Chris, Thanks for the recipe. I'll give it a try in about a week.
I just fried walleye for dinner last night. The next fish dinner will be the 7up Salmon. I may even try 7up walleye in a couple of weeks if I like the salmon.
It looks like the tug was moored to the wall. The picture and video shows sheet piling along this cut. It looked like a crane or possibly two cranes could set up close on the bank. This time of year makes everything a little tougher. It will be big bucks for sure to raise and repair or scrap that tub.
To make a groove in a pin chuck the pin in a drill motor. Use a small file to cut the groove. If the groove is wide use a 1/16 cut off wheel in an angle grinder to cut the groove. We did a lot of similar stuff on construction jobs but didn't have a lathe. There are a lot of ways to skin a cat. Use what you have.
Lake Erie has some hogs but there are some weak year classes. Back in the 80s Erie had mostly juvenile walleye and had a larger daily limit and I believe the legal size was 13 inches. The Saginaw Bay in the 80s was Hog Heaven.
Not a good scene. It will take a decent size crane but there a a lot of them in this area. The vessel like anything is more buoyant in the water. When they get her to the surface they will likely start pumping the water out. They may even add Air bags to make it more buoyant.