Backwater Eddy

[marine_man]

I am sorry to pass along the news that Backwater Eddy passed away doing what he loved:

Man's body recovered in presumed accidental drowning south of Moorhead

MOORHEAD – The body of a Moorhead fisherman was recovered from a creek south of the city on Sunday in what appears to be an accidental drowning, Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist said.

By: Forum staff reports, INFORUM

MOORHEAD – The body of a Moorhead fisherman was recovered from a creek south of the city on Sunday in what appears to be an accidental drowning, Clay County Sheriff Bill Bergquist said.

The man was identified as 49-year-old Edwin Carlson, formerly of Sargent County, N.D. His body was sent to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy, Bergquist said.

The sheriff’s office responded at 5:40 p.m. Sunday to the 12000 block of Third Street South, about nine miles south of Moorhead, to check on the welfare of a man fishing on Wolverton Creek. Carlson’s white van was parked along the road at a bridge where he’d fished many times, but he wasn’t around it, Bergquist said.

“When we had that little rainstorm yesterday, some of the neighbors drove by and his van was sitting there wide open, windows open, radio playing, and he wasn’t around, so they closed it all up for him,” Bergquist said. “They thought maybe he’d walked down the river a ways. And then after the rain got over, they came back, looked for him but couldn’t find him, so they called us.”

A search dog and boats from Valley Water Rescue and the Sabin Fire Department were used to search the area. The Sabin boat crew found the body about one-eighth of a mile from the bridge.

Bergquist said a lot of the man’s footprints had been washed away by the rain, but there was some mud on the edge of a concrete bridge culvert where the man apparently had been standing, and it “looked like he maybe slipped in,” he said.

“There were no indications on his body of anything but that, but the autopsy will tell us that,” he said.

Carlson’s family members in North Dakota and South Dakota were notified of his death.

The incident remains under investigation.

Ed will be missed...

marine_man

[Surface Tension]

This is a very sad day. Ed is going to missed for sure.

My condolences to Ed's family and friends.

[DTro]

It's a very sad day for MN fishing and for us here at HSO. Ed was one of the original members here and contributed in a lot of intangible ways that might never be fully appreciated.

On a personal note, I learned a lot from his posts over the years and any time a respected member of the "catfish community" passes it is a sad day for me.

Farewell Backwater Eddy, may you find some beautiful rivers on the other side.

[Rick]

I will miss a very dear friend.

Farewell for now and God Bless you Ed!!!

[Shack]

Ed's the type of guy that if a person did not know of him, they had/were missing out. ED has provided more to the internet fishing industry than most will ever know. ED was more of a "one a one" guy and but had an impact using this basis greater than if it were being televised or broadcasted.

Always willing to help when needed and ALWAYS on the side of having fun. Ed Carlson will be sorely missed and it sure was a sad day for the internet outdoors forum world/life style when this news broke.

Take it easy ED and thanks dude!

[Borch]

I'm at a loss for words losing a man so full of life, energy and knowledge that he willingly shared with all. Prayers go out to his family and freinds.

Ed may your clicker be screaming on the otherr side. Farewell.