My mate had a diabetes hypo after playing a double figure carp and fell in the lake face down, I jumped in to save him, turned him over, pulled him to the bank and gave him CPR while up to my waist in water and on the phone to the emergency services, then held onto him holding him up for 45minutes until the paramedics and fire brigade arrived.
He's 6ft5 over 20stone and it took 5 firefighters drag him out of the water.
The fish also survived.
So when Dave says he owes me his life, he means it...
He's 6ft5 over 20stone and it took 5 firefighters drag him out of the water.
The fish also survived.
So when Dave says he owes me his life, he means it...
I spose apart from my post 1 my other significant WORST day I should share
day 2 of a 2 week French trip and unusual for me I went with a mate as we had booked a big double swim on a Large French owned lake
we could use boats and shared a 2 metre inflatable I had spent quite a few hours that day pressure cooking our shared sack of hempseed this was in one of those large polly bucket things parked in between us as
my m8 decided to pull the boat up on the bank between us to clean up some spilt bait
I was fishing with braid and used to like using the off the ground casting
and all the time he had been pulling the boat out and poncing about I had noticed what looked like a big fish well off to the left of my spots so despite it was probably close to the limit of my casting I had to give it a go
so eyes on the prize all the time I wizzed the left rod that had not been out long
and hung on one of my ready made 5 boily PVA strings
keeping my eyes fixed to spot I felt the donk of the lead hitting the ground behind me
((not knowing my pal instead of dragging the trug of hemp back further the plonker had dragged it behind me next to my shelter ?
of course as I REALLY gave it the biggun !! and it hooked the handle and I experienced a new burning level of pain trust me !
a point worth noting !!! on arrival at the nearest hospital THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT UNTIL I PRODUCED PASSPORT AND MY EHIC card (European Health Insurance Card) AND FILLED IN THE FORMS THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LET MY M8 FILL IT IN !!!!! IM RIGHT HANDED AND STRUGGLED WITH MY LEFT HAND DOING IT
however on a good note the guy that sewed it said it was lucky as he was a micro surgeon
it had actually grooved the bone but not gone thru it was rather a lot of stitches half of them you cant see in the picture
oh yea and the Iodine he tipped on it as he said lake water can cause lots of infections
I think my bum bit a lump out of the chair !!!!
day 2 of a 2 week French trip and unusual for me I went with a mate as we had booked a big double swim on a Large French owned lake
we could use boats and shared a 2 metre inflatable I had spent quite a few hours that day pressure cooking our shared sack of hempseed this was in one of those large polly bucket things parked in between us as
my m8 decided to pull the boat up on the bank between us to clean up some spilt bait
I was fishing with braid and used to like using the off the ground casting
and all the time he had been pulling the boat out and poncing about I had noticed what looked like a big fish well off to the left of my spots so despite it was probably close to the limit of my casting I had to give it a go
so eyes on the prize all the time I wizzed the left rod that had not been out long
and hung on one of my ready made 5 boily PVA strings
keeping my eyes fixed to spot I felt the donk of the lead hitting the ground behind me
((not knowing my pal instead of dragging the trug of hemp back further the plonker had dragged it behind me next to my shelter ?
of course as I REALLY gave it the biggun !! and it hooked the handle and I experienced a new burning level of pain trust me !
a point worth noting !!! on arrival at the nearest hospital THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT UNTIL I PRODUCED PASSPORT AND MY EHIC card (European Health Insurance Card) AND FILLED IN THE FORMS THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LET MY M8 FILL IT IN !!!!! IM RIGHT HANDED AND STRUGGLED WITH MY LEFT HAND DOING IT
however on a good note the guy that sewed it said it was lucky as he was a micro surgeon
it had actually grooved the bone but not gone thru it was rather a lot of stitches half of them you cant see in the picture
oh yea and the Iodine he tipped on it as he said lake water can cause lots of infections
I think my bum bit a lump out of the chair !!!!
Being beside a train line, squatting down arse out, when the packed 9am commuter train came past, an absolute sea of faces all seemingly watching me do my morning business 🤣🤣🤣
I've ended up in A&E having stitches in my hand from a pikes tooth cut. I've accidentally done a forward flip off a dam wall into the lake on a pushbike with tackle strapped to it.
Funniest of the lot though (to me atleast) was my mate getting his rods tangled in an electric fence while carrying them. The time between shocks meant he couldn't let go!!! I had to run the length of the fence to find the control box and disconnect it!
All many years ago though
I've ended up in A&E having stitches in my hand from a pikes tooth cut. I've accidentally done a forward flip off a dam wall into the lake on a pushbike with tackle strapped to it.
Funniest of the lot though (to me atleast) was my mate getting his rods tangled in an electric fence while carrying them. The time between shocks meant he couldn't let go!!! I had to run the length of the fence to find the control box and disconnect it!
All many years ago though
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OG that is a serious pic
OG that is a serious pic
Have posted this on a previous thread but still makes me wonder why I keep doing these trips !!
Quite a few unfortunately !!
Most of them on one trip though, fishing at a remote lodge in Zambia for tigerfish.
Day 1, one of our boats got bumped and bitten by a hippo.
Day2 we pulled into the riverbank to bypass some nasty rapids, spoke to 4 native kids that were playing and messing about on the bank, handed over the usual sweets and pencils etc, came back 10 minutes later to collect the 2nd boat to find only 3 youngsters, one had been taken by a crocodile in that short period and never seen again
Day 3 we nearly had somebody washed over the waterfall when they lost their footing, thankfully we managed to grab his ankle and he was saved the 20m drop into a pool of crocs.
Day 4 some of the guys were taking photos of 'just some snake' that had come out from a nearby termite mound for a slither around the camp. Turned out to be an 8ft Black Mamba that unfortunately had to be despatched, it had been partly injured by one of the camp staff but I had to deliver the coup de grace before it used it's last energy to tag one of my customers !!
Day 5 was a peaceful day !!
Despite that it was one of the best trips we've had.
Got called over to a guy who had been injured on Lake Nasser once, asked if we had any plasters on our boat. Poor guy had slipped on one of the mountain tops into a crevass and had gouged his thigh almost to the bone. Just missed Femoral artery so could only clean it out, soak in iodine and steristrip it back together. Met him in the hotel after the trip and he'd had 160 stitches once he got back to civilisation.
On returning from a trip to Panama a couple of years ago I was sat in my office a few days later when my daughter announced that we had a scorpion in the dining room !! Managed to shut the cat away and capture it before disposing of it, I may have had a bit of a bollocking for that one !!! Little sod had crawled into my gear at the lodge and survived going through the wash and had fallen out of my shorts that were drying out in the dining room on an airer.
Quite a few unfortunately !!
Most of them on one trip though, fishing at a remote lodge in Zambia for tigerfish.
Day 1, one of our boats got bumped and bitten by a hippo.
Day2 we pulled into the riverbank to bypass some nasty rapids, spoke to 4 native kids that were playing and messing about on the bank, handed over the usual sweets and pencils etc, came back 10 minutes later to collect the 2nd boat to find only 3 youngsters, one had been taken by a crocodile in that short period and never seen again
Day 3 we nearly had somebody washed over the waterfall when they lost their footing, thankfully we managed to grab his ankle and he was saved the 20m drop into a pool of crocs.
Day 4 some of the guys were taking photos of 'just some snake' that had come out from a nearby termite mound for a slither around the camp. Turned out to be an 8ft Black Mamba that unfortunately had to be despatched, it had been partly injured by one of the camp staff but I had to deliver the coup de grace before it used it's last energy to tag one of my customers !!
Day 5 was a peaceful day !!
Despite that it was one of the best trips we've had.
Got called over to a guy who had been injured on Lake Nasser once, asked if we had any plasters on our boat. Poor guy had slipped on one of the mountain tops into a crevass and had gouged his thigh almost to the bone. Just missed Femoral artery so could only clean it out, soak in iodine and steristrip it back together. Met him in the hotel after the trip and he'd had 160 stitches once he got back to civilisation.
On returning from a trip to Panama a couple of years ago I was sat in my office a few days later when my daughter announced that we had a scorpion in the dining room !! Managed to shut the cat away and capture it before disposing of it, I may have had a bit of a bollocking for that one !!! Little sod had crawled into my gear at the lodge and survived going through the wash and had fallen out of my shorts that were drying out in the dining room on an airer.
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I once got bullied into the water by a herd of aggressive cows. Doesn't really compare ...
I once got bullied into the water by a herd of aggressive cows. Doesn't really compare ...