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The Surf Fisherman Forum => From The Surf => Topic started by: Capt. Ed on July 29, 2007, 11:08:14 AM
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Hi All,
My family and friends had a nice barbeque at Island Beach State Park on Saturday, July 29, 2007.
We had our fishing poles, because we had to. Here are my observations:
1. It was gorgeous all day. The rain clouds moved north of us and we were in the sun, with a steady 10 mph afternoon breeze out of the SE. High tide was around 7:00AM if I remember correctly.
2. We were at the "Pocket," 50 yds. north of the Barnegat Inlet. There were not a lot of people at IBSP in general yesterday. I guess the weatherfolks scared them off. We got there at 11:00 AM and stayed until 7:00PM.
3. The ocean was flat and refreshing. No thermometer but body surfacing after being in the sun felt good.
4. Conditions were horrible for snapper fishing as there was a ton of grass right up next to the jetty and extending out 20 ft. I must say I have never seen it that thick down there. So, casting into a 10 mph breeze was a challenge, even with a weighted bobber. We tried for about 10 minutes and gave up.
5. The guy next to us caught a 30" Striper, the only fish I saw caught all day. we were never concerned with throwing the poles in. BTW, for those that think that Stripers spook easily - NOT TRUE! The guy caught the Striper in the middle of about 50 people swimming in 2-3 ft. of water (and I mean right in the suds - he was casting challenged but it worked).
6. Condiitons for flying a kite were ideal. Oh yeah, with all the kids kites in the air, I expected tangles like a Bluefish trip on a Head boat but it did not happen. Hurray!
7. Frisbee action was cool.
8. Not much of a "Green Head" issue.
9. Plenty of "Diggers" (sand fleas) around to amuse the kids and for bait. A lot of nice spearing in the surf as well.
10. Thanks Mom and Alan for all the food preparation. Great portable grill skills exhibited by Alan once again - a great "tailgater."
11. The greatness of IBSP exposed itself again. If you have never been there, rush there. It is a great place that I take for granted and should not.
12. BTW, gulls like hot dogs, hamburgers and pop corn.
Good fishing,
Capt. Ed
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Nice Ed!. My type of day TT^
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Hi all,
Hey Ed we just passed each other. You were on the way out and we were on the way in. We hit the beach about 7:15 or so. Did the same thing basically. We loaded the family into the buggy and hit the beach for some R & R. Brought the rods picked up some clams and off we went. Beautiful night for fishing almost a full moon ocean was pretty flat.
We were about 200Yds from the pocket now if we had flags to fly while on the beach I would of known you were there weather that would be good or bad who knows, lol.
We fished for a while caught 1 skate and everyone wanted to have a fire to roast marshmellows so we moved a little north and set up camp again.
The fire was good fishing was bad the company was priceless.
Happy Catching
Paul
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Hi Paul,
I intended to call you. I am seriously cell phone challenged right now. Long story - it does not work and Verizon doesn't think they should have to help.
Are there certain areas that you cannot have open fires?
What a great day! We do need flags for boats and the beach ... I like the easy identification aspect.
Best wishes,
Ed
PS: I wish the old bulkhead was still there ... the jetty does not do it for me where it used to be!
Ed
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Heehee, I wore my NJSWF hat to the captain's meeting on Friday night, figuring that if Sealife showed up, he would see the hat and know me or at least know I was from the site. Sure enough, it worked. Dave came walking up to me, pointed at the hat and said,"you must be Joe". HEHEHE TT^
A flag for the boats would be a good thing.
BTW, good post on the day's outing.
Joe
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sounds like a great, relaxing day.
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Flags in the Works.. ;D
love the hat story Joe TT^
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Hi Ed,
i know what you mean about the extention of the rocks I too liked the old way better I have a hard time maneuvering around back there now. I use to love to fish the flats there for weakfish great spot to fly fish. Not any more...
As far as fires, you can have a fire on the beach for the most part anywhere except close to the pocket area, there is a sigh stating no fires beyond this point probably because it is so crowded at times. And you have to be at least 50 feet east of the dunes.
I use Nextel and some times I have a problem getting a signal out there even though you can see a water tower across the inlet with an active cell site, go figure.
Happy Catching
Paul
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PS: I wish the old bulkhead was still there ... the jetty does not do it for me where it used to be!
Couldn't agree more!