Mosquito Island Drowning

[Ibtsoom]

Another person lost in the mosquito island area off the dike. That spot is almost as bad as SLP.

http://abc13.com/news/man-fishing-near-texas-city-dike-disappears-later-found-dead/148657/

[SCHU]

Poor soul, R.I.P. Can't be too careful !

[plugger]

That's why I have a WADE-AID wade belt . Those aren't made anymore but EZ WADE belt is the same thing .

[Milkjug]

That sucks. Someone passed there just a few weeks ago.

Starting to get a little desensitized to this stuff. It is common knowledge that the spot is dangerous, yet people continue to wadefish there without a PFD. Prayers for his family.

[trophytroutman]

That sucks. Someone passed there just a few weeks ago.

Starting to get a little desensitized to this stuff. It is common knowledge that the spot is dangerous, yet people continue to wadefish there without a PFD. Prayers for his family.

Yes sir. Prayers sent.

[TTU Wader]

That spot is a notorious killer. You see people wading up to their necks all the time out there. Those tanker waves and the current can get nasty there.

[Moonpie]

What always amazes me is people who wade out there often do not even know how to swim.

[Curmudgeon]

Prayers sent.


Curmudgeon only pawn in game of life.

[ubermensch1324]

That's why I have a WADE-AID wade belt . Those aren't made anymore but EZ WADE belt is the same thing .

That's a sad story. Prayers sent. Does that wade-aid belt actually float you? Just wondering if you've tried it out. I figured it floated but wasn't sure if it doubles as a life vest. Thanks.

[dbarham]

What always amazes me is people who wade out there often do not even know how to swim.

Exactly !!

[FP3]

only wade familliar territory, never deeper than your belt in my book

[buoy37]

Man, that is horrible...

[dbarham]

Pecker deep is usually good in winter in summer anything goes I dont think this guy knew how to swim the dike on the mosquito island side was ice cream yesterday I was there buying crabs at boyds an hour or so after this happened I rode down the dike and it was as calm as ever on the mosquito isle side and a dude still wading way out on the end.

[plugger]

Yea , WADEAIDE , EZWADE FLOATS ME . The deeper you wade it tends to ride up such that if you are not touching the bottom , it can end up under your armpits . If you don't have a gut like me you might get it tight enough to not ride up . Years ago when I was sculpted , I waded out chest deep and tucked up my legs and I floated . Before that I wore an inflatable PFD . The belt saved my butt a few times . You can drown even if you can swim . It's a good back support too . It's kinda like a water skiing belt .

[Root Canal]

I remember they put signs up in that area some time back after a Dad and his 2 boys were lost.
Just looked on Google street view (dated 2014) and NO Danger signs.
Doesn't make sense to me....They charge money now and can't pay to install a Danger sign
in the spot that has probably claimed the most lives.