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10-27-2010, 10:40 AM
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Did anyone get the number of that Freighter?
I was fishing the east end last night while a cargo freighter was going thru. I had a fish on, and as I fought the fish the draft from the ship drew the water from thigh deep to almost ankle deep in seconds.
THEN the return surge went from ankle deep to almost 8 feet in just as many seconds!
I had just enough time to turn and see the wall of water running along the shore and into my face!
Thank God for neoprene waders, as they kept me bobbing on the surface for the 5 or so seconds it took for the water to pass.
I finished the night a little damp, but drained.
What got me was that I was facing out from shore, expecting the water to return from the same direction it had drawn to.
WRONG! It drew out from shore but ran back in ALONG the shore, and with no breaking waves on the shore it was relatively quiet.
Had I not turned to my left and prepared for impact, I would have probably been knocked over and lost my rod in the tempest.
All in all, though, it was a good night!
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10-27-2010, 10:43 AM
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Sooo the big question remains... did you land the fish after the dunking?
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10-27-2010, 12:51 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
I was fishing the east end last night while a cargo freighter was going thru. I had a fish on, and as I fought the fish the draft from the ship drew the water from thigh deep to almost ankle deep in seconds.
THEN the return surge went from ankle deep to almost 8 feet in just as many seconds!
I had just enough time to turn and see the wall of water running along the shore and into my face!
Thank God for neoprene waders, as they kept me bobbing on the surface for the 5 or so seconds it took for the water to pass.
I finished the night a little damp, but drained.
What got me was that I was facing out from shore, expecting the water to return from the same direction it had drawn to.
WRONG! It drew out from shore but ran back in ALONG the shore, and with no breaking waves on the shore it was relatively quiet.
Had I not turned to my left and prepared for impact, I would have probably been knocked over and lost my rod in the tempest.
All in all, though, it was a good night!
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...and was it a good fish? |
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10-27-2010, 12:57 PM
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Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Yes, I landed the fish, and it was a keeper.
It wasn't a monster, but then at that point I wouldn't want a monster trying to pull me out to sea!
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10-27-2010, 01:03 PM
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Location: Easton, MA
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Was it the Cape side or the Mainland side? What were you catching them on? What stage of the tide? Also, please post any other pertinent information for all of us.  |
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10-27-2010, 01:16 PM
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I caught them on lures, in the water, at night, and the tide was changing.
Now, can we get back to the TOPIC at hand, or are we going to waste more time on spot-burning panty-waist rhetoric?
It troubles me that there's more interest in the fishing conditions than the fact that someone could've gotten hurt in.
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10-27-2010, 01:24 PM
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Location: Easton, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FishermanTim
I caught them on lures, in the water, at night, and the tide was changing.
Now, can we get back to the TOPIC at hand, or are we going to waste more time on spot-burning panty-waist rhetoric?
It troubles me that there's more interest in the fishing conditions than the fact that someone could've gotten hurt in.
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But you didn't get hurt. You posted a valuable lesson about being aware of the conditions you're fishing in and about how things can change and put you in danger quickly.
You could have done it without mentioning that you were catching fish at a specific location, no? Sorry if I struck a nerve. It was what I was trying to do. |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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10-27-2010, 02:04 PM
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BuzzLuck
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So it acted similar to a tsunami?
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 Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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10-27-2010, 03:19 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishbones
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You could have done it without mentioning that you were catching fish at a specific location, no? Sorry if I struck a nerve. It was what I was trying to do.
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How old are you? |
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10-27-2010, 03:27 PM
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LOL
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Originally Posted by numbskull
How old are you?
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If the response includes a 1/2 year then they're lying. ie 36-1/2 years old |
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10-27-2010, 03:28 PM
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Location: Easton, MA
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Originally Posted by numbskull
How old are you?
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Why would you ask that? If you need to know, you can click on my username, go to my page and find out. |
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them tools at their disposal that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. - Marco Rubio
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10-27-2010, 03:33 PM
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I think the implication is you are acting childish.
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10-27-2010, 03:45 PM
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Location: Easton, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
I think the implication is you are acting childish.
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It's not an act. 
And before anyone else gets riled up, it was a typo. I "wasn't" trying to strike a nerve. I wrote "was" by mistake. I was just busting chops based on the thread last week about the canal spot burning. |
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10-27-2010, 03:52 PM
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Retired Surfer
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Water displacemnt hulls do what you described. They are really unique in how these hulls push the water away from the ships hull before the ship traverses the area of water directly in from of the ship. First time it happened to me I thought God pulled the plug on me.
This stuff happens to every one of us who regularly fish the ditch. We are all happy you are O.K. But nonetheless, we all are just a little inured to these things.
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