Anyone else kept up with the missing brothers in the Shoals area- Velcro Pygmies

Meant to post this on the OTB.

Yah. I think the water level was down a pretty good bit. I'm surprised it took this long for one of them to be found though. Hope for the families sake the other brother is found quickly so they can begin to grieve and heal.

I live here in the area, and this did not happen at night. The accident happened in the afternoon.

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I read earlier, that a fisherman found one of the bodies, I didn't know which one. So many things can go wrong night fishing, it compounds problems when the water is cold, like it is now.

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When the water is low and cold ... we've lost many a boater out here on Lake Murray to running under docks at night. It's never pretty either.

Are there a lot of stumps in that lake where they were lost? Stumps can get you too, in low water.

But it's probably going to be running into a dock.

Was it cold there on March 2nd? It wasn't here.

Really sad and it truly is a scary situation. 2 years ago I was lost for almost 36 hours. It was the scariest feeling of our life's. Every time you go out on the boat or anything you hear of these stories and say it won't happen to me. That's why you always have a plan and you tell someone where your going. As we was out there and the boat drifted away on the tide change we didn't realize it until it was too late. If not for my friends wife knowing he should of made it back in time for work and her knowing about where we might be fishing at we may have been out there a lot longer then we were.

how in the world do you flip a bass boat?

All that proves is that I fish with a boat with gunnels so that I can fish in the ocean safely.

It also proves your ignorance and redneck tendencies. Bless your heart.

Now, assmunch, do you have an answer to my question or are you just trolling in a thread about folks missing from a boating accident thereby disrespecting those that died?

I really doubt boating while intoxicated is the only way to flip a bass boat.

We have had a lot of rain in the past month. The spillways and turbines were running that day as I remember. The water levels were slightly above average but the currents were pretty bad. I heard the boat, which was found against the bridge, had damage to the bottom of the boat. Having fished that area before I know it is not hard to get in the current and hit some of the boulders or rocks hiding just beneath the surface. if you are thrown out of the boat into that current, your only hope is a good lifejacket. I was not surprise they found at least one of the bodies down stream. When you sink after you drown the time it takes your body to surface is dependent upon many things including the water temp and the fat in your body. My suspicions are that the other body is downstream as well if not caught underneath some obstruction. It is sad. This river is a dangerous place and we lose several people a year in this area to boating accidents.