Smalliebigs Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Well that was stupid!!!! I never cease to amaze myself with some of the stupid stuff I do. I met a nieghbor who is a paddling fanatic with more watercrafts than I could ever dream of. He is also a new forum member here after I showed him the site. Anyway I met this guy paddling in the flood water at the bottom of Marshall rd where it meets the river now. I saw him in a sweet Winonah canoe and thought," I'm gonna paddle out there". So I ran back up the road and brought a kayak back down to the flood. I launched from the road where there was still thick current even thought the actual river channel was over a quarter mile away. I paddled upstream towards Golf range and balls fields and everything was great, just as I was about to start taking some pics, I became lodged on a street sign in a scupper hole, I just wasn't paying attention and sight seeing to hard.....anyway when I tried to dislodge the yak from the sign I flipped the yak in murky thick current that was about 10 to 12 foot deep, which was actually Treecourt Industrial drive....the water temps felt like 38. It startled me at first and I had to do some serious swimming, it was actually scary and I consider myself a very good swimmer and getting back on a yak in deep water with soaked clothes is not easy......I am a friggin moron!!!!!.....I had a cold paddle back to my truck and was just about hypothermic by the time I got back to my house and hosed a $650 phone. At least I survived to be able to hit some rivers this year.....scared the shiot out of me and crushed a what pride I may have.......don't be stupid like me!!! I AM A MORON Ham, marcus, tho1mas and 5 others 8
Deadstream Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Glad you're ok. I never do stupid stuff like that.../ bkbying89 1
moguy1973 Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Not many people can say they capsized their kayak when they got hung up on a street sign... Ham 1 -- JimIf people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. -- Doug Larson
Old plug Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Anytime there is a string current moving through things it should be given the upmost respect. Root wads come to mind as one of the worst. They can suck you down into them life vest and all. I find it hard to believe there are not tubers drowned regularly.
Brian Jones Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Glad it worked out for you smallie. I rarely leave the house on a fishing trip without an extra change of clothes in the truck. And this time of the year, I have a complete set in the boat at all times. I was thrown into 40 degree water from a Charger bass boat moving at a high rate of speed at LOZ in March of 2001. Had it not been for a couple of good Samaritans who saw the whole thing happen I'm not sure what would have happened. Ever since I tend to prepare for the worst.
joeD Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Did you get to fish? What were they hittin' on? MOsmallies and Smallieguy87 2
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