Boating & fishing fatalities thread

Long Island man drowns off Milford Saturday night
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/People-fall-overboard-in-Milford-Harbor-11075875.php

Sounds fishy

Thankfully, he's not dead yet.

I thought the same thing when I first read about this.

Reminded me of a Mother/Son trip a while back.

Comment retracted because I am a doofus.

Yeah, I was thinking if it was wrong to do a full thread on it.

I look at this thread as a safety reminder. Obviously, you and many on here know the importance of proper safety measures, especially wearing a life vest.

Hopefully, anyone reading this who might neglect things like wearing a vest, will decide to put on one.

Spending time on and around the water can turn deadly in an instant, as many of us know.

For example, I was just explaining to my kids the other day how to handle the situation if they slipped and fell in a river we were hiking near. Better to be prepared, than panic.

If one person decides to put on a vest because of this thread, I think it's worth it.

Hopefully there won't be many additions, if at all, to this thread this year.

I commend you Mitch . Let's look at it as a life thread instead . As in saving lives .

Now I see why we have it, don't know how I missed that reasoning the first time around. Duh.

Makes sense, spot on. Safety first, I'm with ya.

Love,

Mr. Lifejacket

As many of you know I am on the water more than most on this site. When I fish alone I wear my inflatable PFD and usually attach my kill switch.

If you have an inflatable PFD the cylinder should be replaced every 3 years. I last went to replace all mine and found one had leaked making it only a manual inflation device. I strongly suggest checking or replacing yours each season or every 2 years. The time and money spent could be your life.

Good reminder, Hoop.

Just did mine this year, and as another precaution since I will be in a kayak I have added a replacement cylinder and arming pin in my safety kit in kayak.


Hopefully the first post will be the last on this thread.

There was a guy who was fishing near Norwich back in March I think who flipped his kayak. They found him a week later. I think he was fishing.

Officials identify man killed in boating accident in Long Island Sound in Milford
http://fox61.com/2017/04/15/man-pronounced-dead-after-falling-into-long-island-sound-in-milford/

Body of Missing Kayaker Found in Long Island Sound
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/...ng-island-sound

CT man dies after falling out of canoe in Maine
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/man-dies-canoeing-as-boating-deaths-spike/445386402

Boater dies after falling into Stamford Harbor
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/art...or-11245378.php

My wife and nephew flipped the kayak yesterday thankfully no one got hurt and had their PDFs on. I had to drag my wife back to shore. All it took was a second for it to flip.

John, glad to hear that they were wearing their PFDs.

Crazy how many times I see people in small boats, kayaks or stand up paddle boards with no PFDs.

I will add my 2 cents. I have awaken on the bottom of a lake after blacking out from heat exhaustion and rolling my canoe in 100 degree heat. That was 22 years ago. Luckily I was in 3 feet of water. I had no life jacket on and had I been in deeper water would not have survived.

The memories of the day have made me extra cautious when I fish alone. This week I ordered a boarding ladder after having multiple slips or trips in the boat this year that have caused me to lose my balance. Things happen fast on the water and it doesn't take much to fall out of a boat on a windy day or when being rolled by boat wakes. I have been in boats on more than one occasion where someone has lost their balance and fallen in. I have also seen how difficult it is to pull someone in who is fatigued and out weighs you. I fish alone more than half my trips and if I fall in on my own I will now have a ladder to get back in the boat.

Police ID Milford Man Who Died After Boat Hit Buoy, Throwing Him Into Sound

http://stamford.dailyvoice.com/police-fi...o-sound/717914/

S#it Happens FAST!!!!....Sad

Stay Safe CTFers!!!

Joe was a great guy and will be missed by many. RIP my friend.

DEEP: Boaters exposed to ‘silent killer’

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/DEEP-Boaters-exposed-to-silent-killer-11733933.php

http://stamford.dailyvoice.com/news/bodi...-stamford-20184

I have a friend that fell out of his Bass boat, he had to stand on the lower unit and use the trim switch to lift him up so he could climb back in his boat. Just a tip I hope nobody ever needs to use.

Good thinking by your friend! Glad he got back aboard ok. Did he say his he fell out? S#it happens FAST!

The very FIRST trip I took in my new Hobie Revolution kayak with pedal Mirage Drive a couple weeks ago in Long Island Sound I had to help a Mom & Son get back to shore. They were a 1/2 mile off the beach after capsizing their 2 person sit in kayak. It was completely filled and they were trying to swim it back to shore. Neither of them had a lifejacket on or even aboard! The son was not a strong swimmer, rain and lightning were approaching, tide was moving, and dusk was falling. It was not good. We all got caught in the rain and lightning as I towed them and their kayak back to shore with my Hobie pedal drive.

CRAZY how many fishermen have died wade fishing this year just in CT!!!...and a few others while walking tidal sandbars in LIS and the CT River.

two more in New haven

and one more very serious off duck island

just this weekend for both

What happened off Duck Chris???

The incident I came across with 2 kayakers swamped were inside Duck...between Duck and the Westbrook shore.

Diving off boat accident.

Almost ...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeO7P0tD1AY/?taken-by=basslivesmatter

1 dead, 7 rescued when barge capsizes off Conn. coast

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/ar...rd-12725918.php

Fisherman Dies After Being Pulled From Water Near Savin Lake Dam

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/loca...-485572121.html

Not fishing or boating, but ...

DEEP: 27-year-old Conn. man drowns at Millers Pond State Park
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/FD-Man-drowns-at-Millers-Pond-State-Park-13000750.php

Just heard that the lady who was involved in a hit-run boating accident at Candlewood the other day has died.

Victim in fatal boating accident a Waterbury teacher
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/a...ry-13011476.php

EnCon Police ID man who died after boating accident on CT River

https://m.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/EnCon-Police-ID-man-who-died-after-boating-13149174.php

Not fishing or boating related, but RIP to this young CT man:

Man falls 250 feet to his death in New Hampshire
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/us...re-13254400.php

CT man dies on Candlewood Lake:

http://www.ctfisherman.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1753485/Candlewood_accident#Post1753485

Did you check out his Facebook page? Was doing FB live and speaking of 25mph winds and 3 footers....

Man who fell in Norwalk River dies, ID’d

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/st...er-14063147.php

R.I.P. Right at the dock. Some bad luck for sure.