The Arctic Armageddon is covering most of the country at this point and while it’s on everyone’s mind, we should talk about survival. Many of us will venture out to fish in the cold because our water temps are still warm enough to not need an auger. In doing so, we need to be prepared.
Numerous articles give you info about how to layer, stay away from cotton, wool is your friend etc etc. If you need help deciding how to dress, please seek one of those articles out. It will be different for every region so I won’t attempt to make a generalized list here.
What I do want to bring to the forefront is universal however. If you get swamped, submerged or turtle into the water, how long do you have before death can occur?
The PFD Manufacturers Association compiled all of the data and shared some scary numbers.