Jyphotography
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it was short lived, and i am really upset right now, but here is the short story....
I decided to take my son (9 y.o.) out on lake acworth. I figured nice small lake, good way to test the boat out and learn how to do some bass fishing. I bought my new rod and reel last night. got everything set up ready to go. got up this morning loaded everything up, went to the store and bought my son a new life jacket that fit well and headed out. It was beautiful out and when we got there it was about 9am. not a boat out there.
we get going and I was learning how to control the trolling motor I was thinking to myself this is going to be a great time. we were about ohhh.. I dont know, a good 200 ft off shore and I was casting and then it happened....
I dont know what happened but I think my clip on chair fell off... I started to fall backwards and caught myself but we were taking on a lot of water... I think i went into panic mode, and my son was yelling.. but I tried turning on the trolling motor to go towards shore but there was so much water in the back. I dont really remember what happened from there but I think I shifted my weight and fell in and so did my son.. the boat capsized... luckily I seen a life jacket and grabbed it... we sat by the boat for about 10 seconds and I was like.. lets swim to the shore.
at first it wasnt bad, I was just holding the life vest... but it seemed like it took forever! by the time i got to shore I was hurting! I dont know if it was because of the cold water or because I am out of shape, but it probably has a lot to do with both. I told my son climb this hill because I am going to pass out. I didnt though.
I got up on the bank and really couldnt think about what just happened. All I was thinking about was my brand new pole I just got was in the bottom of the lake! I ripped my sweatshirt off and all my shirts came off. It was freezing! I looked down at my ankle and some how my sons worm and hook were in my shoe and the line was wrapped around my leg about a twenty times...
I told my son lets go back and get some help.. went back to the car, drove to a house, called the cops and my wife. Luckily this big powerful boat pulled in and I asked them if they could toe my boat back and they did. I was shirtless, soaking wet, and embarrassed!
what I lost was:
Iphone
2 poles
new tackle, and box
trolling motor battery
what I didnt lose is more valuable and that is my son! I dont think he could have made it with out a life vest!
moral of the story...be safe guys!
Oh if you find a abu garcia pole on saturday save it for me!
I decided to take my son (9 y.o.) out on lake acworth. I figured nice small lake, good way to test the boat out and learn how to do some bass fishing. I bought my new rod and reel last night. got everything set up ready to go. got up this morning loaded everything up, went to the store and bought my son a new life jacket that fit well and headed out. It was beautiful out and when we got there it was about 9am. not a boat out there.
we get going and I was learning how to control the trolling motor I was thinking to myself this is going to be a great time. we were about ohhh.. I dont know, a good 200 ft off shore and I was casting and then it happened....
I dont know what happened but I think my clip on chair fell off... I started to fall backwards and caught myself but we were taking on a lot of water... I think i went into panic mode, and my son was yelling.. but I tried turning on the trolling motor to go towards shore but there was so much water in the back. I dont really remember what happened from there but I think I shifted my weight and fell in and so did my son.. the boat capsized... luckily I seen a life jacket and grabbed it... we sat by the boat for about 10 seconds and I was like.. lets swim to the shore.
at first it wasnt bad, I was just holding the life vest... but it seemed like it took forever! by the time i got to shore I was hurting! I dont know if it was because of the cold water or because I am out of shape, but it probably has a lot to do with both. I told my son climb this hill because I am going to pass out. I didnt though.
I got up on the bank and really couldnt think about what just happened. All I was thinking about was my brand new pole I just got was in the bottom of the lake! I ripped my sweatshirt off and all my shirts came off. It was freezing! I looked down at my ankle and some how my sons worm and hook were in my shoe and the line was wrapped around my leg about a twenty times...
I told my son lets go back and get some help.. went back to the car, drove to a house, called the cops and my wife. Luckily this big powerful boat pulled in and I asked them if they could toe my boat back and they did. I was shirtless, soaking wet, and embarrassed!
what I lost was:
Iphone
2 poles
new tackle, and box
trolling motor battery
what I didnt lose is more valuable and that is my son! I dont think he could have made it with out a life vest!
moral of the story...be safe guys!
Oh if you find a abu garcia pole on saturday save it for me!