I lived on one of the largest lakes in AR for several years and this makes sense to me.
I don’t know what the breakdown is on cause of death on this chart, but we had a lot of fisher folk die in boating accidents mainly.
Locals and out of towners would be doing some night fishing or early morning fishing and not see a dock, another boat, or a sand bar and boosh. Dead. Happened every year. These were boating accidents, though - I don’t recall reading about anybody hooking themselves to death, being eaten by a killer bass, or swallowing a lure on accident.
There are boating fatalities every year around here in NH both on the lakes and especially in the Atlantic.
My father in laws best buddy(a sailor with 35 years experience)went out for one last drink in Camden, ME about 20 years back in August. he was found floating in the harbor the next morning. They figured he slipped trying to get into the dinghy and went under. He was 20’ from shore.