Subject: Sandy Hook, New Jersey

Submitted by Bill K (ip 24.187.152.101)

• Fished on 6/28/2008

  Water Temperature: Na
  Water Clarity: 3'-4'
  Seas: Calm
  Weather: Hazy, Hot, Humid
  Fishing_for: Fluke
  Boat: CinSan
  captain: Bruce
  

  Report:
  We avoided the dolphin pod on the way out. We also avoided the news crew which was stationed at McLoon's Restaurant parking lot. We also avoided a fleet of flukers near the mouth of the Shrewsbury Chanel and headed out to the ocean. Our fishing spot was just off the Nude Beach in 24-28 feet of water. The fluke were biting very well at the end of the outgoing and plain squid did just fine. After several pesky smooth dogfish attacked our baits, I decided to use one of them for bait. The grey side, cut in strips, held on all day practically and caught quite a few fluke. It was an amazing bait! Our heaviest fish was 4lbs. with two others just under that. The total keepers was eight, the total caught was well over 50 for the three of us. There were no head boats in the ocean but the drift was very good and the action was too. On the way back in, we saw the pod of "Flippers" closer to the mouth of the Navesink near Rocky Point. They had moved closer to the ocean. They didn't seem to be bothered by the boats or the T.V. crews. I didn't see anyone in any "official" boats keeping track of them or of the boats that kept trying to spot them. One man in a kyaak was paddling very close to them and no one said "boo" to him. All of this hoopla for a bunch of mammals the people see all of the time in other parts of the world. What's up with all of this attention? I expect Greenpeace to show up with their Zodiacs next! These are not stupid animals. They can avoid boats or choose to swim next to and around and under them if they want to. Seals show up in the rivers and oceans quite often in the winter and no one sets up cameras or sends reporters to do stories on them. Ospreys are making a comeback and you can watch them "talon" some bunkers from the schools along the shore. Who cares! There are naked men and women parading around the beaches of a National Park and no one does a story about them. Send a camera crew there! One day, the dolphin will be gone! Who will even know? I hope Tim McLoon is raking in the money from the people who fill his restaurant and deck, just to see the "fishies". I think Tim threw some fish sticks in the river just to attract the mammals. Maybe he even "stocked" them or maybe it was one of BonJovi's rich friends who live on the Fair Haven side who brought them in from Florida! Now that would be a story! I can't wait until this is over! Oh, did I mention the Piping Plovers? Maybe a crew should go do a report about them and the foxes that are eating their eggs. They are nesting right near the nude beach. The film crew could do two stories. Flipper! Go home already!

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