Thread: Went for a swim

My son and I were fishing Grenada a few years back. He was 17, I think. We were leaveng Greysport and heading to Grenada Landing. Water was just barely over thr sand bars at Piney Woods. My son was running the boat and I was sitting in the very front. I told him to slow down because I knew there were shallow areas we were coming up on. Being a teenager, he ignored me. We' running full blast when the boat came to a dead stop, within a second. Delayed reaction, I flipped twice in the air and fell in the water. Luckily, it was only one or two feet deep, but I was was soaking wet. It was November, and the air temp was in the 40's. We still had a few miles to the landing. Needless to say, I had icicles on me when we got to the landing. Scared him to death, lol. When I got back in the boat, he was white as a sheet. Funny now, but not at that moment, lol.

Originally Posted by scrat

I am glad you are alright. I am getting pretty old now and not as physically fit as I once was. How hard was it to climb back in the boat?

I don’t remember. I got back in so quick it must have been pretty easy the first time. Then I dove back in to try and find my glasses. The second time was a struggle.


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Originally Posted by rnvinc

Please guys ... Always remember to take you phone out of your pocket and put it somewhere on the boat ...every time ...

If you fall in = your phone is toast ....and that phone may be your lifeline after you manage to get yourself back in the boat ...

Rickie

Good point. Just so happened that my wife had just texted me about supper and I took my phone out of my pocket and laid it on the deck right before I fell in. This was in a lake where there are always boats close by but I normally fish at the river where I might go all day and not see another boat


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When I fell in I tried to use the motor to get back into the boat, but I couldn’t get my foot up high enough to get it on the cavitation plate so I could use the tilt on it to get myself back in
the boat. Luckily I had a friend with me and I held onto the side of the boat and he idled us to shore.

Originally Posted by Speck

I keep a dry bag in the boat with a towel and a change of clothes for just such an occasion.


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X2!


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Everyone should try getting back in boat while fully dressed and preferably in full winter gear (in the summer of course). It's a lot harder than you think. I installed a long flip down ladder on the back of mine for this very reason.

I've done it...is why I mounted bases and got rid of the Ez pole perch. Was on Enid in the summer thank goodness. Was tying on a jig and the seat shifted... I just balled up since I knew what was happening and in I went. Cost me 500 bucks for the phone. Had the troller on autopilot so I had to catch up to the boat. Luckily spider rigging you go slow (most of the time) This is another reason I keep the motor trimmed down...just in cases

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Looks like its happened plenty enough times to prove how easy and dangerous it can be. Trying to pull yourself into a boat is almost impossible if your not in shallow water. Especially for the not so young and agile. Great tip about phone. I always leave mine in boat mainly to keep from dropping in lake. Another great tip on the ladder. Motor and trim good too but might b hard get foot hitched that high. I went face first over front end when seat broke. Water in 50s. My dad said I got back in so fast I never got wet. Lol. That was 35 years ago though. I had youth on my side.


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