Posts Tagged 'fishing boat'
Fishing boat catches fire at Portland Fish Pier
No one was injured when a fishing boat docked at the Portland Fish Pier caught fire Tuesday morning. Deputy Chief Kevin McGuire said the call came in around 9:20 a.m., and the fire was under control in about 30 minutes. Firefighters on trucks and a city fire boat responded to the blaze on board the vessel Resolve, which is from Houma, Louisiana. McGuire did not know where the fire started or what caused it, but […]
Fishing boat capsizes while crossing Yaquina Bay Bar near Newport, 3 killed
A commercial crabbing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast, killing the three men aboard and sending a shock wave through a seafaring community already struggling from a monthlong delay to the annual crabbing season. The U.S. Coast Guard said the vessel, the Mary B. II, overturned about 10 p.m. Tuesday as it crossed Yaquina Bay bar in Newport, Oregon. The bar is one of the most notorious off the Oregon coast, and […]
This Hilton Head fishing boat got an amazing close encounter with a great white shark
Christmas came early for a group of five Wisconsin natives on a chartered fishing expedition Friday, in the form of a visit from one of the ocean’s most feared and majestic predators. Chip Michalove, owner and operator of Outcast Fishing on Hilton Head Island, had planned an afternoon of catching and releasing smaller fish, like sea bass, redfish, or maybe a small shark when an enormous great white shark appeared. Usually it takes a day […]
Killer whale attacks fishing boat in Alaska, man says
An Alaska man said his boat was repeatedly rammed by an orca whale Sunday while he was fishing with his son and two other people. Victor Littlefield of Sitka said the killer whale struck the boat numerous times, yanked its anchor line and slapped the boat’s bow with its tail. The 33-foot aluminum boat lurched to one side during the attack, Littlefield told the Sitka Sentinel. The event occurred while the vessel was anchored near […]
Suspected pirates raid fishing boat, kill 8 in hail of bullets
Eight Filipino fishermen were fatally shot by at least five suspected pirates who boarded their boat in the southern Philippines, officials said Tuesday. Seven other crewmembers survived the attack Monday night in waters near Zamboanga City by jumping off the boat and swimming away when the attackers began tying up their colleagues, said Commodore Joel Garcia, head of the Philippine Coast Guard. “According to the initial investigation, (the attackers) were on board a boat and […]
Skipper among fishing boat dead
The skipper of the doomed fishing charter vessel Francie is among those who died in yesterday’s tragedy. The boat was reported missing yesterday afternoon after attempting to re-enter the Kaipara Harbour in waves of up to 4m. Three people have been rescued and the bodies of seven people recovered. One person remains missing. The Francie’s skipper, 68-year-old Bill McNatty, was among those who had died, people close to him within the Kaipara boating community said. […]
