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Old 08-04-2009, 08:50 PM   #2
numbskull
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Originally Posted by jonnyfish View Post
help mate a charter this morning to block island. blasting out in pea soup condition is no fun, but right after the center wall the visiblity got better. saw no one tailing us, only doing 28-30 thank god for radar. got to the grounds and saw nobody. started fishing and the fun began. it was dodge boat time. there were boats coming out of nowhere, we saw them on our radar but was hard to move when we were on fish. saw lots of misses and close calls.how far would u go to find fish and oh yeah lots of fish today....
You say the visibility "got better"......but you also talk about "blasting out in pea soup condition". Running 28-30 kts by radar in dense fog is the sign of an inexperienced (or recklessly stupid) captain. Hopefully that is not what occurred.
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