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Capt. Kevin · #1 07-13-2015, 10:43 AM

I did!!!

DonJose · #2 07-13-2015, 11:23 AM

Very sad to say a friend of a friend learned a VERY difficult leason a few years back when he took out another friends kids with his own. A kid fell off the side of the boat & was sucked under by the engines. He was killed instantly. I hate to even mention this story as an innocent kid lost his life & a man's conscience will forever be guilty.

Let it bet a cautionary tale. Boating is awesome fun. Just be safe. Parents if you sent your kids off with someone else to go fishing, boating or whatever, please make sure you know who it is, that they're responsible & have a license.

I hope I never hear another story like this again. Sadly I know eventually we all will.

Be safe guys & when you see something like this - speak up even if you get the 1 finger salute. That blood won't be on your hands for not speaking up.

rumster · #3 07-13-2015, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Capt. Kevin

I did!!!

Good Job. Hopefully an ass reaming from a commercial guy carry's some weight as to just how much of an ******* he was. Like other posters have mentioned, this is why I avoid weekends like the plague unless its very early or very late in the season.

Gerry Zagorski · #4 07-13-2015, 12:05 PM

Email him this article

http://www.njfishing.com/NJ_Fishing_Safety.php

stevelikes2fish · #5 07-13-2015, 12:28 PM

Was out couple weeks ago, off about 10 miles or so on a six pack charter. Anchored up, no one in sight. Low and behold, up comes a local dive boat. So they wanted to get on the piece we were on. I'm like really, the entire ocean, this is the only piece worth diving on. After donuting the spot for like 20 minutes, they cross ever so close to our bow, mind you we are clearly anchored up. Captain starts calling on radio to be careful, your right over our anchor line. No responese. Next thing ya know, they drop anchor right along side of us. Mind you, we are swaying left to right with the breeze and current. I'm saying to myself, this should be interesting. We continue to catch fish, and at one one point captain of boat I was on yells over to warn the captain of the dive boat to inform his divers about our anchor line, which is tightening and slacking up due to the currents. Other captain says it's ok. Suddenly, we look down, and to our amazement, there are bubbles coming up all around the boat! Port side, starboard side, stern and bow. They are litterally swimming directly under the boat. All fishing suddenly stopped(womder why). After witnessing this for like 20 minutes or so, we evr so cautiously pulled up on the anchor and left the area.
My point is, there is a lot of stupid people around today and I think common sense and curtosity(or lack of) contributes more and more to this. Youy see it everyday, all around, on land, inshore, offshore and yes, up in the air.
I am not a diver, however I've always had a great interest in the hobby. One thing I do know for sure. That is if I was on a dive charter, the last thing I would want other than the main dive line I am descending down upon, would be to swin under an anchored fishing boat with six fisherman bouncing 10 oz. sinkers and an anchor rope become taugh and slack. I snapped a few photos of the boat as well as the bubbles from all around the boat. However, out of respect towards the captain whose boat I was aboard as well as not embarrasing the other boat, I'll keep those pics to myself, filed away in the stupid folder and joining a few other wild acts I've encountered in the last several years.
STUPID, don't attempt to fix it, trust me, I've tried.

tautog · #6 07-13-2015, 01:10 PM

The Point Pleasant RR Bridge is idiot central. I don't know how many times a kayaker, jetski or skiff has cut in front of a 100 ft steel boat immediately in front of that narrow passage.

broken bobber · #7 07-13-2015, 03:42 PM

NJSP can put a permanent station between the gas docks on the Shrewsbury River and write enough tickets to pay for the department budget for the year...

HDMarc · #8 07-13-2015, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by tautog

The Point Pleasant RR Bridge is idiot central. I don't know how many times a kayaker, jetski or skiff has cut in front of a 100 ft steel boat immediately in front of that narrow passage.

It was horrible on Sunday when that bridge opened back up, but when the Paramount returned from their trip, captain blew his horn and steamed right through all of the idiots that were screwing around, was a good sight to see them all scatter to get out of his way.

tautog · #9 07-13-2015, 07:09 PM

Glad Frances got through them. There have been some close calls the part few years, especially with yaks.

Capt. Debbie · #10 07-14-2015, 10:17 AM

Your description sounded more like the Parmount added to the free for all.

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Originally Posted by HDMarc

It was horrible on Sunday when that bridge opened back up, but when the Paramount returned from their trip, captain blew his horn and steamed right through all of the idiots that were screwing around, was a good sight to see them all scatter to get out of his way.