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Father and son rescued by Coast Guard

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/

That article is scary that people can be so ill-equipped. I don't know how he'd expect to catch fish in 100 ft of water without a GPS anyway. I like to know the people I fish with way off shore like that (to know they're safe). If I fished so far out like that, I'd probably get some small raft like the navy pilots have, with a beacon hooked to it. The idea of being down in cold water doesn't appeal to me. I'd want to be on the surface where there's a chance I might be spotted.

We used to catch plenty of fish with a compass and chart well before GPS was invented.Our bottom machine was a lead pipe with soap in it. Knots were tied every 6 feet.You knew how deep you were and what was on the bottom, by what got stuck in the soap.

soap on a rope I like it!

JT was catching fish before there was braided line, cell phones, cable or color t.v., microwaves, fuel injection, radial tires, there also were no trolling motors.

Jumptrout51 wrote:We used to catch plenty of fish with a compass and chart well before GPS was invented.

Come to think of it, that's a good back up skill to have. This guy apparently couldn't call out his coordinates! There's some good lessons in this article for all.

The first head boat I went out on many years ago used an old engine block dragged behind the boat to find hard bottom. Pretty awesome when it hung a rock.

MudDucker wrote:The first head boat I went out on many years ago used an old engine block dragged behind the boat to find hard bottom. Pretty awesome when it hung a rock.

And it was powered by a steam engine and paddle wheel.

GPS = God Please Save us

Chalk I have been anxiously awaiting your new 2009 avatar, you didn't disappoint me!