Duckshot
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- Sep 8, 2014
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I just got back from fishing the I.C. Did not catch any fish but still had an interesting day. Black Bart and all you other lads that follow the see might get a kick out of this-
So I was fishing this point on the intercoastal about 200 yards from a harbor channel the leads to the intercoastal channel. It's real shoal around there, with maybe two to three feet of water over the oyster beds and grass flats near the intersection of both channels. I'm sitting there fishing and some 20' boat in the I.C. channel lost power and like a fool dropped anchor right smack dab in the middle of the harbor channel mouth! About 20 minutes later that boat is still anchored there trying to restart his engine and here comes a 50' Bertram out of the harbor. Well the harbor channel is only like 40' between the markers! So leapt into action and sprint down to the harbor sea wall to try to warn this 50' Bertram. I get within shouting range waving both arms and scream "Watch out! There's a boat stuck in the channel! ", we were within derringer range but this Bertram is being single handed and the skipper couldn't hear me from the fly bridge. Then the skipper puts it out of gear and runs down to the aft deck, puts his hand to his ear, and I tried to warn him again of the navigation hazard in the channel. I'm not exactly sure, but I don't think he heard me or maybe he didn't understand my Yankee dialect. But, he nods his head, goes back up to the bridge, and continues on his way.
Well when he got up to the channel intersection, Then I think he knew what I was saying! He threw in reverse and stopped full. It seemed like it took about ten minutes while the Bertram skipper assessed the situation, then he put in gear and managed to tiptoe and squeak around the guy parked in his way. Man! Seems like they let every landlubber in town drive a boat around here! Either that or people are just plain careless with their half a million dollar plastic boats?
So I was fishing this point on the intercoastal about 200 yards from a harbor channel the leads to the intercoastal channel. It's real shoal around there, with maybe two to three feet of water over the oyster beds and grass flats near the intersection of both channels. I'm sitting there fishing and some 20' boat in the I.C. channel lost power and like a fool dropped anchor right smack dab in the middle of the harbor channel mouth! About 20 minutes later that boat is still anchored there trying to restart his engine and here comes a 50' Bertram out of the harbor. Well the harbor channel is only like 40' between the markers! So leapt into action and sprint down to the harbor sea wall to try to warn this 50' Bertram. I get within shouting range waving both arms and scream "Watch out! There's a boat stuck in the channel! ", we were within derringer range but this Bertram is being single handed and the skipper couldn't hear me from the fly bridge. Then the skipper puts it out of gear and runs down to the aft deck, puts his hand to his ear, and I tried to warn him again of the navigation hazard in the channel. I'm not exactly sure, but I don't think he heard me or maybe he didn't understand my Yankee dialect. But, he nods his head, goes back up to the bridge, and continues on his way.
Well when he got up to the channel intersection, Then I think he knew what I was saying! He threw in reverse and stopped full. It seemed like it took about ten minutes while the Bertram skipper assessed the situation, then he put in gear and managed to tiptoe and squeak around the guy parked in his way. Man! Seems like they let every landlubber in town drive a boat around here! Either that or people are just plain careless with their half a million dollar plastic boats?
Why have I not known about this
