Any chance on getting some details on the accident? Was he wearing a PFD
Will there be an autopsy to determine cause of death?
Any answers may keep someone else from suffering the same fate.
Cool water temps are here and people don't live too long in the water now. This story has caused my partner and I to wear our PFD's whenever we fish alone. I have put together a trunk of dry clothes to put on my boat in case of an accidental dunking. And that is something that can happen in an instant. A slip, trip, or stumble and you can be overboard in an instant.
It happened to me when a client lost his balance, fell into me and knocked me overboard.
Luckily it was shallow enough for me to stand up in the chest high water. Bad thing was, it had warmed up enough for me to remove my dry box of clothes from the boat. Had a very chilly trip for the next five hours.
I now keep a set of dry clothes in the truck. But as it is cooling down, I'll put the box back on the boat.
Lone fishermen, wear your PFD's.
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