Fishing with Capt. George Tunison | Be careful and boat smart when there are negative tides

If you take stock in these sorts of predictions, the weather folks are calling for a well needed warm-up over the next several days and possibly some really needed sprinkles. Both Saturday and Sunday start with negative tides (-0.6 Saturday morning at Pineland) and chilly water with a high tide at 2 p.m.

With negative tides and especially low water levels, smart captains stay in marked channels or risk losing property or life. A sudden hard grounding at 35 mph, with no seat belts or restraints, possibly standing passengers, all become a recipe for disaster as passengers fly uncontrollably around the hard interior of the boat or are simply ejected into the water, into a dock or piling or onto a razor sharp oyster bar.

Stay well within marked channels, slow it down and never leave the dock without a tow policy in force…

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