Elite 50 in Paducah

"J Buck" wrote in message
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If you aren't fishing a tournament (i.e., just out for fun) and the wx
is calm, do you wear a life jacket? I don't know all the rules
state-by-state; I'm assuming most states have a 'must have PFD for each
passenger in the boat' rule. I'm also assuming you know how to swim, and
have enough common sense to throw a PFD on as soon as the wx kicks up.
Just an informal poll....


I swim like a submarine with screen doors ... yep, I wear a PFD at all times
in a boat. If the shore of the lake is too steep, I've been known to wear
one. Being a Polio Survivor makes one a bit more cautious at times.

A Type 2 vest, properly fitted isn't all that uncomfortable when you factor
in that it may allow you to continue bragging about the "ones that got
away", or to be able to teach your child another lesson in fishing . . . .

Budd

The water is calm, are not wearing a PFD of any kind, you slip and fall
overboard, hitting your head and knocking yourself out as you enter the
water. Your friend, also without a PFD, goes to save you, gets excited,
falls, hits his/her head as they go over. Two lumps of potential fish food
sink slowly but surely to the bottom.

Probable? No. Possible? Of course it is possible. The only remaining
question is: is there really a question here?

--
Bob Rickard
(AKA Dr. Spinnerbait)
www.secretweaponlures.com
--------------------------=x O')))



"J Buck" wrote in message
...
If you aren't fishing a tournament (i.e., just out for fun) and the wx
is calm, do you wear a life jacket? I don't know all the rules
state-by-state; I'm assuming most states have a 'must have PFD for each
passenger in the boat' rule. I'm also assuming you know how to swim, and
have enough common sense to throw a PFD on as soon as the wx kicks up.
Just an informal poll....

The water is calm, are not wearing a PFD of any kind, you slip and fall
overboard, hitting your head and knocking yourself out as you enter the
water. Your friend, also without a PFD, goes to save you, gets excited,
falls, hits his/her head as they go over. Two lumps of potential fish
food sink slowly but surely to the bottom.
Probable? No. Possible? Of course it is possible. The only remaining
question is: is there really a question here?

To me, yes, it was a legitimate question.
To some, apparently not. Fine.

Thanks for the replies.

"J Buck" wrote in message
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If you aren't fishing a tournament (i.e., just out for fun) and the wx
is calm, do you wear a life jacket?

No.

I don't know all the rules
state-by-state; I'm assuming most states have a 'must have PFD for each
passenger in the boat' rule. I'm also assuming you know how to swim, and
have enough common sense to throw a PFD on as soon as the wx kicks up.

Assumptions about common sense can be risky. I don't throw on the PFD. Not
defending that stupidity, just answering your question.

I prefer the type III vest. That is what I use for fishing and hunting.

Jeff


"Budd Cochran" wrote in message
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"J Buck" wrote in message
...
If you aren't fishing a tournament (i.e., just out for fun) and the wx
is calm, do you wear a life jacket? I don't know all the rules
state-by-state; I'm assuming most states have a 'must have PFD for each
passenger in the boat' rule. I'm also assuming you know how to swim, and
have enough common sense to throw a PFD on as soon as the wx kicks up.
Just an informal poll....


I swim like a submarine with screen doors ... yep, I wear a PFD at all
times
in a boat. If the shore of the lake is too steep, I've been known to wear
one. Being a Polio Survivor makes one a bit more cautious at times.

A Type 2 vest, properly fitted isn't all that uncomfortable when you
factor
in that it may allow you to continue bragging about the "ones that got
away", or to be able to teach your child another lesson in fishing . . . .

Budd

When I'm fishing alone the Sospenders NEVER come off in the boat. If there are two then it's off while I fish unless it's rough
water. Doc
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"J Buck" wrote in message ...
If you aren't fishing a tournament (i.e., just out for fun) and the wx
is calm, do you wear a life jacket? I don't know all the rules
state-by-state; I'm assuming most states have a 'must have PFD for each
passenger in the boat' rule. I'm also assuming you know how to swim, and
have enough common sense to throw a PFD on as soon as the wx kicks up.
Just an informal poll....

Same here, but I am one of those folks blessed with a lack of ability to be
knocked unconscious easily (thicker cushion layer about the brain). For
everyone else in my family, it's a Type II at least.

Btw, I did exaggerate a bit, I can float a little and can swim on my back,
in a rather uncoordinated manner, but as for just being able to swim like an
Olympian . . . I'd need a 50 horse Johnson at my displacement. The vest is
just enough to make it easier to do those things.

Budd

"Jeff Durham" wrote in message
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I prefer the type III vest. That is what I use for fishing and hunting.

Jeff


"Budd Cochran" wrote in message
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"J Buck" wrote in message
...
If you aren't fishing a tournament (i.e., just out for fun) and the wx
is calm, do you wear a life jacket? I don't know all the rules
state-by-state; I'm assuming most states have a 'must have PFD for
each
passenger in the boat' rule. I'm also assuming you know how to swim,
and
have enough common sense to throw a PFD on as soon as the wx kicks up.
Just an informal poll....


I swim like a submarine with screen doors ... yep, I wear a PFD at all
times
in a boat. If the shore of the lake is too steep, I've been known to
wear
one. Being a Polio Survivor makes one a bit more cautious at times.

A Type 2 vest, properly fitted isn't all that uncomfortable when you
factor
in that it may allow you to continue bragging about the "ones that got
away", or to be able to teach your child another lesson in fishing . . .
..

Budd