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]

Originally Posted by 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

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!