A Fisherman Performs an Once-in-a-Lifetime Rescue by Hooking a Woman Caught in a Riptide

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A neighboring codfisherman’s hook got on the jeans of a desperate swimmer in South Africa, saving her life.

When there was no other assistance available, the man saved the 31-year-old woman using just a fishing rod and the expertise he had learned from countless casts into the affluent coastal waters of Mossel Bay.

Although the picturesque coastline is renowned as a wonderful surfing area, Diaz Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, is one beach where swimming is not advised due to strong currents that can carry swimmers out to sea.

Last Wednesday, an hour after midnight, a cod (kabeljou) fishermen spotted a woman in the water who appeared to be entangled in a powerful current that may potentially transport her out to sea.

According to the local press, he ran into the shallow water and kept throwing his line at her until the big codfish hook was fastened to her pants.

National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesman Craig Lambinon said, “Fishermen, angling from the shoreline, witnessed the lady in the water, and a local fisherman cast his fishing rod in her direction, with the fishing line attached to a Kabeljou fishhook.”

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He added, “As NSRI and emergency services were arriving on the scene, the fisherman managed to reel her in towards the beach, where a local fisherman waded into the water and helped her out of the water onto the beach once she reached waist-deep water.” “The local fisherman deserves praise for his efforts in saving the woman’s life.”

Given that codfish hooks are around the length of a man’s pinky finger, it’s no surprise that the fisherman’s cast found her clothing rather than her skin.