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 Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Ian Fellenbaum]
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01/05/18 02:41 PM
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Hopefully they find him alive and soon.
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: bigfishtx]
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01/05/18 02:50 PM
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Tragic. I hope that Co got to shore somewhere and is found this am. Okeechobee was my home water for 20 years. As a general rule, most anywhere you run a boat is nowhere near anything that can be considered "shore" or land/high ground. A boat on the open lake can drift a long way, and there was no certain starting location I gather. There isn't a "rim ditch" to get back to the north end if you fish down south - you're going to have to run a lot of it on the open lake.
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Ian Fellenbaum]
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01/05/18 03:09 PM
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Didn't a bad boat wreck happen in a Costa last year too?
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Ian Fellenbaum]
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01/05/18 03:25 PM
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Yes, Grand Lake. All survived but some had some bad injuries
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Barrett]
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01/05/18 03:26 PM
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How did they not find the boat and person until 10 pm? Low was 38, max wind gust was 24 mph. 30 mile boat trip in a straight line from scott driver to south bay. lake is high right now. the grass islands, trails, holes, and "routes" can be confusing on an easy day even when you know where to go. hard to say why it took so long. plus a boat that is not running will drift forever in that lake. first time i went it was a crazy feeling not seeing land in any direction. hope they find the co and that both of them recover.
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Ian Fellenbaum]
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01/05/18 03:38 PM
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Prayers sent, that they find him soon.
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Ian Fellenbaum]
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01/05/18 03:45 PM
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Barrett]
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01/05/18 03:55 PM
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How did they not find the boat and person until 10 pm? It's a little bigger than Roberts
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Big Kahuna Fishing]
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01/05/18 04:13 PM
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Sad deal for sure. Praying they find the guy alive.
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Big Kahuna Fishing]
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01/05/18 04:18 PM
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Has a "wreck" been confirmed, or do we just have video of the SWAMPED boat adrift? (There's a big difference.) Concerning some of the other inquiries about the time required to locate a boat on Lake Okeechobee, you have to have been on the lake to get a true impression of its' size. (It was my home water for 20 years.) The lake is so large that the horizon is "water meeting sky" when you're facing or running the open lake. When running from South Bay to the Kissimmee River at the North end, it's possible to be completely out of the sight of land for a good bit of the trip!
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Dubee]
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01/05/18 04:25 PM
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How did they not find the boat and person until 10 pm? It's a little bigger than Roberts Im aware. I just read (not confirmed) that the boat was swamped at 7:30. Thats 14 hours and a pretty long time regardless of lake size. Hope they find the co alive.
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Ian Fellenbaum]
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01/05/18 04:58 PM
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Lifting up prayers to the fisherman involved...
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Re: FLW missing anglers
[Re: Barrett]
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01/05/18 05:30 PM
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How did they not find the boat and person until 10 pm? It's a little bigger than Roberts Im aware. I just read (not confirmed) that the boat was swamped at 7:30. Thats 14 hours and a pretty long time regardless of lake size. Hope they find the co alive. Just joking. They know now that they got into trouble at 7:30. But they didn't know they were missing until weigh in. The search started then.
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