Dangerous boating

[rumster]

Out fishing today for blackfish in a shitty swell. It took a little while to get them to chew, but once they did it was stupid fishing. 3 guys totaled 66 keepers in 3 hours to 11 lbs only keeping our 3 man limit. The dangerous boating part was part free entertainment, as good as it gets, coupled with absolute idiots who didn`t have a clue of what they were doing.
While we were bailing fish a boat (Tuna Pursuit) tries to anchor 4 times about 100 feet away from us off our bow. No problem there... After trying 4 times they were unsuccessful due to them using a ridiculously small wreck anchor for the size of the boat, let alone the conditions. They wondered why they couldn't hold with them trying to anchor on a broad based area of rock with so little scope that it was a LMAO moment. These guys did not belong on the water.
So now as we think the entertainment is over, these dicks decide to do a complete circle 30 feet from us in an attempt to steal the spot we were on. These idiots didn't even have a clue that we had a fair amount of scope out on our anchor of which they were going right over. Talk about not being aware of your surroundings with a real shitty swell today.
Are things that bad that you have to risk the lives of passengers on 2 boats? It`s times like this that I would have loved to have had a 5 minute conversation on land with this irresponsible a hole, who in his mind was protected by the 30 feet of water between the 2 boats. Please for every boaters safety get a clue!

[MSaxatilus]

Amen Brotha'!

[Short Cast]

You have to take a driving test to get your Auto drivers license and you see how people drive in this state. With boats there is not test and by your description no brains required to operate a boat, so what would you expect.

[darrenflynn]

They almost took our anchor lines out twice then proceeded to almost run over a smaller Parker center console next to us

[CubasFinest12]

They almost took our anchor lines out twice then proceeded to almost run over a smaller Parker center console next to us

The guys were total idiots. Coming 30-40 feet off of our bow with a pretty good sized swell pushing them right at us. Almost caught our anchor lines a few times

[Mattsea]

I would have liked to have conversations with the few guys who decide its a good ides to troll trough a million boats jig fishing today off the hook.

[rumster]

Does anyone know where this guy docks?

[Abrasion]

I was out there too. The guy was comedy, but totally dangerous. My joy was watching him toss over his marker buoy that used the same size anchor he was using to try to hold his boat.

He kept doing donuts at a silly high rate of speed for what seemed like no reason

[jerseyhunter]

All this amusement should have been caught on tape and put to Benny Hill music.

[Steve08753]

I was the guy in the Parker center console and that guy was a flaming A-hole. every time we swung on a fish he came closer. He circled us and set up right on an anchor line, it's easy to buy a boat but you can't buy a clue.

[CubasFinest12]

I was the guy in the Parker center console and that guy was a flaming A-hole. every time we swung on a fish he came closer. He circled us and set up right on an anchor line, it's easy to buy a boat but you can't buy a clue.

How many people need to scream at the guy before he gets the hint? Im no professional but the guy was an ignorant a-hole! After i screamed at him he buzzed off into the fleet kicking a pretty large wake while he went to circle another boat that was catching fish. For the hour i saw him he threw his tiny grapple 7 or 8 times dangerously close to my anchor line, a center console of my port side, and then he proceeded to almost take out a charter boat. there is no need for that crap when there is a nice 4-5 foot swell.

[Capt. Debbie]

Maybe he could snag someone else's anchor line and use that? Plenty of clueless out there.

Speaking of clueless, anyone hear details on that pontoon boat that flipped outside Manasquan Friday? I like to teach lesson learned in my classes.

Contrary to a few posts, pontoon boats do NOT have a high center of gravity. The only high weight is all passengers running to one side in a beam to sea.

Any news? Sad event. Incoming swells vs outgoing tide. Ride the slot.



How many people need to scream at the guy before he gets the hint? Im no professional but the guy was an ignorant a-hole! After i screamed at him he buzzed off into the fleet kicking a pretty large wake while he went to circle another boat that was catching fish. For the hour i saw him he threw his tiny grapple 7 or 8 times dangerously close to my anchor line, a center console of my port side, and then he proceeded to almost take out a charter boat. there is no need for that crap when there is a nice 4-5 foot swell.

[mikeytheflop]

Some guy steaming out to the blackfishing grounds last week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE2Pz8k8TUA











hahahaha just kidding ;):p:rolleyes::eek:

[NoLimit]

Contrary to a few posts, pontoon boats do NOT have a high center of gravity.

In hull design, the "Pontoon Effect" refers to boats with high CG that capsize readily with relatively small lateral forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_effect

The only weight below the water line is a few hundred lbs of aluminum. That works a lot different than something like a trawler with 70% of its weight below the water line.