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I was fishing the one of the breachways one night under a heavy swell, perhaps 50 feet from the end. I wasn't on the end because it was too dangerous. This dude comes bolting down the breachway all excited to have the end to himself. Five minutes later, he's missing. A wave knocked down a crevice and his foot was stuck and he is yelling for help and big rollers were coming in every third set.
He tells me his foot is stuck. I told him to take his waders off he was taken aback, so I yelled at him to take them off right now because we had no time. He got them off, which easy extricated his foot from the crevice and I yanked the waders up, and I pulled him up and got him out. I escorted him back to his car, where soaked and shaken, he profusely thanked me. I got him out of there in less than a minute and just before another roller would have taken me out also and probably broken his leg.
Now, when I encounter a person who does something like that, I warn them that they're on their own if they get wiped out. If they don't listen to the warning (and they never do) I pack up and leave. It's not in my makeup to sit bye and watch someone die or get hurt badly - I know I'd go out to help. But I don't ever again want to be put in the position of getting myself killed over a fool.
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