My son and I were muskie fishing Friday in Barren River from a canoe. He hooked and landed this 41 inch muskie:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y10...uskie2011b.jpg

And then he went up onto the bank to fish for a while. I stayed in the canoe, had a hook up with a nice muskie, made some dumb moves and flipped myself out of the canoe. I had a big carhart coat on and steel toed boots. Wasn't wearing a life jacket. That was probably one of the top 30 dumbest things that I have ever done. I couldn't touch the bottom and the water sure was cold. The first thing that ran through my mind was, I can't believe that I am in this river... and under water.

I lost the fish but managed to hold onto my rod and climb out of there. Was even able to cast into the canoe and hook it before it got away.

Anyone else ever took a spill into the water in the winter?