Safety/Lights & Whistle

[OLD GOAT]

Don't disagree with anything but what about a cheap compass on your light rope around your neck???
Try coming off Monomy flats or CapeCod bay in the fog. It's not walking the extra distance,,It's just that the tide could change and come in on you while your walking the wrong way.

Another thought. We lost a fellow fisherman last year in Cape Cod bay and I For one think it might be a good time to think about some kind of floatation device either built into the waders or worn separately while shore fishing.
I for one have come close to --the end-- a few times as well as a few of you and want to take a moment hopefully to save a life

[DZ]

Originally Posted by OLD GOAT

Another thought. We lost a fellow fisherman last year in Cape Cod bay and I For one think it might be a good time to think about some kind of floatation device either built into the waders or worn separately while shore fishing.
I for one have come close to --the end-- a few times as well as a few of you and want to take a moment hopefully to save a life

Good point Old Goat. A good friend of mine always says "Once you enter the water you're halfway to drowning" as you've added the necessary ingredient - water. I'm sure when you start swimming/fishing in a wetsuit the risk increases substantially. I also use a wetsuit from time to time but never push the envelope by actually swimming in it.

It's the things that you don't anticipate happening that will kill you. That's why they call them accidents. I know of a young caster in great shape physically that was swimming to a perch - while swimming the braid came off his reel and tangled his feet and arms restricting his ability to tread water or cut himself free. Luckily for him he had a buddy nearby to assist him.

DZ