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Fishing: How To Fish: Safety

Cold Water Survival
Sudden immersion in cold water can induce rapid, uncontrolled breathing, cardiac arrest, and other physical body conditions which can result in drowning. Always wearing a PFD will help you survive in rapid immersion situations. In other situations where you must enter the water, here are a few things to follow:

  • Wear a PFD.
  • Button up your clothing.
  • Cover your head if possible and enter the water slowly.
  • Keep your head out of the water if at all possible.
  • Assume the H.E.L.P. position.


This information provided by U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety

 
More in this section...
  • Cold Water Survival
  • Enviromental Conditions
  • Getting Help on the Water
  • How to Protect Yourself from the Sun
  • Outdoor Recreation Safety: Fishing
  • Rough Water Readiness
  • The four ways to lose body heat
  • Weather

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