Muskegat Channel vs. Madaket

[starrfish]

its not so much the bar, as it is eel pt channel, this year theres a 'dog leg' in it that makes you wonder if your comin or goin...or if the marker tumbled off the shoal, and why are you looking at seagulls knees on either side of the boat !

[chumtini]

It's one of my favorite places.

[chumtini]

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[APB Presto]

Never forget that this entire area can have sand bars which reach the surface and were not there the season before. I have grown tremendous respect for this area. I used to almost always pass through this channel. I have run it in my little boat is 8 footers and it will keep you on your toes. Madaket has shifting sands also so do not always trust your chart there.

Good luck,
Andy B. (Presto)

[amarshall]

I was just checking out a map of the area. So I figured I'd share

[Parapapam]

I was fishing on Mutton Shoals (port side going south) casting at Bones and took a foot of green water over the gunnel. It was a very calm day (no wind and not much current), but an offshore storm was churning up big long period swells. One of the big SW swell came in, hit the shoal, turned more than 90 degrees and hit me broadside. It was the strangest wave behavior I have ever seen in 37 years of boating. The water in the boat was 5 inches deep. Coolers were floating around the pit. We very slowly motored out of the mess and the scuppers did their job. But it was scary as hell.

Pay attention in that area.

Mike

[JSeas]

Running through the Muskeget definetly requires attention. Running at night can be a bit sporty when you cannot see what wave action is in front of you.

I run a 45 foot sportfish and still pay attention in that area. Although the Oregon Inlet makes the Muskeget look like a cake walk. Running in and out of some of the narrow inlets that open to the ocean down south is ROUGH to say the least.

JSeas

[28Conquest]

Yeah - I was just out there today fishing the incoming tide (caught several blues, no bones to be had). To make things worse, the buoys are actually made of styrofoam and do not show up on radar very well. I did once suggest to the Nantucket harbor master that they publish the buoy coordinates on their website or something, but no such luck. It's easy to miss a buoy and head for the next one which will almost certainly result in a grounding -- ask me how I know!

its not so much the bar, as it is eel pt channel, this year theres a 'dog leg' in it that makes you wonder if your comin or goin...or if the marker tumbled off the shoal, and why are you looking at seagulls knees on either side of the boat !