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Necessary Equipment

When we were at Block Island we were talking about what we would do in an emergency situation, such as getting your leg/ankle caught in between two rocks, falling down and getting seriously injured or worst case scenario of being swept out to sea. Something were you would need someones help or at the very least need to get their attention.

I think a lot people have the mentality that it won’t happen to me or I always fish with someone and they’ll be able to hear or see me.

We spend thousands of dollars on gear, plugs, gas for trips, etc and not too many people consider safety.

Ever try and have a conversation while surf fishing?? It’s a lot of yelling “what” back and forth.

I love having a neck light for changing plugs or spotting the rock I’m trying to get to. I also use to carry a whistle with me but it was always in my bag, what happens if I had to ditch the bag, or couldn’t get to it for some reason?

So I started incorporating the two of them. Its your standard rescue whistle which can be obtained from a dive shop or sporting good store, make sure you get a “ball less” model so the salt doesn’t make the ball stick. The ones I picked up are 140 decibels and all plastic. I tried it out one day, it will hurt your ears and can be heard over a long distance.

I secured to the Princeton Tec neck light with two small zip ties, then positioned the surgical tubing and used electric tape over the two of them. Making sure not to cover the holes in the whistle or it won’t work. I like having the two together cause it’s one less thing I have to wear and stops the whistle from swinging around on a regular rope.

The whistle also allows you to hold the flash light in your mouth and free up your hands for taking pics, plug changes, etc.

I have this with me every time I go out and carry two of them in my truck in case the batteries die or are getting dim and I forget to change them. It’s very convenient to have them both right there.

I would suggest this set up to anyone who fishes from the beach, surf, even a boat, great to have just in case, hopefully you’ll never need it but its there, gives me piece of mind when I’m out alone.