Would you fish in these conditions?

[vando]

Rock fishing is always fun. But you would have to think twice about going out in conditions that the guy in this clip is fishing in:

bragnrelease.com/...view.asp?VideoID=169

Anyone been caught out badly and wished they stayed at home?
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[tubeN2]

That is a cool video. Thanks for sharing. I haved fished in conditions similar to that and did escape injury. I wouldn't recommend that type of risk to others.[cool]


***I had to disable the link in your post. It leads to a website with a forum. They disallow that on these boards***
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[vando]

This is what the guy in the video asked me to post on his behalf:

"I grew up less than 1 mile from this spot and have fished from this rock since I was 12 years old. As young kids in the local surf club, we’d come here to body surf bigger waves than these, back into the deeper waters behind where we fish. While I don’t advocate reckless behaviour on the rocks, I have been a rock fisherman all my life and I figure I’d be the best judge of a situation that I put myself into.
I knew the tides, the wind, the swell, I watched it for 1 hour. There was a ground swell, so there was always that possibility it could get lumpy, even though the tide was well on the way down. Accordingly, I told the others not to fish unless I gave them the nod …….. and the rest you saw.
The freak set I said could be a possibility, became a reality, so rather than surf it effortlessly to the deeper pool behind, I instead confronted it and saw it through. It’s no giant feat or act of irresponsibility either, it’s just a bit of fun at a fishing spot I love and know like the back of my hand. "
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[tubeN2]

All is cool when you are comfortable with a spot like that. It sure makes it fun to fish too.[cool]
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