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I found this in the local paper
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An elderly Baytown couple, fishing in a small boat with their son last Friday, suffered injuries when men in much larger boats bullied them.
The incident occurred about 9 a.m. Friday when the smaller boat was anchored to one side of the boat channel at the mouth of Red?s Bayou, where it leads into Trinity Bay.
Aaron George, 78, and his 73-year-old wife, Katherine, were invited to go fishing that morning by their son, Edward, who lives in Cove.
Just before dawn they put Edward?s 16-foot aluminum boat in the water from the boat ramp at Hugo Point, followed the bayou to a spot where they would catch some croakers, set the anchor and fished there at the mouth of the bayou rather than setting off into the rougher waters of the bay.
At about 9 a.m. they were about to pull up anchor and leave. Katherine George decided to ride in the bow of the boat and grabbed a rope for balance as it prepared to move.
That?s when it happened.
Two boats had come out of the channel just about then and motored on past. The Georges didn?t think much about it until they heard the roar of boats and looked up to see them bearing down on them.
?We thought they were going to hit us,? said the elder George. ?Instead they roared by within about two feet of our boat ? we could have died right there.?
The resulting wave knocked Aaron George up in the air and then he fell down onto the floor of the boat. Had his wife not already had a firm grip on that rope, they believe she would have been flung out of the boat. Edward George was able to hang on, too. Both suffered some bruises, but nothing worse.
As the smaller boat?s rocking began to slow, Aaron George realized that he was hurt and bleeding badly. He cried out to his son for help.
That?s when they heard the other boats returning.
?They pulled up right beside us and their boat was much bigger so they were much higher than us,? said George.
He said one of the men in that boat grabbed hold of the metal poles holding up the cover over the center console and leaned out over him.
?He spat right on me and said ?I don?t guess ya?ll will park in the channel any more now, will you???
?Then they roared away.?
Aaron George was left battered and bruised and with some serious lacerations to one arm and hand. His wife and son got him into a seat in the boat, then rushed him to the boat ramp, then on to a hospital emergency room.
?There were people there at the boat ramp talking to me while my son got the boat out of the water and they said there?s been some guys bullying people around there quite a lot,? said George. ?They said it goes on at the spillway, too.?
Texas Parks & Wildlife game wardens have jurisdiction over incidents that happen in the area?s lakes, rivers, bayous and bays.
The warden that George spoke with said he could do little about it without some clue to the bullies? identities.
The best thing to do in such circumstances is to get the boat?s registration number, which always starts with ?TX? and must be displayed on the side of every boat.
The Georges didn?t get that.
They did get a description that they hope someone will recognize.
Their assailants were in two large and expensive looking fishing boats.
?They looked like 21-foot center consoles, but they were big ones with the cover or fishing platform over the console and one of them had the fancy radio antennas, I think,? said George.
The men in the two boats all appeared to be in their late 20s or early 30s and they were all dressed alike in white fishing-style shirts, he said.
The Georges hope somebody can help identify them.
?They need to be caught,? she said. ?I think all the people on the bay need to be on the lookout for them and get their TX number and report them. Let?s get them off of the water.?
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An elderly Baytown couple, fishing in a small boat with their son last Friday, suffered injuries when men in much larger boats bullied them.
The incident occurred about 9 a.m. Friday when the smaller boat was anchored to one side of the boat channel at the mouth of Red?s Bayou, where it leads into Trinity Bay.
Aaron George, 78, and his 73-year-old wife, Katherine, were invited to go fishing that morning by their son, Edward, who lives in Cove.
Just before dawn they put Edward?s 16-foot aluminum boat in the water from the boat ramp at Hugo Point, followed the bayou to a spot where they would catch some croakers, set the anchor and fished there at the mouth of the bayou rather than setting off into the rougher waters of the bay.
At about 9 a.m. they were about to pull up anchor and leave. Katherine George decided to ride in the bow of the boat and grabbed a rope for balance as it prepared to move.
That?s when it happened.
Two boats had come out of the channel just about then and motored on past. The Georges didn?t think much about it until they heard the roar of boats and looked up to see them bearing down on them.
?We thought they were going to hit us,? said the elder George. ?Instead they roared by within about two feet of our boat ? we could have died right there.?
The resulting wave knocked Aaron George up in the air and then he fell down onto the floor of the boat. Had his wife not already had a firm grip on that rope, they believe she would have been flung out of the boat. Edward George was able to hang on, too. Both suffered some bruises, but nothing worse.
As the smaller boat?s rocking began to slow, Aaron George realized that he was hurt and bleeding badly. He cried out to his son for help.
That?s when they heard the other boats returning.
?They pulled up right beside us and their boat was much bigger so they were much higher than us,? said George.
He said one of the men in that boat grabbed hold of the metal poles holding up the cover over the center console and leaned out over him.
?He spat right on me and said ?I don?t guess ya?ll will park in the channel any more now, will you???
?Then they roared away.?
Aaron George was left battered and bruised and with some serious lacerations to one arm and hand. His wife and son got him into a seat in the boat, then rushed him to the boat ramp, then on to a hospital emergency room.
?There were people there at the boat ramp talking to me while my son got the boat out of the water and they said there?s been some guys bullying people around there quite a lot,? said George. ?They said it goes on at the spillway, too.?
Texas Parks & Wildlife game wardens have jurisdiction over incidents that happen in the area?s lakes, rivers, bayous and bays.
The warden that George spoke with said he could do little about it without some clue to the bullies? identities.
The best thing to do in such circumstances is to get the boat?s registration number, which always starts with ?TX? and must be displayed on the side of every boat.
The Georges didn?t get that.
They did get a description that they hope someone will recognize.
Their assailants were in two large and expensive looking fishing boats.
?They looked like 21-foot center consoles, but they were big ones with the cover or fishing platform over the console and one of them had the fancy radio antennas, I think,? said George.
The men in the two boats all appeared to be in their late 20s or early 30s and they were all dressed alike in white fishing-style shirts, he said.
The Georges hope somebody can help identify them.
?They need to be caught,? she said. ?I think all the people on the bay need to be on the lookout for them and get their TX number and report them. Let?s get them off of the water.?
