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Old 12-14-2017, 07:30 PM   #18
Lepke
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One issue with the coast is crap pots. The buoys are every where out to deep water. It's a good idea to miss the buoys by a wide margin. Because pot buoy line floats and the pots have enough line for any fishing depth, there's a lot of floating line near the buoy. Too close and it will be in your screw.
I have crossed the Columbia bar early ebb and it was rolly but not impossible or even dangerous for a 40'+ boat. But it wasn't breaking yet.
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