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Red Cross Offers
Fishing Safety Tips
Angles on safety for America’s approximately 35 million anglers were given today by the American Red Cross as spring brought another fishing season. “Fishing can lead to a wide variety of accidents if the right safety precautions are not taken," Howard E. Camp, Jr., area director of Safety Services for the Red Cross Eastern Area, said. “Of the 6,800 persons who drowned last year, about 4,200 were people who did not intend to be in the water. Some of them were fishermen who fell into the water from piers, shores, and boats.” To help prevent drownings and other accidents among amateur fishermen, Mr. Camp offered these safety hints: If you’re going to fish safely you should know how to swim, know basic first aid, and include a first aid kit in" your gear. Listen to the weather forecast, in order to dress suitably.
i Take along some needlenose pliers, wire cutters, and a pocket-knife, and stow these as well as all fishing tackle, lines, and hooks in a covered container when they are not in use.
Leave word with someone where you plan to fish and approximately when you will return. It is an even better plan to take along a friend. When fishing in waters wherej there are swimmers, skinandj scuba divers, or water skiers! be alert to them as well as to other fishermen who may be casting near you. Do not go barefoot. Broken glass, nails, or other debris
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