Who fish's chatham?

[capesams]

" We typically lanuch out of Oyster boat ramp "

where the heck is that??

[Skitterpop]

Oyster River in Chatham?

[Little Round]

You mean the Barnhill ramp?
That is what everybody calls it.
It will be diffrent this year in Chatham b/c the Southway. The tides are kinda changing. The tides are not as big b/c the water isn't moving the same way as it has in years past. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but I just think it will be diffrent.

[Sluggoslinger]

Originally Posted by Little Round

You mean the Barnhill ramp?
That is what everybody calls it.
It will be diffrent this year in Chatham b/c the Southway. The tides are kinda changing. The tides are not as big b/c the water isn't moving the same way as it has in years past. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but I just think it will be diffrent.

I think it could be a good thing for the end of south monomoy. The tides may be smaller at stage harbor but out at the tip their will be much more water flowing around to fill the sound. I bet it will change and move some of the rips. I'm always excited for spring in chatham to see what winter delt us. Last year their were major changes, I took a plane up so I could check it out. I might do that this spring as well. You really get a good feel for where the rips are and especially the rivers on the west side.

[Little Round]

Ryder's might be a little hard to get out of this year. 3 Reasons 1. I think that I heard a boat trying to get out of ryder's/bassing harbor to go clamming 2 days ago, and all I could hear was the engine wine like it was beached as soon as it was trying to get over to the channel. I didn't take a look, but I knew that is what happened. It was a clammer too, so you can't say that is was just some yahoo stuck in the middle of the summer. 2. the south end of nauset is closing in toward the light house. There is a big bar that has developed to make the channel pretty tight, right at the end of Holway st. where the rocks are. 3. The outer bar some days I believe is giving trouble to the commercail boats and the CG, at low tide. When it is calm it dosen't look so bad, but when it blows out, it looks nasty at the light house lately.

[Moses]

Originally Posted by capesams

" We typically lanuch out of Oyster boat ramp "

where the heck is that??

Sorry, I believe the official name is Barnhill but I refer to it as Oyster.

[capesams]

just letting some air outta ya trailer tire....havn't dumped the boat in there for years as they cut off most of the parking and cut the ramp in half.

[Moses]

Originally Posted by capesams

just letting some air outta ya trailer tire....havn't dumped the boat in there for years as they cut off most of the parking and cut the ramp in half.

As long as we arrive before 4am, we're usually the first ones there we a pick of parking spots. When we leave later in the morning, the place is a cluster F%^k. Trucks and trailers parked along the street way up to the split to Hardings Beach.

[Little Round]

If you need a place to park, you can park at my house. It is 2 seconds from the ramp. I always just walk down to the ramp b/c there is no where to park. The clam trucks take up quite a bit of room. Some days it isn't bad for parking though, but depends on the day.

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by Moses

As long as we arrive before 4am, we're usually the first ones there we a pick of parking spots. When we leave later in the morning, the place is a cluster F%^k. Trucks and trailers parked along the street way up to the split to Hardings Beach.

That's because that is a working mans ramp. If the tide is low at dawn the commercial shellfisherman ( and they certainly have the right to) pile in thier as the Oyster River/Stage Harbor complex is the nearest access to Monomoy flats. Also on a nice sunny day it will be mobbed with summer folks and their jet skis, Mom and Dad and the kiddes pile into their boat for the obligatory once a summer boat thing and then you have the flyguys and those funny flat boats they use. I use the place but only mid week and I am outa the harbor before it gets light. Besides Ryder's up in PB it's the closest to the island, tuna grounds and the rips. Now that the island and south beach are almost joined at the hip it's really going to be nutz there. I can see the town one day putting up a fee system there and Ryders. And how long can the residents take all the jokers parking on Barn Hill Road before they go to the town and no parking signs are put up?