http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150609/PC1211/150609393/1002/all-aboard
Does anyone still use Shem Creek to launch a boat? I haven’t used it for a couple of years now. I don’t see how you can get past all paddlers and make it back from the harbor in daylight hours. Not to mention the complete zoo at the landing.
I saw that this morning and thought the same thing. Hey, let’s all do some yoga in the middle of the road (channel)…
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Remember that scene in the movie Jaws when all the boats were blasting off to go hunt the killer shark…there were so many boats, you could have walked from one to the other…Shem Creek is like that. The parking lot is small, paddle board operators are setting up shop on the ramp, dock and make-ready area.
It’s a hassle, but it is what it is. When the girls have flat bellies and are wearing tiny bikinis…it’s kinda nice.
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I use it on weekdays and its not so bad. Rather see some girls on paddle boards than ugly fisherman on flats boats…
It’s busy but it’s not like you can go faster than idle speed in the creek anyway, so the risk of hitting someone or something is pretty low. The worse part is when people clog up the ramp and dock making ready instead of doing all that before you back the boat down and launch. And, while I’m at it…if you need to tie your boat up, do so on the side of the dock opposite the ramps so that you’re not blocking the ramp from people that have someone putting the trailer in the water for them. Common sense stuff.
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Originally posted by xmanI saw that this morning and thought the same thing. Hey, let’s all do some yoga in the middle of the road (channel)…
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Exactly…Hey! I got this great idea. Let’s go do yoga on skateboards in the middle of Coleman Blvd.!
SMH.
Similar situation IMO as bicyclist whining and complaining about not being treated with respect and as regular traffic on the roadways. Only to ignore traffic laws, make moronic decisions, and impede the regular flow traffic.
I’m always more than happy to welcome new people to enjoying our waterways. But it’s on you to learn how to act on the water before you just go out there and clog up one of the busiest waterways in the state. That’s not just geared to this article, but people new to the water whether it’s a yacht or a paddleboard or anything in between.
What a joke. . I’m sure yoga on a paddle board is physically challenging but what a perfect way to look retarded… Maybe I’m just too judgemental.
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Originally posted by jughed Rather see some girls on paddle boards than ugly fisherman on flats boats...
How can you tell what they look like with their buffs on?
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What a way to clog up the creek.
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I’ll let you guys know the hook up ratio after I pay my dues…
This is gonna be soooo easy.
lots of people still use it to run offshore since it is the closest landing to the rocks. I try to stick to private landings to avoid the cluster at Shem or Remleys.
ample access to waterways…
Not to sure about that when referencing boats and landings.
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Originally posted by CaptDanlots of people still use it to run offshore since it is the closest landing to the rocks. I try to stick to private landings to avoid the cluster at Shem or Remleys.
Speaking of Remleys, We went out Monday, put in at Remleys and it’s a nice ramp. This was the first time for me putting here. I used to live much closer to Bennetts Point, so that’s where I have almost always used. Now living in the midlands I have to expand my horizons.
With that being said, I’m going to give it one more chance but I was far from happy Monday. We come back in from offshore, I dock the boat at the best dock for my convenience; wind and tide chose. Few people on the dock fishing off the opposite side of the dock, I figured it shouldn’t be an issue right? Apparently I was wrong because this azzhat decides when I put the boat in gear and head towards the trailer, it’s now the perfect time for him to start throwing his cast net off of the dock between me and the trailer.
I bit my tongue, cause I’m definitely not as tough as I used to be, and I know how bad sealegs effect my balance after a long day offshore. I put the boat in reverse, and stop momentum, give him a look of, I don’t want any trouble but there can be some if there needs to be. He pulls his net and I proceed on to get out of their way. Who is right here? Is it a boat ramp dock, or a fishing pier?
Is this a common thing at Remleys?
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DW, I think that is pretty common at any public landing with a dock. Seems there are always individuals who feel they have more right to fish a boat landing than boaters have to launch and retrieve. I had a simular experiance at Bushy Park (fresh side) this past Sunday. There were a few people tied up to one side of the boat dock and a couple on the end fishing the other side. I pulled up slowly, making it real obvious I was coming to their side and they just stared at me like I was invading their space. When I was about 3 feet from the dock, I politely asked that they reel in their lines so I could tie up and get my trailer. The woman proceeded to tell me I didn’t own the dock and they had every right to fish. I agreed I didn’t own the dock, and that if I did, she would be there. She continued to squawk when I asked her if she would like me to get DNR to come out and explain it to her. Her husband said something to her I couldn’t hear, she shut up so I went and got my truck. My son told me later that her husband/boyfriend told her to drop it, he had pot on him and didn’t want the law to show up. I got a good laugh out of it later, but it seems the norm now, just different landing, different people…
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Interesting stories, but not surprising. We launched at Remley’s all last year and never once had issue like that. Nor did we ever have to wait in a line longer than about 2-3 boats to retrieve. We always left early and had the place to ourselves in them morning.
Leave early, and come back late. That is the only way to beat it.
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Originally posted by capehorn 16I’ll let you guys know the hook up ratio after I pay my dues…
This is gonna be soooo easy.
most useful thing in this thread. Thanks
let us know how you do and take some pictures
Right about leave early, return late. They will pull kayaks up on ramp, breaking in line ahead of a boat. And then take forever to load out. But as said, it’s closer to Atlantic if you are ahead of crowd.
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Everyone has a right to the water but I used to stack my boat on Shem creek and moved to another marina partly because of the congestion. The worst thing is when there would be a group of kayakers or paddleboards sitting under the only passable section of the coleman bridge to get out of the hot sun. Usually I’d have to honk at them and explain that they were in the only part of the channel I can cross under.
That being said I was there on Monday and only had to shoe a few kayakers out of my way. Reds was still a $^&* show I avoid like the plague.
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