Stupid,stupid,stupid
Page 9 in The West Australian today.
Oh dear
The West Australian ©
The trio were lucky to escape with their lives after nearly being swept off the rocks at Salmon Holes on Friday. Last month 18-year-old Mohammad Reza Mirzaie drowned at the same location.
Albany Sea Rescue Squad member Murray Martin captured a series of dramatic images of a king wave engulfing the men on the notoriously slippery rocks.
Miraculously, the men managed to keep their feet. After that they continued fishing.
"When it hit them I just thought, 'Here we go, we're going to have to do a search here'," Mr Martin said.
"It just astounds me that these people are so thick. How damn stupid can they be?"
ASRS president Jason Howard described the actions of the fishermen as "utter stupidity" and said they were doing "everything wrong".
"They had no flotation, they're wearing heavy clothes, they turned their back to the water and they're standing on wet slippery rocks," Mr Howard said.
"They were extremely lucky not to get washed off, all three of them."
After 15-year-old Nathan Drew drowned at Salmon Holes in 2003, a trust was formed to improve safety along the south coast.
Chairman of the Nathan Drew Memorial Trust, Theo Newhouse, said it was "devastating" to see people still fishing at Salmon Holes.
"There's no need to fish off those rocks, it's just too risky," he said.
"The chances of those men surviving if they went in were very, very small. Very small."
Mr Newhouse said the trust's safety message seemed to get through after Mr Mirzaie's death on April 2 but a small number of people continued to risk their lives by fishing off the rocks instead of the nearby beach.
He said he knew of 18 people who had slipped into the water at Salmon Holes in the past 12 months but were able to escape with the help of the flotation devices that the trust provides on site.
"(All those people) were very lucky to survive," he said.
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HuggyB
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whatever you do
dont elaborate or anything.
The Terrorist - coming to a fishing spot near you.........
grantarctic1
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This might help
very stupid..
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/9359646/rescuers-fume-over-stupid-anglers/
poddyfish
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dumb
no comment is worth a picture like that..... no wonder ppl drown - that is just plain lunacy on there behalf!
Fear The Spear............!
Spicey
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18 People been washed into
18 People been washed into the water there in 12 months !
What clowns. It is bad enough they risk their own life but also the rescuers.
swoffer
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I reckon if after all the
I reckon if after all the deaths there over the years and people still havent learnt , then maybe natural selection should be allowed to run its course.
You cant legislate for stupidity , there are plenty of warning signs all olong the coast . Why is common sense so uncommon .
Cammos
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I have to ask, is there some
I have to ask, is there some kind of magical mystical fish to be caught there?
hlokk
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Dont you know, you're
Dont you know, you're guaranteed to catch salmon at places with salmon in the name, and they cant be caught anywhere else... ;)
Darwin in action it seems :s
Ryan C
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bugger that!!!
there's no way i would fish there!!!
Tony Halliday
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total IDIOTS
total IDIOTS
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
crasny1
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Lucky stupid Mongrels
Thats about all I can say!
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
Gricko
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Seriously, no fish is worth
Seriously, no fish is worth your life your mates life no matter how good.....
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!
Pezdog
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Stuff That!
I have fished some pretty hairy areas around Aus but you wouldn't get me doing that.
Some people need to understand it's not worth risking for a couple fish!!
Cheers
Pezdog
MattMiller
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And to think
all that risk for a bloody Salmon. Complete oxygen thieves those 3
Zikoux
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Dumb
Dumb
A bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work.
Ryan C
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i would like Jack Dawsons opinion
he is obviously a very experienced rock fisherman , i wonder if he has fished there??
pudzz
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yeah....
great photo...
for gettin away with their lives..!
Reckon they are top blokes for fishin that spot.. anybody that that would put their life on the line for a fish is a true die hard fisherman in my books.. thumbs up too em..........
mateusz
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nearlly a darwin awards contender!!!
whats really dumb is that they didnt take the warning and kept on fishing!!!!
beached as bro!
madfishoholic
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stupid is as stupid does.
stupid is as stupid does. thats what momma always says.
I dont need counselling just a bigger boat
cudbfishn
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Hafta say that I wouldnt risk
Hafta say that I wouldnt risk my life to save theirs if they went in the drink.
Nath86
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Surely with all the new
Surely with all the new proposed sanctuaries it wouldn't be hard just to add that place to the list.
It's not about the fish, it's about fishing.
hlokk
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Current talk is about
Current talk is about commonwealth waters. Within 3nm is state waters which isnt covered by the new zones. Although, they could set up a state zone.
PattyT
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That is one of the most
That is one of the most ridiculous things I've seen. Absolute F-wits!
Shorty
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And the saddest thing is if
And the saddest thing is if they drowned,, there would be a flurry of posts on here about how sad it was R.I.P condelences to the family and i hope it was not a FW member etc,etc
MattMiller
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Yep morons,
and there probably laughing about it and think there awesome after seeing themselves on the nightly news.
harro
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jesus
that water has some power surge, would of washed up at least another 20-30m from that pic, mad buggers,
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Shorty
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I will be loseing any
I will be not be loseing any sleep next time a non swimmer fishing off there drowns,,it really has gone past the point of taking it seriously,,they are just lineing up to be fish food,,theres free loans of PFD's for folks down there,,over Easter they even set up a free PFD loan station right near the track in and still folks were walking past not taking advantage of it,,these folks are just candidates for the Darwin awards
JIM1
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i was there over easter and
i was there over easter and there where a few folk on the rocks, mind you they caught nothing but beach ppl like myself cleaned up. there the usual kind, give you the smirk, to confirm they are the bigger f**kwit as they walk past you to the rocks.
Gravity Sucks
j moule
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I was there that day and
I was there that day and those guys were there all morning they did not speak very good English when i spoke to them so maybe they can not read signs as well maybe thet should put a fence around that rock to stop the dumb arse people who fish there and risk the lives of people who have to rescue them
cudbfishn
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But there weraing big fluro
But there weraing big fluro jackets so you can see them lol.
alfred
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They are trying to make it
They are trying to make it safer for other folks.
Must have figured that if they drowned fishing there, a law will be passed to say "No Fishing" in that area.
Faulkner Family
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the words i would like to
the words i would like to call these people cant be put up on here as its a family site. no fish is worth your life and people like this are just straight out d heads. and to keep fishing after this close call, what else can you say
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Spinnerak
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And i thought when i was
And i thought when i was fishing at oyster reef it was dangerous....
Subway cookie is the best burley
Dreamweaver
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Yup - very stupid!
A lot of effort and discussion has gone on down this way about Salmon Holes. Folks still don't learn and take the risk.
Soon to be de "dreamweaver" ed!