Anglers safety

[ryanlee]

as a member of a local fishing club we have red titan tops with the logo on the back with the sponsers name,very bold but have been told it can be spotted for a mile or so.never the less there needs to be something designed to accomadte the sea angler that wades out to marks and wades back,something that can be set at a designed depth or submersion,come on titan you can design this for the shore anglers,built in to the smocks.or anyother shore angling manufacturer.surerly someone has an idea they would like to have made for the shore angler.

[tilly]

thanks for that Tilly, one Q what happens if you get splashed by a big wave, will see if I can squeeze it in this weekend, if anybody has any safety gear they use that is not mentioned, please let me know. I am also pleased to see all are taking it serious.

Well Alan at least then you know your peace of equipment works!!!

The reason i choose that was i used to fish alot on the rocks around St Marys and Cambois and if i slipped and knocked myself out and i was lying there and the tide came in then at least the strobe would come in to use where as a mobile phone/flares or whatever else would be no use at all!!

[Charlton]

Well Alan at least then you know your peace of equipment works!!!

The reason i choose that was i used to fish alot on the rocks around St Marys and Cambois and if i slipped and knocked myself out and i was lying there and the tide came in then at least the strobe would come in to use where as a mobile phone/flares or whatever else would be no use at all!!

very sensible Tilly, getting knocked out should be a major factor when getting kitted out

[waldof]

Best bit of safety kit is the buddy system, don't fish alone.

[Charlton]

Best bit of safety kit is the buddy system, don't fish alone.

I agree, buddy system does work, but what happens if one of you go in, would you stand and watch until the lifeboat came, or would you go in and try and get him, bet there isn't many who wouldn't try and then there could be two.

[jamiebrennan]

Some great stuff going on here guys. I read the article on sunday and thought every point was so true and how ill prepared the majority of us are. I want to see my kids grow up, time for change in the kit me thinks. The sea has no friends, experience is no protection against it, when i heard about Barry Tweddle earlier this year it hit home just how vunerable we are when out there. Keep this thread going guys, if it saves one life then it will be worth it.

[Castaway]

Funny that this thread came up on the week that I took delivery of a Baltic lifejacket. I'm a non swimmer, have done a bit of boat fishing in the past and hope to do so again in the summer, so its a bit of insurance for that. Also some of the rock marks that I visit are potential death traps. Me and Pondlife fished at Torrs Point near Kirkcudbright last summer and it was a canny morning but around lunchtime the heavens opened, it was fairly light stuff to start with and we thought it might blow over but no, it set in for the day. Within minutes the rocks were like a skating rink. We packed in immediatly but you still had to pack up and get off the rocks. I slipped and fell 4 times on the climb off the rocks. At Torrs you'll probably be fishing about 15-20 feet above the water and under those conditions, vey easy to slip and fall in and if you hit your head on the way down, you've got no chance.
At least with a automatic self inflating life jacket you've got a chance as the life jacket puts your head into the correct position so you can breathe. With flotation suits or any other flotation device that is not described as a life jacket, then your chances of your head being clear of the water are slim. Starting at around £40 for an automatic system, as you can't self inflate it or pull the manual firing toggle when you're unconcious, it is well worth the insurance of knowing its there. There's still an element of "it won't happen to me" out there. Sea angling always has an inherrant risk with some of the venues we fish. We all know what has happened over the winter to 3 of our fellow anglers in our area.

[tilly]

You can never say never when ur up against mother nature,but safety is the most important thing in this sport!!the sea can change in the matter of minutes.

What are the best possible peaces of safety equipment????
PLB(Personal locating beacon) only activated manually so no use if unconcious
Strobe lights the best ones are expensive and only good if there activated automatically.
Life Jacket,possibly the best idea if its activated when comes in contact with the water,but like the strobe light what happens if you get wet by a big wave or its raining.

When shore fishing or boat fishing you have to think of all the different scenarios what could happen while your out there and i think its now starting to be a headache on what is the best possible bit of safety equipment that could possibly cover all event....
So any advice on safety equipment would come in very handy!!

[Charlton]

Mini Epirb?? as far as i know you cant buy a mini epirb!
you can get mini epirbs, as I said in article they will set you back £200-£300, I can not put anyhting in my articles that are not true, especially with something like this. i don't know if they are still there. but a firm in Killingworth used to sell them. Try the link below, loads on there and thats just one place.

EPIRBS - Safety - Page 1 - Force 4 Chandlery

[Charlton]

I stand corrected the place I mentioned is not in Killingworth it's in Cramlington (senior moment) cheers for that Tilly