The only stop I had last year was NOAA. We were in the middle of Sumner Strait, fishing in basically flat water. They were the only boat I could see when they came running up, talked to us for about 5 minutes, took our fishing license info (after I asked if they wanted it), and then took off. I was boarded a couple of years ago by the USCG. Since my son at that time was assigned on the USCGC Adelie doing the same thing with their small boat, I put on my Adelie hat. They pulled along side, asked about firearms, asked to come aboard, looked at few things, asked about my son, and asked if we were going shrimping. When I responded we were heading out for some spring skiing, the conversation immediately went to where since they had one skier on their crew. We asked to take pictures and they continued on their way.
Tom
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