A Lot of Jumpers Lately......

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Originally Posted by Southerly

i expect 15/yr is likely more accurate.

the fellow i was talking to was (a yellow truck driver) working bridge maintence. a call came over the radio; a code ??? (can't remember) for a jumper. he was all excited like it was entertainment for his day, and we talked about jumpers for awhile.

not a jumper necessarily, but i sometimes think that sooner or later, finding a body somewhere floating will become part of my chesapeake experience. glad to say, that's not happened so far.

I've found 3 neat things while out on the water.

1. A really nice maroon fender....looked big enough for a 30'+ boat. It was floating in the middle of the Magothy.

2. A cheap life jacket. It was right after a bad storm blew through quickly, so I hope nobody was supposed to be attached to it.

3. About 10 or 11 years ago I was out on a charter fishing out of Chesapeake Beach. One of my clients had a nice bend in a rod and started reeling it in. Turns out he caught a nice trolling rod that another captain had lost a few days prior.

Not looking forward to finding a body.