This morning outside Barnegat Bay NJ. Half mile from shore in the ocean, saw about 30 dolphin swimming around while we fished. (Got about 15 flounder and only one keeper - 18”.)
From this morning. (The fish is a skate.) No keepers, but we got 10 short flounders. NJ keeps raising the size limit, last year was 17” minimum but now it’s 18”.
Yes, go find a structural engineer. He may be able to make some fairly easy repair suggestions or even tell you (after some calculations) that you may only need some additional columns/braces.