Wear your kill switch

[netboy]

One lucky but stupid guy...

https://www.facebook.com/reel/288536733851555?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[bfishn]

Wow! 😲

[TRRANGER]

That man needs to go buy a lottery ticket. Just proves when it is not your time to go its not your time. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Holy moly!!

[fishinwrench]

Where was he thinking he was going in that unregistered rig anyway?   

[bfishn]

50 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Where was he thinking he was going in that unregistered rig anyway?   

Not required for fishing boats... in Australia.

[Quillback]

Wow, circling boat, waves crashing into rock jetties, he was in a tight spot.  

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, bfishn said:

Not required for fishing boats... in Australia.

So they don't think it's useful to be able to identify vessels in Australia?  

Interesting mindset.  

[bfishn]

So much wrong there...

Going to fish from a big tiller boat by himself in that kind of water. Hell, that takes 2 guys on slick water. The aforementioned kill lanyard. And the pure Thank You Lord luck of the low, port side being in reach at a moment he could grab it. The other side would've killed him. (That makes me feel so much better about the stupid stuff I've pulled and skated thru.)

Looks like the poster is a commercial fisherman, but this was his 'mate' (non-sexual Aussie slang, as in "Hey Mate"!)

But my question is... why TH was someone on shore filming it? Was it a "Hey, watch me do this!" moment? That kinda stuff normally happens far out of sight of anyone unless...

Then again, I have the same question about a lot of the stuff out there. I'm like, Yeah, that could happen, but how the hell did you happen to film it? Guess I watched too many episodes of Wild Kingdom.

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33 minutes ago, bfishn said:

So much wrong there...

Going to fish from a big tiller boat by himself in that kind of water. Hell, that takes 2 guys on slick water. The aforementioned kill lanyard. And the pure Thank You Lord luck of the low, port side being in reach at a moment he could grab it. The other side would've killed him. (That makes me feel so much better about the stupid stuff I've pulled and skated thru.)

Looks like the poster is a commercial fisherman, but this was his 'mate' (non-sexual Aussie slang, as in "Hey Mate"!)

But my question is... why TH was someone on shore filming it? Was it a "Hey, watch me do this!" moment? That kinda stuff normally happens far out of sight of anyone unless...

Then again, I have the same question about a lot of the stuff out there. I'm like, Yeah, that could happen, but how the hell did you happen to film it? Guess I watched too many episodes of Wild Kingdom.

YouTube has lots of videos showing boats leaving or entering the inlets.  When the tide switches they get gnarly.  Wavy Boats has a dedicated channel just on that subject.  Pretty cool to watch actually.   Obviously, I’m not saying that’s what’s going on here, but it’s not unusual for people to video the inlet.