Parrot's Description

reelapeelin · #1 01-23-2013, 05:34 PM

Parrot6909 and I email ea/other regularly...he described boating the area around Brick post Sandy...I thought it pretty descriptive of what he and all the NJ Guys are faced with...

Thanks, I think she looks nice. Haven't had her out at all. The bay was closed for a while post sandy and they haven't remarked the channels at all. Areas I would fish that were 20' deep are now 8" deep at high tide.
The area by me got hit the hardest on the jersey coast from the barrier island perspective. The town on the otherwise of my bridge has 58 homes that went into the bay, we are talking 3000-6000 sq ft homes. Some are still standing on the bay bottom. 1500 boats are still missing, a dozen or so cars are in the bay by me. Sea tow and boat insurance premiums will be paid in full prior to launching.

To that I replied; Sounds like you're having to relearn the same waters youve known all your life...and he replied;

It will be interesting for sure. The first few trips are going to be slow going until I get my bearings. A buddy got stuck in the channel on a house, he could see the chimney when he looked down, should have been 16' there. Another guy lost his Grady a few weeks ago, hit a vw beetle in the bay. Twin engines went through the rear windows and he got stuck. Sea tow attempted to pull him but transom cracked and she went down.

Steel hulls and jet drives might become popular up there...

willy · #2 01-23-2013, 06:07 PM

That is not good at all, good luck to you fellows down there.
They say the Raritan Bay is loaded with everything from marina fuel tanks to cars and boats. Wash machines, hot water heaters. And many many boats.
My marina is still not allowed to use the channel as it has submerged sh!t in it and the Coasties have to come and scope it and arrange clearing it.
I cannot even imagine what the three major rivers that feed this bay have in them.

Parrot6909 · #3 01-25-2013, 09:14 AM

It is going to be an interesting spring for sure. Raritan bay is going to be a mess, barnegat bay is going to be very interesting. There are homes in the water right by the mantoloking bridge, it's very sad. The marina that I fill up with gas a few times a week no longer exists. The gas docks, tanks, building etc, are all gone. They are deposited somewhere in the bay. We will rebuild but I would be VERY careful behind any of the barrier islands, specifically from the Point Pleasant canal through Holgate.

I had seen a post on one of my other sites for guys looking to go clamming. If anyone on here rakes clams/crabs in the bay over the winter (which I normally do as well) I'd pass on it this year. The bay is shut down for clamming from Toms River through Holgate (realistically I'd say the Canal down through Holgate). The volume of oil, gas and other waste that made it into the bay is going to take a while to clean up. For you locals, Daryl will be reopening the Crab Shack on 2/1. Clams are always good there, you won't have to freeze your butt off and you won't get sick!

If you do go out, go slow, keep the depth finder on and make sure your tow and boat insurance is paid up.

reelapeelin · #4 01-27-2013, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Parrot6909

It is going to be an interesting spring for sure. Raritan bay is going to be a mess, barnegat bay is going to be very interesting. There are homes in the water right by the mantoloking bridge, it's very sad. The marina that I fill up with gas a few times a week no longer exists. The gas docks, tanks, building etc, are all gone. They are deposited somewhere in the bay. We will rebuild but I would be VERY careful behind any of the barrier islands, specifically from the Point Pleasant canal through Holgate.

I had seen a post on one of my other sites for guys looking to go clamming. If anyone on here rakes clams/crabs in the bay over the winter (which I normally do as well) I'd pass on it this year. The bay is shut down for clamming from Toms River through Holgate (realistically I'd say the Canal down through Holgate). The volume of oil, gas and other waste that made it into the bay is going to take a while to clean up. For you locals, Daryl will be reopening the Crab Shack on 2/1. Clams are always good there, you won't have to freeze your butt off and you won't get sick!

If you do go out, go slow, keep the depth finder on and make sure your tow and boat insurance is paid up.

I'm wonderin' if it now makes sense to shelve the SS props for a while, replace w/easier to break aluminum...and ALWAYS have a spare (or two) onboard?...hitting CHIMNEYS w/a stainless prop could very well result in a bent prop shaft...

Parrot6909 · #5 01-28-2013, 08:49 AM

I haven't heard about that. I heard about a 25' grady with twins going through the ICW north of BI that hit an obstruction...both lower units on the 250's supposedly went through the rear window of a VW bug and got stuck. When they were attempting to pull off it is rumored the transom cracked and she was taking on water. Again that's second hand.

I will be going aluminum prop on the Grady this year if I can even get into my slip. There is a house in the lagoon blocking entry and a sailboat is still on top of our walking bridge which prevents access to my slip anyway.

Once I get in the water if anyone wants to take a very sloooow ride with me to check out the bay you are welcome to do so. I am going to have the onboard GPS and the handheld going so I can chart clean water. Most of my fishing is done from 5-midnight. I'd rather not run blind. I haven't used electronics for my nighttime navigating ever but this year it will be a necessity.

Destroyer · #6 01-28-2013, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Parrot6909

I haven't heard about that. I heard about a 25' grady with twins going through the ICW north of BI that hit an obstruction...both lower units on the 250's supposedly went through the rear window of a VW bug and got stuck. When they were attempting to pull off it is rumored the transom cracked and she was taking on water. Again that's second hand.

I will be going aluminum prop on the Grady this year if I can even get into my slip. There is a house in the lagoon blocking entry and a sailboat is still on top of our walking bridge which prevents access to my slip anyway.

Once I get in the water if anyone wants to take a very sloooow ride with me to check out the bay you are welcome to do so. I am going to have the onboard GPS and the handheld going so I can chart clean water. Most of my fishing is done from 5-midnight. I'd rather not run blind. I haven't used electronics for my nighttime navigating ever but this year it will be a necessity.

Chartplotter and Radar are almost a must for Barnaget at night. At least you don't have to worry about freighters and tankers looming up out of the darkness. I don't think I'm going to be fishing Raritan Bay in the darkness this year. If I'm going to go nighting it will be far upriver in the Hackensack. No houses or cars in it. And yes, I'm also going to put on one of my alum props. A prop is cheap compared to an engine.