Fishing ocean.....alone

[phatdaddy]

I go out alone often, either going over to a barrier island and walking over to pompano fish, trolling for grouper,Spanish or king. Probably the biggest risk is when i was pulling my stone crab traps because i was in a 13 ft whaler.

Of course most of this is in the bay, but cold water and wind are everywhere. I would much rather have company, but due to my work schedule or lack there of, i go when i can.

There was a guy here couple of years ago that was site fishing for cobia about 200 yards off the beach. He was heading west, he was standing on the gunnells and holding on to the t top. Slipped off and the boat kept chugging west. He swims to the beach and calls coast guard. They found the boat next day beached about 100 miles away near Pensacola .

4 stroke motor, full tank of gas and hydraulic steering, it just kept going