One of the roughest days I can remember close to home was on the final day of the 2013 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. My partner John Peterson and I had come close to winning the tournament several times and on that day I think we left the dock in fourth place. We ended up having an amazing final day in a protected bay way up the lake and didn’t really realize how rough the lake was. Fortunately, we had caught our fish and left with some time to get back figuring it would be a little bit rougher than usual. When we hit the first big stretch we realized it was much rougher than we had thought. 
John’s brother and nephew were fishing the tournament as well and we ran into them as they were getting ready to head back to the docks. We slowed down and yelled for them to follow us and that we would drive back together. They ended up spearing a wave shortly after, filling up their bass boat with water.