Okay...What would YOU have done?

Airwaves · 05-02-2010, 11:32 PM

So what did you figure out was happening? Yes, I would have called the NHMP as well.

fatlazyless · 05-03-2010, 07:40 AM

Sounds like that 1st boat actually got that huge & legendary Lake Winnipesaukee lake trout, known as SMILEY, on the hook of a fish'n line. Good thing the MP still has their Coast Guard UTB here, and available for emergency tows, so it could tow that giant lake trout over to McDonald's to be sliced & diced into 3500 fish-a-ma-jig sandwiches for $2.49 each plus 9% NH tax!

Save Smiley for the taxidermist, before it's too late!

Pepper · 05-03-2010, 09:15 AM

APS can you be a little more clear about what you think was happening? I am completely confused. Thanks!

sa meredith · 05-03-2010, 11:18 AM

At first, I thought perhaps there was a dispute of some kind and boat 2 was attacking boat 1...road rage on the water...
But, upon further review...the "oh, my f**** god" comment shows excitement, not fear.
Add in the "I need a witness" part...and I would say that boat 1 simply caught an insanely large fish, he was having trouble landing it, and wanted a witness to see the size of said fish.
However...very poor choice of words for the speaker.
All just a guess on my part. 12:30 is not the ideal fishing hour.

VitaBene · 05-04-2010, 06:04 AM

APS, somehow you managed to parse your own text

Thanks for the explananation SA!

OCDACTIVE · 05-04-2010, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sa meredith

At first, I thought perhaps there was a dispute of some kind and boat 2 was attacking boat 1...road rage on the water...
But, upon further review...the "oh, my f**** god" comment shows excitement, not fear.
Add in the "I need a witness" part...and I would say that boat 1 simply caught an insanely large fish, he was having trouble landing it, and wanted a witness to see the size of said fish.
However...very poor choice of words for the speaker.
All just a guess on my part. 12:30 is not the ideal fishing hour.

Thank you for clearing up this witch hunt... The fisherman may not have realized his voice was carrying as far and perhaps was yelling out of excitement to another person on his boat to help him with a fishing net and such. Poor choice of words but not something to convict them for. It was nice of the other boat to check out what was going on. Still shows how helpful other boaters can be. It was good they were there to check there was not an emergency before jumping the gun.

Airwaves · 05-04-2010, 01:26 PM

APS wrote in part:

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FLL's possibility was relayed to the NHMP by my second call, but the boater had used such volume and urgency I just couldn't just stand around...telephone in hand. This early in the season—with no boat—even my neighbors don't have "basic boats" in the water to row to a rescue!

Did the NHMP respond at all?

I would expect that they would/should have just to make certain and your second phone call would have just given added information about the incident. Like the local police responding to 9-1-1 calls even though someone calls back and says the kids were playing with the phone.

This brings to mind an incident a few years back in which the Coast Guard made a determination that a MayDay call was a hoax and did not launch a SAR, turns out the call was real and foks died. Now the Coast Guard launchs SARS on every distress call and seeks help from other boaters.

This is also why the Coast Guard take hoax calls very seriously and they are prosecuted. They have already started an investigation of a hoax call this boating season in Maine.

ApS · 05-05-2010, 01:26 PM

(Apologies to Peter Sellers).

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Originally Posted by Airwaves

"...Did the NHMP respond at all...?"

I checked back with the NHMP today. There was a long interrogation of me (!)—that ended with their asking, "Who wants to know?"

My explanation was a little involved—and ended with my saying, I didn't actually know who "wanted to know".

However, their ears perked up

when I mentioned this forum!

They checked the logbook for my name, date, time, and descriptions.

The MPs had stopped the boater, and immediately-summarily-forthwith got the explanation

:

Quote:

"I was talking to friends".

ApS · 05-04-2010, 02:38 AM

Exhaust-pipe noise, fishermen-voices and Loon-calls (!) carry very far over water. At lunch-time Sunday, it was calm and quiet on the lake. Even through these heavily-forested properties, it couldn't be determined that "the emergency" was one-half-mile away!

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Originally Posted by Pepper

APS can you be a little more clear about what you think was happening? I am completely confused. Thanks!

FLL nailed it—right off the bat!

("Thanks" to Airwaves for confirming a reasonable response—sa meredith got in good points, too).

FLL's possibility was relayed to the NHMP by my second call, but the boater had used such volume and urgency I just couldn't just stand around...telephone in hand. This early in the season—with no boat—even my neighbors don't have "basic boats" in the water to row to a rescue!

Physical assault

, medical emergency

, sinking in frigid waters

, but the last thought to a cry for help was

"Big Fish".

05-03-2010, 07:40 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,787 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,022 Times in 744 Posts	Sounds like that 1st boat actually got that huge & legendary Lake Winnipesaukee lake trout, known as SMILEY, on the hook of a fish'n line. Good thing the MP still has their Coast Guard UTB here, and available for emergency tows, so it could tow that giant lake trout over to McDonald's to be sliced & diced into 3500 fish-a-ma-jig sandwiches for $2.49 each plus 9% NH tax! Save Smiley for the taxidermist, before it's too late! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

05-03-2010, 09:15 AM	#3
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	what happened? APS can you be a little more clear about what you think was happening? I am completely confused. Thanks! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

05-03-2010, 11:18 AM	#4
sa meredith Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 986 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 32 Thanked 352 Times in 137 Posts	guess At first, I thought perhaps there was a dispute of some kind and boat 2 was attacking boat 1...road rage on the water... But, upon further review...the "oh, my f**** god" comment shows excitement, not fear. Add in the "I need a witness" part...and I would say that boat 1 simply caught an insanely large fish, he was having trouble landing it, and wanted a witness to see the size of said fish. However...very poor choice of words for the speaker. All just a guess on my part. 12:30 is not the ideal fishing hour.

05-04-2010, 06:04 AM	#5
VitaBene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 3,595 Thanks: 1,640 Thanked 1,641 Times in 844 Posts	Parsed APS, somehow you managed to parse your own text Thanks for the explananation SA!

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Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	So what did you figure out was happening? Yes, I would have called the NHMP as well.

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