I probably could too, barring life, and unexpected twists and turns... I was shore fishing, as i usually do, and I waded out a little bit, that day there were quite a few harbor seals out and about, and they were brave ones too, anyway, I am in the water and before I know it, I see this large dark figure swimming toward me, I dropped my pole in the surf trying to make it back to shore, but fell in the water, thankfully I got my pole and made it to shore.The one on the left could fish everyday of his life!