I was shore fishing one time near a marina, this guy pulls up and is sitting there for awhile, then walks over and we start talking. He asks if I want to go out on the lake, his boston whaler was gereat boat but he needed help setting up. Sure I said, but i want to wear a fpd, OK he says. Well we went I helped him with the downriggers, and flat lines, and we had a great day, caught a few salmon, and afterwarsds he asked me if I was afraid of the water. I told him I was a pretty good swimmer, and what happened to a friend of mine who had his pfds stowed. I ran into him and his buddy a week or so later, we waved, and I noticed, both of them were wearing their pfd, we both learned something on that day.Later that year, took a shore fishermen into the boat with me, and we did good.