Dan the fisherman Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 My boat is out of commission or I'd be out trying to give a hand.
Members beaverbeater Posted March 28, 2015 Members Posted March 28, 2015 I've been praying for her every time I've been fishing. Put's life in perspective.
Stump bumper Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 IMO using a canoe or kayak on Beaver Lake is the same as ridding a bicycle down the middle of I49 and complaining about about the big trucks and cars going 70mph. It only takes a LITTLE common sense to survive in this part of the world. There are lots of smaller lakes around that a perfect for smaller craft so please learn to use Google Earth and find them. I have a 17ft boat with a 115 but I would not put in the Gulf of Mexico and chase salt water fish with it! Sorry people have to die to remind people why you DON"T DO DANGEROUS THINGS. Ron Burgundy 1
Members beaverbeater Posted March 28, 2015 Members Posted March 28, 2015 Your opinion sucks.... Just saying. I fish from a canoe in the Gulf of Mexico as well. Have been doing it my whole life in matagorda bay. Like I said. You are as wrong as wrong can get. Beaver lake isn't only for people that can afford 18k$ boat. You are the eighteen wheeler, I am the coupe. You don't run the road. It's shared. But someone with that low level of ideology like yourself wouldn't understand it.
Ron Burgundy Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Last summer there was two yaks out from Starkey in main part of the lake and there yaks was the color of the water , I did not see them till I was up on them....they could at least have a flag up. Gone but not forgotten Martin Ford
Ron Burgundy Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Your opinion sucks So does yours. Gone but not forgotten Martin Ford
Members showmebass Posted March 28, 2015 Members Posted March 28, 2015 A friend of mine is on the dive team that is searching for her. I was on the water fishing on Wednesday, and stopped by to scan something with my side-imaging unit for him (their's wasn't working properly at the time) and the channel in that area is 130'+ in some spots. It's gonna be awful hard to find her.
Members beaverbeater Posted March 28, 2015 Members Posted March 28, 2015 So does yours. Great comeback!
fishinwrench Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Beaver lake isn't only for people that can afford 18k$ boat. Very True! Has it been confirmed that a boat wake is what caused this ? If so that's awful, and should make everyone consider the potential effect of their wake.
Feathers and Fins Posted March 28, 2015 Author Posted March 28, 2015 Beaverbeater, Stumpy is right to a degree, I have had more than a few canoe's and Kayaks that I have dam near hit. I don't mind sharing the water one bit with them but when they are out in Bad Weather, Low light or their vessel is near the color of the lake or backdrop they are endangering themselves and others. FLY A FLAG for god sake and have lights on the darn things! I Ocean Kayaked for years and had Both Lights and Flag for safety. There is also more (rafts) showing up on the lake and they two need to take the same precautions. I've bit my tongue so far but I was on the lake the day it happened and even in my boat NO WAY was I going out on the main lake in those conditions it was to dangerous. A 190 TRACKER is far safer than a canoe or kayak and when its unsafe for a big boat its definitely unsafe for them and not wearing a vest in those conditions and everything else combines was a recipe for disaster and one happened. As tragic as this event is I hope it is also a lesson to people to learn to Respect the Lake and conditions and practice safety and use common since. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beaver-Lake-Arkansas-Fishing-Report/745541178798856
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