Bo_Neato
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Registered: 09/16/04
Posts: 5849
Originally Posted By: Joe Mc
Tonight (Sunday 7/15)I was navigating the channel in the West River at low tide when I approached the Kimberly Avenue bridge the foul language and fist shaking started. I am restricted by draft as to where I can go. As I passed these shore fisherman two of them casted lures in front of and behind my boat, close enough to cause my grandson to duck. Had they hit him or hooked anyone on my boat for that matter, the situation could have turned very ugly. These folks obviously do not respect the rights of boaters or the enviroment and I personally feel that they should be banned from fishing that area. Also I have seen many short fish kept by these folks.
You should write a letter to the WHPD Chief and also the Mayor. The city is looking to develop the area, a task made more difficult by the trash - both of the refuse and human varieties. There are WH cops who belong to both City Point Yacht Club and West Cove Marina who can attest to this dynamic, and the city's marine patrol boat is slipped at West Cove. It's an issue worth taking the time to pen a letter for.