Originally Posted By: Tug 3
I'm guessing that VIP is licensed as a guide in Oregon, because to "guide" at Buoy 10 in Washington you need a charter license, although there is lots of cheating with respect to licenses going on down there, I wonder what type of Coast Guard license VIP has. Most likely a 6 pack, And it will probably get pulled, but will take a while. Can ODFW pull a guide's license for reckless boating? I doubt that. Almost all of the fishable water at B-10 is in Oregon. I'm curious about the victim's boat and why they didn't dodge the idiot's boat? I might have wrongly assumed that both boats were traveling at a trolling speed, but there are huge tidal influences that can accelerate boats going with the tide that could make a "trolling" speed pretty darn fast. A boat trolling down current could meet up with a boat trolling against the current could close the distance pretty quickly. I'm surprised that more serious accidents don't happen. The Rules of the Road don't seem to be followed there.



from the orig. photo (which looks like it is imm. after the collision) There are NO rods out in the offender's boat. I'd say they were trying to get somewhere in a big hurry, certainly too big of a hurry. And at speed how do you expect the victim's boat to get out of the way? After being near run into on the Chehalis by both charter and private boats numerous times (the last one got a ticket according to Grey's Harbor sheriff's Marine patrol) I am not surprised by any of this crap.