else was there to help him out!!

Good for you to react so quickly. That would have been a bad scene.

no two ways about it , great karma !!!

He's lucky you were there. Right place right time. IF it wasn't for you seeing him go down he'd a been a gonner.

I don't get it...what happen to the fish:D

I don't get it...what happen to the fish:D

Hopefully, it was put to good use on the guy who went over the side

:fishslap::fishslap::fishslap:

great job paul you saved that guys life.hope my sons read this cause they were out in that surf going done the rocks getting fish and almost bought the rock a few times.

job well done paul! ....and what larry said :)

Attaboy :claps:

You were put there for a reason, way to rise to the occasion.

Excellent work! Glad you both made it out of there.

" My Rod!" LOL, I would have said the same thing.

:claps:great job with guys like you out there i feel safe cause like you said mother nature can just swallow you up out there.

scary stuff, nicely done ... hats off to you

Way to go, Paul. He is here to fish another day because of you.

nice job...always amazes me that stuff like that does not happen more often - people being tossed into the drink in snotty conditions...

you likely saved his life...

Good job, my friend. I believe we are all where we are supposed to be at any given time.:claps:

Paul,

You risked your life to save a life of someone you didn't even know. There are not enough like you out there.

wear an autoinflate PFD on the rocks. They don't get in the way, they don't inflate unless submerged (waves do NOT inlfate them) and they will save your life and spare the ones who love you they anguish of going on without you.

They cost less than a good reel. Don't be a dead _____.

nice job Paul

Paul -

Great work there.

BF -

Very nice gesture.

Paul .Thank you. Thank God you both made it.

My compliments to you sir.It is so good to know there are still people who are willing to do what you did.
Ya know,It makes me laugh when I tell someone who has no clue,that I surf fish.I believe they envision casting on a tranquill beach,with thier pants rolled up to thier calves.Like somthing out of a tv commercial.
The reality as we all know can be quite the opposite.Couple things 20 years of surf fishing has taught me.I'll turn around and go home if during a big heave I find myself alone,and even if some nights during these storms,some guy's irritate me for what ever reason,I try to keep my thoughts to myself.One of these guy's might just save my life.

Gosh Darn it Paul! What were you thinking????? Another chance to thin out the competition blown!! :wall:

Seriously though, nice job. Good looking out.:buds:

:cheers2: Job well done! You will be rewarded some how or some way!

That man owes you more than a beer. Well done, and I hope you're around when I'm fishing.

you da man

your a hero.... Glad you were there to help him

Ever notice that regardless of conditions, someone will try and get further out than you? I don't like that "extreme" mindset where a person puts themselves in danger then yells for help when it goes south and expects a more sensible person to accept their risk to save them.

Ever notice that regardless of conditions, someone will try and get further out than you? I don't like that "extreme" mindset where a person puts themselves in danger then yells for help when it goes south and expects a more sensible person to accept their risk to save them.

:agree:

I with you Joe - hence my recommendation of what should have been done with the fish.

It's one way to cleanse the gene pool, I guess - but Niko put himself at considerable risk performing a rescue in tough conditions. Cheers to him for that!

You know, I hope never to be put in that position, myself - although I have made up an MOB (man overboard) throw-line that I now carry on my plug bag.

Think about the risk to yourself and others before taking a chance like that in a heavy sea - had that guy over the side been more experienced, he wouldn't have found himself in that position - hopefully, anyway :hs:

I pulled somebody out of the rocks at Weekapaug on a night when there was a big sea on - a long time ago. That ended up being a very close call for me also.
I used to love to fish the breachways under rough conditions - there would always be fish inside, but after that I stopped going. I did not want to be put in another situation where I would have to either risk my life, or commit a sin of omission in not helping someone in distress.

Nice job Paul hope this guy realizes how lucky he was that you were there when he woke up in the morning.