Ivie accident

A man was running up the Concho early morning hours ran through some trees and had been missing all day. I made the run up there this afternoon to see if I could help in any way and at that time they were trying to pull the boat off the bank. I was talking to some people on the bank and the man came floating within a few feet of us, about 10 ft from the bank. Been along time since we have had an accident like this, prayers to his family.

Sad deal

Never something anyone wants to witness. Sad deal

Sad. Tragic. Glad you went to try and help.....sorry for what you witnessed.

Prayers for his family.

Hate to read this. Prayers up

I heard this on Pratt on Texas... prayers

Very sad. I was looking at huge trees I was running over earlier this spring I didnt realize were there on Benbrook. Never know when ya go back and the lake has fallen just enough to hit em. Scary or I'm getting old.

No what you mean but this was trees standing 20ft out of the water, he just misread his GPS and the fact it was 1am didn't help. Sad deal over all, hate to see someone make that kind of mistake.

I saw this on the local news yesterday. Prayers for his family.

Very sad for sure. There is no way I'm running at night just watching a trail on the GPS. There are just too many things that could go wrong in that scenario. Boats without lights on, floaters, and drifting off the gps trail are just a few things that could go wrong very quickly.

Prayers sent to family and friends. Sorry to hear this.

Yes very sorry that you had to witness that. And very sorry for the people involved. Prayers up.

Never take this life we have for granted. Fish hard and love strong!!

Sad deal for sure. Good on ya for helping out. Sorry you had to witness that, I am sure it was a traumatic deal. Prayers for family and friends, and you too, Chewy!!

Sad stuff... :-( RIP

Man that's horrible

Sad deal. Prayers sent!

That is a bad deal, I will barely run on pad after dark and only if I am familiar with lake.

Sad deal for sure.


With the water levels at what they are, I don't like making that run in the daytime.

I have not been to Ivie in 7 years cannot imagine that run with the level it is at now.

Running up Concho is hard in the daylight, I hate to run it at 1:00 am for sure. Just idling I've hit trees up there. Prayers for his family.

Chris it's real skinny up there right now and will get worse. This was the first trip I've made up the river in a year probably. I know the lake fairly well and no way would I run that end in the dark, just asking for trouble.

Was the guy familiar with the lake?

Every decision has consequences, unfortunately the consequences of that decision cost a man his life.


Prayers sent

News article said him and his wife retired and moved there from Midland a few months ago. While I've been to Ivie a few times I think its one of those lakes that takes years to learn. At its current level you don't have to stray very far off course even with a GPS to find yourself running through submerged trees.

Ther are some big trees starting to show in the river on the north end, and when you make the turn into the Concho is so narrow up there now if you make a mistake especially in the dark it could get serious real quick. He decided to go out at midnight that night for some reason, and the area he was in the river makes a swing to the left. He ran a minimum of 100yds through those trees. From the river channel I couldn't see the boat at all so he had to have been moving pretty quick.

That sucks. That part of the lake is scary. Fish Killer and I Have run through some Gnarly stuff on Ivie but never at night. prayers out to all involved. You're a good dude for trying to help. sorry you had to see what you saw.

That sucks. Sorry you had to find him. If they found foot prints in front of his boat. Any idea how he ended up dead in the water?

He had to cross a creek channel towards the houses up there, it's not more than a few feet deep in that area and he was about 10ft from the bank where he floated up. I was literally on top of him with my boat and trolling motor and had just moved away from him when he surfaced. I can't get the image out of my mind, seeing the lady on the bank within a few feet of all of this breaking down is still in my mind. I have no idea if it was his wife or family member,mbut she was crushed. Won't go into anymore details about that but will say it was a long ride back to Kennedy to load, I never stopped to wet a hook, went to the ramp and loaded my boat and went to the house. I've been living here full time for 7yrs and have never met the man before but he was one of us.......... He was a fisherman.

Very sad. Prayers sent.

Sad deal for sure. Prayers for the family.