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Saw this earlier then went to see my mum in her nursing home and straight away was told not to go fishing , she had read it in paper , according to paper his friend went to check on him when conditions worsened , not trying to lessen the outcome but you just wonder how prepared he was , fished in minus 14 last winter and minus 8 earlier this year but never felt it , but still very sad
 
Robert Beal said:
Saw this earlier then went to see my mum in her nursing home and straight away was told not to go fishing , she had read it in paper , according to paper his friend went to check on him when conditions worsened , not trying to lessen the outcome but you just wonder how prepared he was , fished in minus 14 last winter and minus 8 earlier this year but never felt it , but still very sad
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Absolutely Robert, you and I and countless others have fished in conditions similar to those to be encountered on that night with no problems at all...there must be more to this than meets the eye so far. People will do the daftest things and hope to survive....no doubt this will turn out to be due to a pre-existing illness, or something avoidable.

Cheers, Dave.
 
well if your going to fish in them conditions, your gone make sure, you are well prepared with a good double skin bivvy really good thermal clothings and a good bottle of gas, plenty of hot drinks, and a partner, ,well i think whats iffy with this is, this fellow was a seasoned angler ????? and i tend to agree with david, somthing not right ?????
 
Sadly early symptoms of mild hypothermia are lethargy, tiredness and loss of judgement which can quickly lead to a downwards spiral. I have witnessed it a number of times in my career having spent time in the Arctic and Antarctic and it is usually down to a colleague to notice it and do something about it. Scary and tragic that it happens to one out alone.
 
Sad story but if it's -11 or whatever then quite why anyone would want to night fish is beyond me regardless of what you're wearing.
 
Poor bloke was probably on his chinstrap and did not know it.

In conditions like that you have to keep a check on each other, you can go downhill real quick.

I'm far too old for that sort of thing now days, I only fished once into dark this term and I went home because it was too cold, when I got in the car it was +4C!!

What a wimp!!!!!!

Tight lines chaps
 
Keith Speer said:
Poor bloke was probably on his chinstrap and did not know it.

In conditions like that you have to keep a check on each other, you can go downhill real quick.

I'm far too old for that sort of thing now days, I only fished once into dark this term and I went home because it was too cold, when I got in the car it was +4C!!

What a wimp!!!!!!

Tight lines chaps
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Thing is Keith, he was found dead in his bivvy! When I was carp fishing regularly, up until a couple of years back, I regularly woke up in the morning to find the lake had frozen over during the night....often even the half cup of tea or whatever on the tub come table beside my bedchair would be frozen solid. Lord knows what the temperature had got down to some nights, but I was invariably as warm as toast....because I had the proper gear for the job.

I have a feeling this poor chap was either already ill in some way, or....apart from the bivvy....may not have been prepared at all :( Many people have no idea how cold it can get in the early hours, when the body is at it's lowest ebb.

Cheers, Dave.
 
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