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Originally Posted by RedHerring
What do you think are the most dangerous surf locations?
In this area, I would think that Hazard Ave in Narragansett is the worst; the place is haunted by the lost souls of fishermen. I won't even fish there even though my grandfather had a place nearby and I had easy access.
The North Rip of Block Island is a place that will suck fishermen in with its siren call. When I was fishing there int he 80s, an oldtimer from Block was lost there. It is seductivey easy to walk way, way out...
The extreme tip of Gooseberry is radical and I am suprised that no one have been swept away there. I fished there a few times in my youth, but the prospect of being caught by a rising tide is too terrifying to deal with. If you fell in, you would float around Buzzards Bay all night dodging tugs and barges and commerical fishing boats out fo New Bedford. No thanks.
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I have to agree with all three of these.The sands on N-Rip are quite inviting..
Same with the deep water access of the Avenues..and Beavertail
Breezy Pt NY is another one of these type places gets swamped at high tide.
How do u leave a good bite??
I have fished the light in Montauk right after a hurricane maybe 8 yrs ago.Very uplifting..Fished some other precarious places in RI where the waves come out of no where.U can only do it on the calmest's of nights..Even then it's kinda scary..
RI is weird like that.U can be fishing fine for a hour and all of the sudden it's Hawaii 5/0...The worst encounter I've had was when I was on a jetty here in NJ.Rough water blitz conditions of large fish..Looking at the wave in awe when all of the sudden it dawned on me that I was gonna get it.As it rolled over it Blasted me 8 ft back in a milli second luckily a big rock stopped my progress.Luckily I was fine, shook my head and continued casting..Most who know me know I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack..Swept off does not bother me as much as getting tumbled.I have had the current floating me to NY before..swimming as hard as I could.I was just about to start stripping when I hit ground..Hold on to ur fishpole it can save ur life...It was three of us to this day I don't know how my friend made it..Getting tossed is bad..I always have a knife on my belt..I remember a post where Eben got hung up after getting blasted..Tumblina has no bearings..It's kinda scary..If u hit ur head ur done..Be careful out there.