Oklahoma man dies in noodling accident near Idabel

FROM STAFF REPORTS
Published: August 9, 2009

IDABEL — Authorities this morning recovered the body of a man who was
swept over a dam in the Little River near Idabel while he and two others
were noodling, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Christopher Dale Chapman, 27, of Idabel and a companion were caught in a
current and swept over a low-water dam about 4 p.m. Friday, troopers
said. They had been hand-fishing for catfish west of the dam on the
river's south bank.

Chapman disappeared under the water, but the other person made it to
shore, the patrol reported. Chapman's body was recovered around 6:20
a.m. today about 250 yards from where he was last seen.

Chapman was not using a flotation device, troopers said. The others were
not identified.



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Of course, our fab four, justhate, loogy, flajim and herring, don't need
lifejackets because...


....**** floats. :)

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:52:35 -0400, H the K
wrote:

IDABEL — Authorities this morning recovered the body of a man who was
swept over a dam in the Little River near Idabel while he and two others
were noodling, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.

Chapman was not using a flotation device, troopers said. The others were
not identified.

Wouldn't it be next to impossible to reach the fish with a jacket
pinning you to the surface. As I understand it, you dive for them.

Casady