Debris in Raritan Bay

[crewchief2]

I have seen tons of info and articles on debris in Barnegat, but nothing about Raritan. Does anyone know how it looks down there, was thinking of fishing cliffwood beach this weekend, i know it's early, but the fever is getting so bad, i just have to wet a line. thanks

[Canyonfish]

Fished Union Beach on Sunday 3/10 (from the surf) .... windy and water clarity bad ... but no snags and did not see anything sticking up above the surface .... Boating .... may be a differnt story ....:cool:

[CancunPete]

CrewChief2...Not knowing what size boat you have , I have been telling my customers it would be wise to carry a spare prop. If you have a stainless prop on now, might be a good idea to replace it with an aluminum one. The stainless prop is not going to give if/when you do hit something and may do more damage to the lower unit..At most ,if you have an aluminum prop on ,as least it will bend/break and maybe save more headaches down the road..Go slow and be careful..Pete

[shresearchdude]

In the Navesink it seemed that all the debris got carried up high on the shorelines and that is where it has stayed.

It's not the same in RB as in BB where entire homes got washed into the bay.. But I haven't been in Raritan bay yet-so I could be wrong.


attached-some knocked out fish from some work last year...

[flyersnfluke]

I had posted in another thread about what I have heard, and what I observed the morning after Sandy. One of my contacts out at sandy hook tells me that the day after they cleanup a section of the beach, there's tons of debris back on the beach, some of it big. It has gotten better over time, but they're still getting stuff. There were some houses, or parts of houses, from union beach, keansburg, port monmouth, that wound up in the bay. There were parts of roofs floating off of port monmouth/belford, I say parts because I can only comment on what I could see above water. Be careful, and I think the suggestion of switching to an aluminum prop is a great idea (and bringing an extra).

[stugots]

I have been seeing SeaStreak going full speed across the bay. Should be fine in the deep water

[crewchief2]

Guys, thanks for all the input, at this point i wasnt even thinking of putting my boat in, was only planning on a little beach fishing. But again, thanks for all the answers.

[Capt Sal]

I think we should all carry some marker jugs with sash wieghts.If you find a sunken boat or debris mark it!

[DoubleG]

I think we should all carry some marker jugs with sash wieghts.If you find a sunken boat or debris mark it!

Great idea! I am going to rig up some markers and store them on the boat.

[mako28]

Wondering if Old Orchard light went down in one piece or is it a debri field.

[Capt. Debbie]

The old seaman used to warn that days after a moon tide.


So high high water beach debris gets relaunched. All dried out and floqaing high.

That's why real rainy storms you will see branches and tree trucks swept out of the Raritan River into the Bay. Slowly sinking a little bit every day as it becomes water logged again.