no jetties down here. a coupla inlets have them but that's it.
i miss 'em.
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no jetties down here. a coupla inlets have them but that's it.
i miss 'em.
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I couldn't think of what it would be like to fish a place that didn't have structure. You have my sympathies.Originally Posted by jonthepain
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PLenty of shoreline though Jon.
Cranky Old Bassturd.
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Half the guys who catch fish in the bunker blitzes here in Jersey...if there were no jetties, they would probably quit fishin.
Jon, if ya ever come up here, I'll take ya out on some of the coolest rocks you've ever seen.
Time for a bump to the top for this, some good and timely info in this thread.
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Thank you for this thread. My cousin had a fall last year on a jetty and almost smashed his skull. He wasn't wearing korkers. Now he always wears them.
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Crouch a little when rock hopping, and plan your move to the next rock well in advance as the tide is coming in.
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Don't do what these guys did, go out on the rocks in Rye, NY on the incoming tide.
3 plucked from Long Island Sound in Rye after surging waters strand them on rock while fishing
2:51 PM, Oct. 13, 2011 |
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Three Queens residents stranded on a rock in Long Island Sound were rescued Wednesday afternoon Oct. 12, 2011, by the Westchester County Police Aviation Unit and marine units from the Rye and Greenwich, Conn., police departments. / Westchester County Police
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Shawn Cohen .
RYE — As choppy waters rose around them, three Queens residents stranded on a rock in Long Island Sound were rescued Wednesday afternoon by the Westchester County Police Aviation Unit and marine units from the Rye and Greenwich, Conn., police departments, authorities said.
The harrowing rescue effort came after the trio — a woman and two men — walked out to a rocky outcropping at low tide to do some fishing off Oakland Beach in Rye, county police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said. The three became trapped when the tide surged in faster than they expected and the surf turned rough, stranding them about 50 yards offshore.
Officers from Rye and Greenwich responded about 11:45 a.m.
"Four- to six-foot swells, coupled with the rocky area where the trio was stranded, made the rescue effort difficult," O'Leary said.
The woman was eventually taken aboard the Rye police boat, manned by officers Michael Kenny and Mauricio Gomez. Rye officers also tossed life vests to the two men.
The Westchester County police helicopter moved in as the tide closed around the two fishermen, submerging the small spot where they stood. Detective Christopher Lieberman, the Aviation Unit's chief pilot, hovered the aircraft at the water's surface while police officer Michael Brady went out on the aircraft's skids and hauled one of the men into the helicopter.
The second man lost his footing and fell into the water but stayed afloat with the life vest. Lieberman repositioned the aircraft as the man drifted away, and Brady was able to reach that man and pull him up and into the helicopter as well, O'Leary said.
"A day of fishing might have ended in tragedy except for the skillful actions of all the officers involved," Westchester Public Safety Commissioner George N. Longworth said. "I commend the members of the county police Aviation Unit, and the Rye and Greenwich marine units, for the perseverance and teamwork they displayed under very difficult conditions."
Those rescued were treated at the scene by members of the Rye-Port Chester Volunteer Ambulance Corps
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If you are on the rocks on the incoming tide either you are not dealing with a full deck or you have a death wish.
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I saw some Spanish guys almost get washed off the tip of the Barnegat Jetty last week. They were out there with big swell on the incoming. Stupid is as stupid does. I guess that's God's way of making the gene pool stronger.
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