Quote Originally Posted by Tyme2fish View Post
Wear your PFD's. A good friend and fishing buddy had a "health incident" recently but thankfully on land in the middle of town and close to medical response. That being said, we went fishing days after the "incident" and I demanded he bring along his new auto inflate PFD. If he had a recurrence and fell overboard, at least he'd float. I still have no idea how I would wrangle him back into my boat. I figure I'd just grab him and hold on while I attempted to call for assistance on my cell phone. If your fishing partner fell overboard on the Ohio river and was unconscious or non-responsive, how would you solo handle the situation? More perils and worries of getting older and boating.
Good to bring this up from time to time. Probably eventually it will stick with some folks. I got inflatable last year and did actually where the entire time I was on the River Sunday. The water was in the high 40s. I still don't wear it on a calm day on the lake. When netting bait, that would be a good time to where it, if you think about it.