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re: 2 missing duck hunters on Mississippi River
Posted on 12/8/20 at 8:59 am to fishfighter
Posted on 12/8/20 at 8:59 am to fishfighter
Damn fishfighter, are you drinking already?
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Posted on 12/8/20 at 10:21 am to thejudge
I think per reports they are using a drone with “heat” technology
Posted on 12/8/20 at 8:39 pm to Gorilla Ball
Any updates?
And what’s a jetty?
And what’s a jetty?
Posted on 12/8/20 at 8:46 pm to p&g
There are rocks that run out into the river. If you are hugging the bank, good plan to avoid barges, you could easily run into these jetty’s.
Posted on 12/8/20 at 8:47 pm to p&g
quote:
And what’s a jetty?
They’re actually called dikes. Navigation structures typically made of rock that extend from the bank perpendicular flow. They constrict the channel during periods of low flow to provide a navigable channel with little to no dredging.
Vicksburg dike chart
Just a guess, but it sounds like these guys hit one of the Diamond Cutoff Dikes around River Mile 423.
Posted on 12/8/20 at 9:06 pm to BayouNation
Any updates? Thanks
Posted on 12/8/20 at 9:11 pm to Gorilla Ball
The sad truth is setting in, I work with several barge companies on the river and they say when someone goes in you either find them within 10 hours or ten days later
Posted on 12/8/20 at 9:40 pm to Tigerpaw123
quote:
The sad truth is setting in,
Yeah, it's not looking good, unfortunately. If they got out, surely they would have been found by now with all the resources being put into the search.
Posted on 12/8/20 at 11:27 pm to FutureMikeVIII
Damn, I’d never known about all those dikes. You would definitely need navigation equipment. Big rivers are scary.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:00 am to BayouNation
quote:It’s a good idea to run and scout the River itself during low water.
Damn, I’d never known about all those dikes. You would definitely need navigation equipment. Big rivers are scary.
This post was edited on 12/9/20 at 7:01 am
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:31 am to White Bear
You have that right. 90% of the fools on here have no idea what the river is like. Most of yall should just stay off of it so this doesn't happen again.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:39 am to Park duck
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90% of the fools on here have no idea what the river is like
Got that right. I remember once as a teen while bank fishing on the Miss. River during the later part of spring thaw.
A couple of my cousins and I were sitting there watching trunks of large trees floating downriver and we saw one get caught up in an eddy that started spinning and before long it got caught up in the suction and upended straight up and down and got pulled under. Freaked us out to think just how little chance a person would have if caught in that.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:50 am to fishfighter
quote:december 98 I was hunting NO East by myself got ejected from boat trying to open blind door... motor kicked boat around and it got pushed across a small bay. i had to swim about 500 / 600 yards .. it was in the low 40s that day. neoprene waders acted very much like a wet suit and probably staved of hypothermia that morning. In fact I even floated on my back a few times to rest and let the wind push me. Now I was exhausted when I got to my boat.. but with out waders on I probably would not have made it.. On a warm day with no hypothermia threat - I would have been exhausted after that swim. I had just taken off my PFD when I got to the blind..... big gust of wind at the wrong time was nearly my downfall. after I got to boat.. I went back to blind pass shot a few dos gris so my dog could have something to fetch.. and I wouldn't zero after all that. and knowing full well the signs of hypothermia - It was also time to go get dry.
This 100% cause if one ever tried to swim with waders on and filled with water will know as to why. Been there, done that.
And yes, prays go out to all.
I've demonstrated it several times in my pool... it's actually easier to swim with properly fitting neoprene waders on than knee boots on.. and anyone that thinks they're getting waders or boots off after an unexpected dunking.....not a chance. wearing a PFD... Like one rescue guy said... they've never recovered a drowning victim wearing a PFD(many that are killed by the collision or ejection but not drowning...)
Posted on 12/9/20 at 7:58 am to BayouNation
quote:
Big rivers are scary.
I’m not a great boater and I can for sure acknowledge that. Hell I get nervous on the “big” lakes out in the open like Darbonne even. I fish many areas in north La and try to stick to the creeks with my little 4hp Mercury. I’m much more confident in the woods than on the water. I’m that guy that backs a boat in without putting the plug in, then realizes it after backing boat off trailer, while 40 other people are standing there watching and waiting only to have to pull back up on trailer and fake a laugh while yelling, “forgot the plug”. I’m that guy. I don’t need to be on the Mississippi River.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 8:12 am to Park duck
quote:
You have that right. 90% of the fools on here have no idea what the river is like. Most of yall should just stay off of it so this doesn't happen again.
45 posts
post less.
most people on here are very educated and safe in the outdoors.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 8:31 am to Park duck
no one knows the river. it constantly changes it moves so fast. you could sink a car in there and in 15 minutes it would be buried in silt so high. these were boys in the dark, they couldnt see that well. ive taken a go-devil many times on the mississippi river to get to the island on the river that is part of our property. we have hit plenty of trees and logs that you cannot see those boys just couldnt see. plenty of people take boats on that river but unfortunately it’s even more dangerous to do it in the dark.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 8:32 am to Geaux23
Have to agree, 90% is quite the stretch for the OB.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 8:36 am to choupiquesushi
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had to swim about 500 / 600 yards .. it was in the low 40s that day.
Seriously? Id have had my life jacket on so instead of drowning I’d have screamed like a bitch until someone heard me, frick all that. There’s few things in life that make me panic, falling in the water out in the middle of nowhere, alone, will absolutely make me panic though. I’m an “okay” swimmer, in a swimming pool or swimming hole with other people around I’m all good, alone, can’t get back in boat, way the frick out, especially if dark, yeah I’m hysterical crying bitch. Tears, snot bubbles, hyperventilating, the entire embarrassing process
Lost in the woods at dark, I’m all good
This post was edited on 12/9/20 at 8:38 am
Posted on 12/9/20 at 8:37 am to choupiquesushi
quote:A lot said in this thread is debateable, this however is not. The suction is unreal. Now, a knife to the bottom of them would be of great help, but still a huge, huge task.
and anyone that thinks they're getting waders or boots off after an unexpected dunking.....not a chance.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 8:50 am to AdmiralApe
Wrong Im on the river at least three days a week every week. I know the river
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