Finally Flipped The Kayak.

[UnCivE]

After several years of zero accidents, in a moment of carelessness, I flipped my kayak yesterday in current. I was pinned against the underwater log I couldn't see, and my sit-in kayak quickly became a sit-in death trap. Anyway, I've fished this spot many, many times and I just thought I knew where everything was at. I was obviously wrong. I ended up being able to drag the kayak out, but it gave me a scare.

Be careful out there.

[ollie]

It happens to all of us at one point or another. I half flipped mine just last week in current. Just enough to throw me out without the whole thing going over. I was getting back in after a portage and I misjudged a tree sticking out of the gravel. The current sweep me in faster that I thought and when I tried to push off it was all over. Lucky the water was only knee deep though.

[Al Agnew]

Yeah, the other day I kinda fell out of the canoe in SLACK water! I was pushing against a log to push the canoe away from it, and the paddle slipped off the log just as I really leaned into it. Ended up in a few inches of water and even leaned the canoe enough falling out that it got a little water in it. It was right at a low water bridge, and I had to look around to see if anybody saw me doing something that goofy.

[Terrierman]

I dumped earlier this year too. Mega wind blowing straight upstream, fast spot and trying to fish when I should have been paddling. It was instant.

[UnCivE]

I dumped earlier this year too. Mega wind blowing straight upstream, fast spot and trying to fish when I should have been paddling. It was instant.

Trying to fish when I should have been paddling was my exact problem. Too confident, ended up taking a swim. Pretty much instantaneous as well.

[Greasy B]

Trying to fish when I should have been paddling was my exact problem.

Yep, that what gets me. It's been a long while since I've dumped but I usually do an emergency exit a couple of time a year. Couple of weeks ago I took a sharp limb across the belly when I didn't execute an E exit quick enough.

[Kee sims]

Well Sunday morning headed out for some morning fishing at springfield lake to see what could get to bite. Caught two decent ones and set the hook on a third and he happened to be over a log as I proceeded to try lean into him to try and keep him up and get him over the log I finally leaned a bit to far and took a splash. Haha first time in 3 years kayak fishing. Hurt the old pride a little bit. Hopefully it'll be another 3+ years until the next one.

[holleybob]

Just curious, what kind of kayak were you in ? I have 2 Ascend fs 10's that my kids use. They seem stable for a kayak but thinking of one of my boys in the situation you described scares the hell out of me.

[hoglaw]

I've fallen out of my coosa once and flipped it twice. It happens.

[Guest]

I flipped our buffalo canoe in 18" of water, when I slammed into a logjam.

Luckily I didn't get pinned down, just bruised my pride a little as the wife heckled me.

My nightmare death scenario involves drowning.

Not the way I want to go out.