What was that just north of Boston?

[nightfighter]

Was fishing east facing rocks on Marblehead neck tonight. Around 6:30, I think, my fishing partner asks me if that is a C130 above us. It was. And as we looked towards Boston we saw 18 steerable parachutes descending, I presume, into the waters off Nahant or Winthrop. Also saw USCG red inflatables in the distance with blue lights on. Cannot find anything in the news as yet......

[Nebe]

Training mission?
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[nightfighter]

And the shore fishing has picked up, a lot, beginning last night. 20 and 30 pound class fish are around. Its beginning!!!!!

[5/0]

Exercise ops.
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[rphud]

Three Blackhawks doing laps around the harbor at low altitude (i.e. under the Logan takeoff traffic) and then started to detour through the city a bit on the last laps. Kept at it for quite a while.

[FishermanTim]

EPO poaching raid?

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

And the shore fishing has picked up, a lot, beginning last night. 20 and 30 pound class fish are around. Its beginning!!!!!

yea.they are on the move. I had those fish( that size class) for 2 weeks. selectively feeding and generally being fussy.. last Thursday I got 27 all in that size range... feeding like it was the last supper. now I know why they were so aggressive...Tues /Wednesday...nothing but schoolies...

[piemma]

Some of us have been saying it for YEARS. The Fall run begins a lot earlier than most think. I remember I crushed 30 to 40 # fish at Ballston the last week in August many years ago. They weren't residents I can assure you.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by piemma

Some of us have been saying it for YEARS. The Fall run begins a lot earlier than most think. I remember I crushed 30 to 40 # fish at Ballston the last week in August many years ago. They weren't residents I can assure you.

Right there with ya...soon as the length of day starts shortening.. they get restless.. same as the spring...

[Swimmer]

Bunch of helicopters flying all over Bean Town durig the same time. It was a training exercise. Funny story............one night in the eighties, early 80's when Weymouth Naval Air Station was still active I was sitting on the desk in the station and the phones lit up at the same time I heard this god awful roar that was getting louder and louder. One of the first callers yelled into the phone, "you've got as huge plane crashing in your town right now". Ran out side and right over the town hall was a C5 300' off the deck. Called the Naval Air Station withe a number we had, and the officer who answered said they were doing low level, under the radar, landing exercises. He said I might hear, and see it again. I heard it again, but it didn't fly over me the next time. Jesus H. was that plane loud.

[BigBo]

I remember that well Frank. Having lived near the end of the air strip for 37 years now, we saw it all.
I was in Braintree today and saw a lot of police at a facility from towns all over. The electronic sign said police training exercises being conducted. Many of them were in full riot and SWAT gear, so maybe there are other activities going on elsewhere as well.
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[BigFish]

Pretty sure I know who was on the copters......but I was asked not to say!

[Slipknot]

I remember that as well Frank, that was not the only time. I lived in Abington a long time.


Training exercise, right

[bloocrab]

yeah, my son thought it was pretty cool....we were stuck in Boston traffic around 6....and witnessed three mil. choppers flying bye