There are rules on the water.

After doing three fishing charters this weekend and obseving the boating habits of some folks I thought I'd talk about the rules of the water.

I have the pleasure to work on the Merrimack River and the ocean three to four days a week and see alot of folks that have no busness boating here. As you head out to the ocean there are bouys red and green and no wake bouys you keep the green ones on your right on the way out and the red ones on your left. And on the way in you keep the red ones on your right and the green ones on your left. Easy way to remember is red right return.

No wake zones...They are there for a reason. Around Salisbury State Park many campers bring small boats to fish for Stripers and they can get swamped by large boat wakes. SLOW DOWN.

On a heavy boating days like this past weekend the mouth of the river can become like a washing machine. Many hard core fisherman drift the outgoing or the incoming tides between the north and south jetty. What happens is when the larger boats come flying out the mouth the boat wake bounces off both sides of the jettys and with the current of the in and out going tides it makes it very sloppy and smaller boat have no control and can get swamped. Please slow down going past smaller boats.

Every year we lose some folks beause of bad boating habits or lack of knowledge...Respect Morther Ocean.

Sea Ya
The Capt.