i was 70 when I started kayaking, and knew I had a lot to learn. Learn your emergency procedures in the summer at a location suited for flipping and rescue. Have someone standby in case you get yourself in trouble, and be prepare to learn what you thought it would be like was wrong. Practice till you got it right, and re equip your rig to prepare for emergencies as you learn of them.
I have been in the water after Ice out in the spring. Young and dumb trailering a boat I had and it got away from my buddies that were taking care of the tie ropes. Put on a life jacket and jumped into bring it back to the dock (water over my head). 5 min in the water and I was being pulled out with my legs and arms not functioning at all... absolutely paralyzed. If I didn’t have the life jacket on I would have been dead. My buddies thought I was joking as I laid on the dock not being able to move. Cold water kills! I got the chance to take a marine emergency boating coarse and found it very worthwhile. It was just one day in class coarse at a local college. Learned a tonne and ended up adding gear in my yak for extra safety. Great video and info as always.
I know there are colder places but air temperature + water temperature is a balmy 47 degrees at my location this morning! Great video and your comments on when you will flip are very accurate! Great video and hope people will pay attention!
Love your videos , Best advice ever is Dress for the water temperature not the air temp, so if it's near to freezing you must at the very least have a drysuit.
Great knowledge to have! Good explanation, I wasn’t aware of Water + Air temp formula, or the 1/10/1 rule. This could save a life. I usually just wade with insulated waders during winter, no boat to flip. Thanks for sharing! 👍👍 (I made a rope ladder for my duckboat that sits about 16” above waterline. Going to practice when water warms. Have a great one!🎣
Excellent info. I wish other kayaking channels would focus more on the safety aspects like this. Would love to see you a do a demo of the protocol of using the VHF radio with the Coast Guard and a demo of the EPIRB or Spot device.
Well explained, backed with simple to understand facts .life is precious. Us old blokes didn't get old by being stupid and that fish will be there come spring .
I would say know the water that you intend to enjoy. This means knowing the average water temps in that area. Coming from Alabama where there are warmer water temps in the summer, to pacific waters near 53° waters with light 6ft swells I had to understand that I needed a wetsuit to be safe just incase...some guys here use dry suits too. My understanding of the drysuit is for water colder that 49°. So kayak fish in winter with the proper equipment and study your environment.
@@KayakhacksFishing yeah it's really uppppppppp then dowwwwwwwwwwwn and I thought I was too hard and didnt get sea sickness until I found I wasnt and got really sea sick. So now I use a patch and dramamine pills every 2 on the water!!
You mentioned you'd put the link to the document in the description, but I'm not seeing it there. You got the radio and spot messenger, but I don't see the document. I'd really like to give it a glance!
Just got me a used Jackson-Kayak it’s Kilroy guess I’ll have a few more months to look at it No sense in taking a chance thanks love you videos thanks for taking the time to make them
As always, great information my friend. Cold water is very dangerous even when one is wearing a first class top of the line life jacket. The life jacket might keep you floating, but, it will not keep you warm or safe from hypothermia. Thanks so much for all of the tips and information that you put out there. See you on the next one.
I don't do alot of cold weather yakking but I keep a change of warm clothes and some fire starters and a lighter in the kayak at all times in a water proof bag
Its always a risk in cold weather even in my part of Arizona it gets plenty cold for trouble. I always have a change of clothes (rain gear with some under layers works well for me), a towel and some super warmers on hand in case something happens. I duck hunt from my kayak on some lakes in winter so unless I skip the hunting I have to take some risk in doing so.
I’m 70 and I have been in ice water. As you get older you have less time so you got to work on a plan... be cause I plan to keep on fishing on my kayak until I can’t lift it anymore.
Well put but I can’t afford a dry suit either but you don’t need one a good set of waders stocking foot type and a good dry top works just fine you may have a lil water seepage depending on how long it takes you to get back in your yak and the dry bag of attire is a must at all times me I only use my dry fit pants and I’m good odds of me falling out my yak are slim to none lol always that one time and I am 63 lol and a sapper veteran and only fish from my yak maybe 10 times a winter but once my truck is done it’ll be more and I’m moving to somewhere from OBX to Wilmington NC soon
Another cheap option is a wetsuit, most under $150 are safe down to about 50F water temps. Below that, you a more serious wetsuit, I have a 6/5/4 wetsuit that is rated down to 38F water temps and I have tested it down to 40F. Cost on this was $300, still cheaper then a dry suit, and lets say more hook "Resistant"
Thanks, more TH-camrs should do these videos. The bigger issue with hypothermia is that you become disoriented. Your brain shuts down and you can no longer make rational decisions. A large portion of folks who freeze to death end up taking all their clothes off before they expire because they start to feel like they're hot. Of course there is nothing rational about that. a $1000.00 dry suit is a hell of a lot cheaper than a funeral.
A man needs to use common sense and know his limitations. Great info . I carry change of clothes in my truck and various survival gear . Be safe ...set the hook brother
I can't win no matter what I do! I'm so white in the summer I'm in danger of getting a bad sun burn and in the winter there's a very real danger of dying. If that isn't bad enough I really don't know how to fish in winter. I can't read the water. There's no bugs on the surface, no birds overhead, etc. I'd be casting blind. All the signs are missing. And from my experience the few times I was actually bored enough to take the kayak out, the fish don't seem to bite very much in the cold!
Want to see a great video of an example of a winter flip? th-cam.com/video/YPve-1N32oA/w-d-xo.html
Good video. Thanks
i was 70 when I started kayaking, and knew I had a lot to learn. Learn your emergency procedures in the summer at a location suited for flipping and rescue. Have someone standby in case you get yourself in trouble, and be prepare to learn what you thought it would be like was wrong. Practice till you got it right, and re equip your rig to prepare for emergencies as you learn of them.
Exactly right!
Good, life-saving information!
Glad it was helpful!
Good advice...I did invest in a drysuit so I could fish through winter but I all too often see foolish people out in yaks without protective gear
Thanks for a reasoned warning. Life is precious.
I have been in the water after Ice out in the spring. Young and dumb trailering a boat I had and it got away from my buddies that were taking care of the tie ropes. Put on a life jacket and jumped into bring it back to the dock (water over my head). 5 min in the water and I was being pulled out with my legs and arms not functioning at all... absolutely paralyzed. If I didn’t have the life jacket on I would have been dead. My buddies thought I was joking as I laid on the dock not being able to move. Cold water kills! I got the chance to take a marine emergency boating coarse and found it very worthwhile. It was just one day in class coarse at a local college. Learned a tonne and ended up adding gear in my yak for extra safety. Great video and info as always.
Wow! Scary story. Hard way to learn a lesson. I hope others read your comment
Really good information. I was a lifeguard some years back and they didn't teach us about hypothermia.
I guess folks know more about the dangers now...
Great video !! Any activity on or around water at this time of year should be aware of cold water safety.
I don't kayak in winter either. But sometimes it's still cold!
Love the clarity of the 1-10-1 rule.
Another quality video, sir! Thanks!
I really appreciate that! I'll work even harder!
@@KayakhacksFishing I even watch your videos that don't even pertain to me! LOL!
Above and beyond the call! Thanks
I know there are colder places but air temperature + water temperature is a balmy 47 degrees at my location this morning! Great video and your comments on when you will flip are very accurate! Great video and hope people will pay attention!
Ouch. Too cold!
Love your videos ,
Best advice ever is
Dress for the water temperature not the air temp, so if it's near to freezing you must at the very least have a drysuit.
Great knowledge to have! Good explanation, I wasn’t aware of Water + Air temp formula, or the 1/10/1 rule. This could save a life. I usually just wade with insulated waders during winter, no boat to flip. Thanks for sharing! 👍👍 (I made a rope ladder for my duckboat that sits about 16” above waterline. Going to practice when water warms. Have a great one!🎣
Excellent info. I wish other kayaking channels would focus more on the safety aspects like this. Would love to see you a do a demo of the protocol of using the VHF radio with the Coast Guard and a demo of the EPIRB or Spot device.
Good point on the demo. I'll do that.
Re-posting this on the NCKFA Facebook and website...thanks for the Info.
Thanks!
I totally agree,it gets cold here in New Hampshire. My season goes from April until early to mid October.
But I don't want to wait until Spring! But I will. Thanks.
Good information thanks. I still fish in the winter but limit it to areas I can walk to or wade. I'm not into the polar plunge
Same here
Well explained, backed with simple to understand facts .life is precious. Us old blokes didn't get old by being stupid and that fish will be there come spring .
Safety first!
I would say know the water that you intend to enjoy. This means knowing the average water temps in that area. Coming from Alabama where there are warmer water temps in the summer, to pacific waters near 53° waters with light 6ft swells I had to understand that I needed a wetsuit to be safe just incase...some guys here use dry suits too. My understanding of the drysuit is for water colder that 49°. So kayak fish in winter with the proper equipment and study your environment.
The water is an average 53° so it's cold water all year long
Wow... six foot swells. That's rough!
@@KayakhacksFishing yeah it's really uppppppppp then dowwwwwwwwwwwn and I thought I was too hard and didnt get sea sickness until I found I wasnt and got really sea sick. So now I use a patch and dramamine pills every 2 on the water!!
You mentioned you'd put the link to the document in the description, but I'm not seeing it there. You got the radio and spot messenger, but I don't see the document. I'd really like to give it a glance!
Whoops... sorry.
switchfisher.com/uploaded_files/1-10-1_Cold_Weather_Rule.pdf
Just got me a used Jackson-Kayak it’s Kilroy guess I’ll have a few more months to look at it
No sense in taking a chance thanks love you videos thanks for taking the time to make them
As always, great information my friend. Cold water is very dangerous even when one is wearing a first class top of the line life jacket. The life jacket might keep you floating, but, it will not keep you warm or safe from hypothermia. Thanks so much for all of the tips and information that you put out there. See you on the next one.
I don't do alot of cold weather yakking but I keep a change of warm clothes and some fire starters and a lighter in the kayak at all times in a water proof bag
Well the paper is wrong. Your going to be hypothermia faster then an hour. It depends on water temp etc...
True - these are general rules
Its always a risk in cold weather even in my part of Arizona it gets plenty cold for trouble. I always have a change of clothes (rain gear with some under layers works well for me), a towel and some super warmers on hand in case something happens. I duck hunt from my kayak on some lakes in winter so unless I skip the hunting I have to take some risk in doing so.
I never thought about the challenge hunters face.
I’m 70 and I have been in ice water. As you get older you have less time so you got to work on a plan... be cause I plan to keep on fishing on my kayak until I can’t lift it anymore.
Well put but I can’t afford a dry suit either but you don’t need one a good set of waders stocking foot type and a good dry top works just fine you may have a lil water seepage depending on how long it takes you to get back in your yak and the dry bag of attire is a must at all times me I only use my dry fit pants and I’m good odds of me falling out my yak are slim to none lol always that one time and I am 63 lol and a sapper veteran and only fish from my yak maybe 10 times a winter but once my truck is done it’ll be more and I’m moving to somewhere from OBX to Wilmington NC soon
Your time in the Army must have made you more resistant to the cold than mine did! :-)
Another cheap option is a wetsuit, most under $150 are safe down to about 50F water temps. Below that, you a more serious wetsuit, I have a 6/5/4 wetsuit that is rated down to 38F water temps and I have tested it down to 40F. Cost on this was $300, still cheaper then a dry suit, and lets say more hook "Resistant"
👍 "Discretion is the better part of valor"
Thanks, more TH-camrs should do these videos. The bigger issue with hypothermia is that you become disoriented. Your brain shuts down and you can no longer make rational decisions. A large portion of folks who freeze to death end up taking all their clothes off before they expire because they start to feel like they're hot. Of course there is nothing rational about that. a $1000.00 dry suit is a hell of a lot cheaper than a funeral.
I agree!
A man needs to use common sense and know his limitations. Great info . I carry change of clothes in my truck and various survival gear . Be safe ...set the hook brother
I can't win no matter what I do! I'm so white in the summer I'm in danger of getting a bad sun burn and in the winter there's a very real danger of dying.
If that isn't bad enough I really don't know how to fish in winter. I can't read the water. There's no bugs on the surface, no birds overhead, etc. I'd be casting blind. All the signs are missing.
And from my experience the few times I was actually bored enough to take the kayak out, the fish don't seem to bite very much in the cold!
All true and your experience mimics mine. I rarely catch a fish after Dec 1
I just turned 59, I own a pedal Kayak (pelican catch 130).
Nice boat!
A dry suit will let you fish longer, but a good one is going to cost near $1000. And you'll need new gaskets every few years.
Yep... that's the problem and why I wait for warm weather.
Great trip because everyone eventually flips or falls.