Tuna wishing out of Newburyport/ Merrimac

[FishStretcher]

Gonna try to drag some stuff out as far as Scantums tomorrow (Sunday). Oops, I mean troll. I heard there were some off Plum Island last week. Rutgers surface sea temps doesn't look horrible.

I hope I don't get anything bigger than a football, because I have a 20 and 30W. I hope I even see anything. I have no idea what I am doing. I am leveraging beginner's luck on this one.

I will likely just tangle a bird with a spreader bar, call it a day, and try for some bluefish. Which is exciting enough with an umbrella rig. Which reminds me, I need a longer gaff.

But if anyone is out there hail me on 16 with my user name.

[FishStretcher]

No dice. A labor day mess out there. Marked some big fish at 150 feet. But I was running a bird and a spreader bar. The seagulls too a hard look at it and finally figured it out.

Did see this though:

Broken brake lines at the ramp (not mine)
Boat burnt to the waterline (not mine!)
Capsized boat (not mine)
EMS/ water rescue of an unlucky swimmer- dislocated a shoulder(not me)
Dragging a brand new Etec up the ramp (not mine)
Running a new Merc and whaler in about 16" of water n Joppa flats, trimmed way up. For marathon distance. Hello waterpump.
A cigarette boat splitting 3 in, 3 out traffic at the mouth of the Merrimac at 3-40 knots.

[cdavisdb]

Your boaters sound as Krazy as Miami Cubans full of pop on a Sunday afternoon. Sarasota's almost as bad. I quit putting the boat in the water on weekends.

[FishStretcher]

Labor day weekend. Maybe that's why. But 2 weekends prior, they were scooping a body off Plum Island while I was trying to splash the boat.

I need a slip.

[Boatboy6]

Welcome to the Merrimac... You should see the jet skiers

[FishStretcher]

Originally Posted by Boatboy6

Welcome to the Merrimac... You should see the jet skiers

I had to wait for 10 of 'em before I could haul out...

[Boatboy6]

Originally Posted by FishStretcher

I had to wait for 10 of 'em before I could haul out...

It's really great when they start jumping wakes infront of the party boats as we're headed out as if we can stop a 60t vessel doing 10kts on a dime if they fall off

[wattaway2]

My brother lives out on Plum isld. Didn't get a chance to get up there this yr 😒have to maKe better plAns for next yr.

[BigLew]

Third most treacherous inlet on the east coast! (And not just because of the currents, rips and squirrelly swells.) The idiots add to the side show, too!