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re: UPDATE: Lake Okeechobee boating accident during FLW tournament (Pics added) **BODY FOUND**
Posted on 1/8/18 at 11:53 am to Topwater Trout
Posted on 1/8/18 at 11:53 am to Topwater Trout
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20 mph winds on a 10 ft depth is maybe 1 ft waves.
wrong
Ok, given that then how fast would a bass boat go in 2-3 footers? 10 mph at best right, I'll give you 20 mph if you were being a complete idiot. How does a guy get knocked out of a boat only going 20 mph, and then get knocked out so far that he both can't swim back to the boat and the guy on the trolling motor can't reach him?
The most likely scenario is they were going 50+ mph in 1 ft waves, they hit a bad set of waves and threw the guy a long ways. By the time the boat slowed down and everyone got a grip on the situation, they were 75-100 yards apart.
Bass boats simply aren't made to go fast in true 2-3 footers. Hell Bay Boats aren't either.
Again, almost everyone over judges true wave size. That's my main point. And yes, rarely do shallow lakes get true 2-3 ft waves. Considering you sit almost on the bottom of the hull of a bass boat, a 3 ft wave would be head high or higher.
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Posted on 1/8/18 at 11:54 am to baldona
Most likely captain was showing his arse and lost control.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 11:58 am to baldona
If the waves were 1 ft. he would have been able to get on the trolling motor.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 12:10 pm to TigersSEC2010
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Damn how do you crash during a tournament?
Too much motor, not enough boat
This post was edited on 1/8/18 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 1/8/18 at 12:16 pm to baldona
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Ok, given that then how fast would a bass boat go in 2-3 footers? 10 mph at best right, I'll give you 20 mph if you were being a complete idiot.
I've seen idiots flying in 1-2 footers...they want to get up and ride on top
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get knocked out so far that he both can't swim back to the boat
water temps in the 50's are a shock to the body...i jumped into 60 degree water and got the shock of my life in long island sound in late august.
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The most likely scenario is they were going 50+ mph in 1 ft waves, they hit a bad set of waves and threw the guy a long ways. By the time the boat slowed down and everyone got a grip on the situation, they were 75-100 yards apart.
50 mph in 1-2's is a likely scenario and if guy was ejected he would be a lot further than 100 yards from boat IMO....this is a yahcting forum comments about how rough the lake can get
2. The only time the lake would get somewhat rough would be in 25+ knot winds, and then it would only be 4' seas. The lake is not that big across, like 20 miles. DO NOT take the rim route in your boat.
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Bass boats simply aren't made to go fast in true 2-3 footers.
I agree
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Hell Bay Boats aren't either.
my 24ft champion can but its still not comfortable
Posted on 1/8/18 at 12:48 pm to BayouNation
As one who fished many bass tournaments, this is a very depressing pic...
Look how dirty the water is, so you know it was kicked up for a while..
Look how dirty the water is, so you know it was kicked up for a while..
This post was edited on 1/8/18 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 1/8/18 at 12:51 pm to Topwater Trout
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I've seen idiots flying in 1-2 footers...they want to get up and ride on top
I had a Bass Cat Pantera 2 with a 200 Merc, It ran best on 1 footers... Got on top of them, with the perfect amount of air.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 1:45 pm to Hangover Haven
Running lights still plugged in. Must have happened first thing that morning.
Posted on 1/8/18 at 6:30 pm to BayouNation
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Running lights still plugged in. Must have happened first thing that morning.
It was. The co-Anglers rods still have the wraps on them.
As some of you know, I also own a tackle company. I sponsor a few guys who were at the event. Talked to one of them today. The word is that he did spear a wave like I suspected. When he did, it somehow threw the co angler out. The boater immediately turned around and tried to pick him up but he was no where to be found. The boater put the trolling motor down and tried to stay in one place to look but was unsuccessful. The boat then got swamped and eventually submerged.
The boater tied his life vest strap to the trolling motor rope and hung on. The wave were big and winds in the 20 mph range. They were running from north Shore (north end of the lake) to the south bay when this happened. The boat eventually washed up on shore hours and hours later on the north east part of the lake.
This all happened right at blast off and the boater was not found until 11 hours later
One of my guys helped in the search effort for two full days before coming home.
Still nothing found yet
This post was edited on 1/8/18 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 1/8/18 at 6:31 pm to LanierSpots
Sad
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:54 am to LSUlefty
LINK
poor family
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As the search for missing fisherman Nik Kayler enters its fifth day, his family is offering a $10,000 reward for his recovery.
Authorities have said the 38-year-old Army veteran, husband and father, was flung overboard Thursday into Lake Okeechobee as he and another angler participated in the first day of the Fishing League Worldwide’s 3-day Costa Series tournament.
Organizers canceled the rest of the bass-fishing event on Friday and authorities, fellow boaters and volunteers from as far away as Maine have scoured the lake — about one-third as big as all of Palm Beach County — since then.
“Hey everyone we have been trying our best to find my brother Nik for days, with no luck,” his brother, Phil Kayler, posted overnight on his Facebook page.
“This lake is so big it’s so hard to find anything in it,” he wrote. “My family and I are offering a $10,000 dollar reward to the person that finds Nik. We need to bring him home asap.
poor family
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:58 am to LanierSpots
So he most likely was flung from the boat, hit his head on a rock, waves carried him further out to middle of lake and he sank. Sad stuff.
Posted on 1/9/18 at 9:59 am to YoungManOldMan
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hit his head on a rock
No rocks where he was ejected.
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:01 am to Janky
There's no submerged rocks or stumps?
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:03 am to YoungManOldMan
There are a few rocks piles or reefs, but it pretty much just a shallow bowl. The story is also that the co-angler was waiving to the pro while in the water, but the pro couldn't get to him.
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:26 am to Janky
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the co-angler was waiving to the pro while in the water, but the pro couldn't get to him.
I don't understand. The guy couldn't swim, tread water or float?
Posted on 1/9/18 at 10:42 am to YoungManOldMan
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I don't understand. The guy couldn't swim, tread water or float?
Here is a recap of what is said to have happened:
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They speared a wave and Nik went out. By the time he stopped he tried to go back and get him, engine would not fire. He went to try trolling motor and another wave knocked him off boat, co angler was last seen waving at him. He had to tie his self to the troll motor cable to stay with boat. He was able to get away from boat and to land before it crashed on rocks. It was 30degrees and windy as hell, water temps were low 50's where we were.
The co would have been floating all day before anyone even knew he was in the water. The only way the tournament realized there was an accident was when the boaters missed check-in at the end of the day.
This post was edited on 1/9/18 at 10:45 am
Posted on 1/9/18 at 11:13 am to YoungManOldMan
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I don't understand. The guy couldn't swim, tread water or float?
Even with a life jacket on, in those conditions you could succumb to weather pretty fast.
Still surprised the blue life jacket hasn't been found.
Posted on 1/9/18 at 12:11 pm to baldona
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given that then how fast would a bass boat go in 2-3 footers? 10 mph at best right
They were probably doing 70 at least 2-3ft waves are not that much in a 21' boat.
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rarely do shallow lakes get true 2-3 ft waves. Considering you sit almost on the bottom of the hull of a bass boat, a 3 ft wave would be head high or higher.
You don't know what your talking about Okeechobee gets really rough.
They were probably cruising riding the top of the waves as the trough gets wider the boat will go down in it and spear the on coming wave. A wall of water coming at you going 70mph will wash you out of the boat if you are not behind the steering wheel.
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Too much motor, not enough boat
Not the case, all boats meet coast guard requirements for horse power ratings.
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50 mph in 1-2's is a likely scenario and if guy was ejected he would be a lot further than 100 yards from boat IMO
Total bullshite that boat will do 70mph comfortably in 1-2ft seas. More like 3-4+ft seas.
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I don't understand. The guy couldn't swim, tread water or float?
Go jump in that cold of water and see how long you last. I am really surprised one actually survived in the water as long as he did.
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engine would not fire
Evinrude is one of the worse motors out there for not starting due to an engine code. I wouldn't own one.
Posted on 1/9/18 at 12:16 pm to offshoretrash
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They were probably doing 70 at least 2-3ft waves are not that much in a 21' boat.
One would hope not.
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Total bullshite that boat will do 70mph comfortably in 1-2ft seas. More like 3-4+ft seas.
Not so sure about that.
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