Country Docks in Benedict

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dems4me

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fddog said:
Those nets are out a good distance in the water, They are only marked with tall sticks, And they stand out of the water a good 4-5' in some spots :peace:
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Good grief that sounds dangerous!! Especially if one week they have their nets set up at one spot and then moved the next week to another spot, how fast would you have to have been going for it to throw you off the boat??

As for the net identifiers, if I recall correctly when we left the tide was just starting to come back in a few hours earlier... maybe it was high tide and those posts that stick out 4-5 inches in the water may have been completely submerged...
 
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huntr1

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dems4me said:
Good grief that sounds dangerous!! Especially if one week they have their nets set up at one spot and then moved the next week to another spot, how fast would you have to have been going for it to throw you off the boat??

As for the net identifiers, if I recall correctly when we left the tide was just starting to come back in a few hours earlier... maybe it was high tide and those posts that stick out 4-5 inches in the water may have been completely submerged...
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Not 4-5 inches, it sticks up 4-5 FEET ("=inches, '=feet). They don't move these nets very often, maybe once a year, unless they are not producing. The one he hit has been there for atleast a year. It's right in the middle of my favorite fishing spot.:burning:
 
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dems4me

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huntr1 said:
Not 4-5 inches, it sticks up 4-5 FEET ("=inches, '=feet). They don't move these nets very often, maybe once a year, unless they are not producing. The one he hit has been there for atleast a year. It's right in the middle of my favorite fishing spot.:burning:
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I see, than he should have been able to see it and go around it then. Thanks for the input, I've seen that stick up in the air and just didn't know what it was for, I thought it was a day mile marker but the top part of the sign came off or something. BTW, I have some questions for ya, do you mind if I pm them to you ?
 
Midnightrider

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dems4me said:
how fast would you have to have been going for it to throw you off the boat??

As for the net identifiers...
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the posts used range from a couple of inches in diameter to the size of small telephone poles, so if they hit one, the boat could have come to a complete stop...
also a lot of the times a line is strung above the water level from post to post, something that could easily throw you out of the boat if you managed to miss the posts but still wnt throguh the net.

From what i understand the only nighttime marker needed is a single white light akin to an anchor light, hung on the furthest post from shore.

Pound nets, a good reason you need to be experienced on the rivers and bay during the day before you go out at night.
 
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dems4me

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Midnightrider said:
you need to be experienced on the rivers and bay during the day before you go out at night.
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Most definately. This is all just sad and sounded like it could have been prevented :frown:
 
Mikeinsmd

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dems4me said:
:burning: I'm mostly out in the day and am familiar with the mile markers.. :burning: :lol:

By the way, most all the nets I see are close up on the banks.... Shouldn't the net, if its obstructive to a boat, be identified with a buoy or something :shrug: :confused: What about the prop? Wouldn't that have just sliced through the net? How does a log feel like a net? :confused:
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They are not "mile" markers!! They are channel markers.

Yes the nets are usually close to shore and out of the channel. They require minimal lighting (since they are not in the channel). This is why Ppl. unfamiliar with night time navigation should not be on the water at night!!

I understand the guy was in a little 20' boat. These nets have poles & a heavy duty net. They (obviously) will stop a little runabout dead in it's tracks.
 
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jazz lady

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fddog said:
omg dems have you thought about a boater safety course
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:yay: That is actually a very good idea for ANYBODY who owns and/or operates a boat. I would recommend it for anybody even GOING on a boat, too. I took the course when I first got a boat and found it very useful. I took it down in Solomons and I believe it was put on by the Coast Guard.
 
fddog

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jazz lady said:
:yay: That is actually a very good idea for ANYBODY who owns and/or operates a boat. I would recommend it for anybody even GOING on a boat, too. I took the course when I first got a boat and found it very useful. I took it down in Solomons and I believe it was put on by the Coast Guard.
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I did the samething and also took one online a few months ago, just to refresh my memory.
 
kwillia

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fddog said:
I hope you're are just being silly, Because i will have to find a new place to fish and water ski if you're out operating a motor boat.
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Exactly... dems, even if you don't do it for yourself... do it for my love of fddog, air, and mikey and any others boating around out there...:shocking:
 
jazz lady

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fddog said:
I did the samething and also took one online a few months ago, just to refresh my memory.
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That's a good idea, too. It's been a few years since I've taken it and it can't hurt to go over it again.

Class listings for Maryland

Individuals wishing to pilot a vessel in Maryland waters born after July 1, 1972 are required to take the Maryland Boater Safety Course.
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:yay:
 
Agee

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kwillia said:
Exactly... dems, even if you don't do it for yourself... do it for my love of fddog, air, and mikey and any others boating around out there...:shocking:
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:flowers: :love:
 
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JWB_CWB

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fddog said:
omg dems have you thought about a boater saftey course
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This is a requirment in Md for anyone born after I think it's 1972.
 
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