Navigational Hazard unmarked Shark River Inlet

[Sea Run Hunter]

Shark River inlet navigational hazard. Old piling at intersection of north channel and east channel on back side of Shark River Island and Neptune City. Piling is no longer visible but it is still sticking out of the muck.
Here is longitude latitude. Piling is 15' off green bouey. Right between the red and green boueys in the middle of channel. Lifted our boat a foot and spun us when prop hit.
We reported incident to the Coast Guard. I received a call back from the CG. They stated that several boats had reported the hitting something this morning at this location.
Please see photo of Longitude Latitude

[Joey Dah Fish]

Thanks Capt

[hookset]

That channel in General is a hazard! Went through at about mid tide and about 200 yards into channel I feel the boat dragging in the bow, looked behind and just see the mud coming up in the wash. Didn't have any electronics on boat so before things got worse trimmed up and full reverse out! Waited for the tide to get lower and went under the fixed bridge on avon side! Been trying to borrow a paddle board since then to do depth test at diffent tide heights so that dosent happen again!!

Hope all is well with the boat and glad you made it safe

[Billfish715]

A piling? That sounds like a leftover from Sandy. The Coast Guard or the Corps of Engineers must have missed one.

[rumster]

That channel in General is a hazard! Went through at about mid tide and about 200 yards into channel I feel the boat dragging in the bow, looked behind and just see the mud coming up in the wash. Didn't have any electronics on boat so before things got worse trimmed up and full reverse out! Waited for the tide to get lower and went under the fixed bridge on avon side! Been trying to borrow a paddle board since then to do depth test at diffent tide heights so that dosent happen again!!

Hope all is well with the boat and glad you made it safe
Couldn't agree more that the whole channel is a hazard.

[jtjr09]

Its the old wooden channel marker that broke off during Sandy.

[dfish28]

Is that a spot burn??

[Sea Run Hunter]

Yeah. Drift over at low tide. Guaranteed to catch your boat for a few hours. While you are hung-up, you can catch all the seaweed you need for sushi. Don't tell anyone that is the secret seaweed spot.

The channel markers were relocated and now split the old wooden piling marker.

[Billfish715]

I've seen the small green buoys stuck in the mud along the channel just past the Belmar bulkhead as you head toward the back behind the condos. At low tide we always had to raise the engines. The red side was worse.

[MSaxatilus]

Thanks Capt!

[jakesdad]

That entire river is now an accident waiting to happen. I have been running out of Shark River since the early 60's, and this is by far the worst I have ever seen it.

Outside the main channel in the river it is now a bar on the Avon side, and shoaling on the Belmar side. Be careful everyone.

[hammer4reel]

I think it's time to petition coast guard to find out why it hasn't been dredged. Millions of dollars of boats there

[Striperswiper]

The last time the channels inside of the Rt 71 bridge were dredged was in the 80's
The responsibility is the State Department of Transportation.

There is money already allocated to dredge but there is no place to dewater or take the dewatered dredge to .

Sen Jen Beck and Freeholder Tom Arnone are working hard to make it happen.

Wall township has a place to dewater but won't allow it to be used.

It is a total cluster nut!

They had a press release that 100, 000 cubic yards will be dredged this fall.

That is less than 10% of what needs to be removed so basically it's pissing up wind.

The river is dying and in 20 more year it will be dead unless it's dredged.

Water and silt from as far away as Collingswood circle and Walmart area drains in so everything on the street like dirt leaves oil dog feces etc from the entire area fills in and pollutes the river basin.

[Sharkyispy]

Here are the GPS coordinates on the map. We believe we hit this two weeks ago returning in low tide as we rounded the channel heading into the E/W portion heading back to the docks. Was closer to the green can side as we came around it.

[DEEP POCKETS]

Thanks for the heads up guys much appreciated...