Life Jacket

**jigdragger** · 02-10-2012, 06:17 AM

I decided last week to start wearing my vest while moving. It takes 10 seconds to put it on, is comfortable to wear, and I leave my kill switch hooked up. I down graded from a triton 186 to a 16 ft. G3 and it handles rough water pretty well but it made me think. I am not as young as I once was, nor as thin and in shape, and I fish alone 90% of the time and am on the water alot. Just sharing my reasoning. Lets see how long it last,

**RogerA** · 02-10-2012, 06:20 AM

Wise choice my friend. The wife and I have made it a rule to always wear ours when we crank the big motor. They make them now that are comfortable and there is no excuse.

**crappiejoe1** · 02-10-2012, 02:19 PM

I think I will make a better effort to wear mine. Besides, it will be easier to find my body!

**yankee doodler** · 02-10-2012, 02:40 PM

Our grandkids are often with us fishing...hard to explain to then why they should wear theirs when you aren't wearing yours...

**Z-MAN** · 02-10-2012, 03:28 PM

Great post, great lesson.....I ran into a friend the other day as we were both pulling our boats out at Waterfront....he had a BRAND NEW Triton bass boat that he told me he had over $60K invested in....heck I didn't know you could SPEND that much - but anyway, we walked around his boat on the trailer and he was showing me all the cool stuff....and I spotted something on the transom ...that sort of looked like a fish-finder transducer ...but clearly wasn't ..so I asked him. He pulled on it, and out came a nice little portable LADDER - to get back in the boat in case you fall in! He says they are fairly common on the newer high end boats - and that with all the winter clothing he wears, and walking around from the deck to the live-well or whatever - if he tripped and went in the drink, he's not sure he could get out (without such a ladder) before hypothermia set in. It sure made ME think ....and so did your post. THANK YOU ...I will start wearing mine - ....but think too about ...if you're alone out there, how you'd get back in the boat if you fell!
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**BVdockshooter** · 02-10-2012, 04:30 PM

I like this thread.....I will commit to wearing a PFD instead of just having one in the boat to make things legal...NOW...does anyone know where I can purchase a life jacket in my size?......just sayin'....i usually need a tent maker instead of a tailor for my clothes..hahaha. In other words it will take a BIGGUN to fit me

**Blackhawk19** · 02-10-2012, 04:54 PM

I wear mine all the time because I fish by myself and because of my health and I don't even have a gas motor. I promised my wife I would so she didn't worry all the time.

**jigdragger** · 02-10-2012, 05:08 PM

My last two boats had a ladder like you talked about. I guess i will just sit there till a boat that has a ladder comes by. Lord knows they are always going by, but will they slow down enough to see me?

**bassboat1752** · 02-10-2012, 07:38 PM

i think it should be a law if the big motor is cranked your life jacket should be on with no excuses, even if its to the next pier 50 yards away

**coosaman** · 02-10-2012, 10:26 PM

I've been a sometimer on wearing a PDF. Sometime on, sometime off and 80% of the time I'm by myself. I'm 64 years young. This past Wednesday I'm on Weiss putting out brush in my little 16' Skeeter flat bottom, by myself, and for some reason I put on the PDF. I'm glad I did cuase I got tangled in a hickory top, lost my blance and in I went. Water temp was 54 and I don't know just how I got back in the boat but I did and I'm so glad I had that PDF on. Never again will I leave my dock without the PDF on and zipped.

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