Had great day on Puget Sound MA11 fishing silvers earlier this October. Perfect weather, sunny and calm. Bagged a couple silvers and released a couple late kings. At one point we noticed a boat all by itself out in the center well away from most of the fishermen. It was quite a distance off but we occasionally saw an orange flag waved, like the kind used when a waterskier or tuber is down in the water. We picked up and moved to another area but could still see the boat quite a ways off. Passing fishing boats seemed to give that boat a wide berth. After trolling unsuccessfully a bit I looked over at my son and said "Ya know, if I was stuck or broke down out here, I would want somebody to stop". We saw the flag again so we pulled up down riggers and headed over. Was a father and 2 young boys. Fairly newer very nice boat. The dad was ecstatic to see us and was offering cash, credit card, Venmo, anything for help. He had tools and seemed fairly knowledgeable but couldn't get it started. Most of the newer boats are heavily electronic so it may have been over my old school pay grade to mess with it. I did ask the stupid question "was the kill switch lanyard intact". I told him to toss us a line and we'd tow him in. We were about 4 miles from the docks and I was able to pull him at around 6-7mph. After many thanks so much, we left the docks to continue fishing. I received nor wanted no compensation, their safety was enough. Again, at the end of the day if I was in need of assistance I sure would like someone to stop and offer up.

Had great day on Puget Sound MA11 fishing silvers earlier this October. Perfect weather, sunny and calm. Bagged a couple silvers and released a couple late kings. At one point we noticed a boat all by itself out in the center well away from most of the fishermen. It was quite a distance off but we occasionally saw an orange flag waved, like the kind used when a waterskier or tuber is down in the water. We picked up and moved to another area but could still see the boat quite a ways off. Passing fishing boats seemed to give that boat a wide berth. After trolling unsuccessfully a bit I looked over at my son and said "Ya know, if I was stuck or broke down out here, I would want somebody to stop". We saw the flag again so we pulled up down riggers and headed over. Was a father and 2 young boys. Fairly newer very nice boat. The dad was ecstatic to see us and was offering cash, credit card, Venmo, anything for help. He had tools and seemed fairly knowledgeable but couldn't get it started. Most of the newer boats are heavily electronic so it may have been over my old school pay grade to mess with it. I did ask the stupid question "was the kill switch lanyard intact". I told him to toss us a line and we'd tow him in. We were about 4 miles from the docks and I was able to pull him at around 6-7mph. After many thanks so much, we left the docks to continue fishing. I received nor wanted no compensation, their safety was enough. Again, at the end of the day if I was in need of assistance I sure would like someone to stop and offer up.

I'm sure that most of us remember when this was just the way things were. If we saw someone in need of a helping hand, we just stopped and helped. Not looking for anything in return, except for someone to stop and help if we were in need. I really miss the way America used to be. I try to do my part still, but you just never know what could happen these days. I hope we get ourselves turned around, but I'm not holding my breath. You are a good man for lending a hand and showing the young ones how it's supposed to be done. My hats off to you.