National Safe Boating Week begins Saturday
National Safe Boating Week kicks off Saturday, May 18, and Patch caught up with the folks at U.S. Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet for some tips as we enter the Shore's first boating season since Superstorm Sandy.
FISHING FRIDAY: Blues swarming local waterways
It's funny what leads to some of our favorite moments on the water. Last Friday, I had set aside some time to help my neighbor fix her computer that's been on the fritz since she returned to Long Beach Island from Florida. But, to quote Seinfeld, yada yada yada, the computer cleanup was put off to another date. I used the time I had set aside to kill two birds with one stone: charge my boat's battery to full power (after its long winter's nap) with a lengthy run up Barnegat Bay, and fulfill the promise I made to all of you folks that I would check out the channels that lead to Barnegat Inlet and report the results. The results are mainly positive (mind the pun on the battery charging joke). I made my way to Barnegat Inlet in Double Creek …
12:24 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013
Anyone notice that the Sea Nettles are back? My lagoon was loaded with them yesterday. I guess the storm didn't wash them out as hoped. more ›
A state DEP crew is starting to work on the house swept into the bay by Sandy
If you can possibly avoid driving on Route 35 south through the Bay Head-Mantoloking area this morning, it would probably be a good idea. A crew is starting to work on a house that needs to be demolished and moved out of Barnegat Bay. Traffic continues to be heavy on the state highway and it's not yet known when it will clear up, Mantoloking police said on Thursday morning. "Two road jobs" and the state work on the house press are contributing to the congestion, police said. The state Department of Transportation is holding a press conference about the state's plan to begin dismantling a house that Superstorm Sandy flung into Barnegat Bay. A press release issued on Wednesday states: "Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner …
12:00 am on Saturday, May 4, 2013
If the commercial linked on the bottom of this post touches you come to Joey Harrison Surf Club Sat May 4th 1900 Ocean Ave Ortley Beach NJ at 2pm and meet some people who are fighting for something higher then self. Thank you http://youtu.be/hghJ3wx8sN0 more ›
Season's first boat ride was pleasantly uneventful – and unusually meaningful
Barnegat Bay seems, well, okay. And yes, I have the video to your right to prove it. Dire predictions of floating debris, extreme shoaling and death traps lurking behind every channel marker didn't seem to pan out on my first boat ride of the 2013 season, which took place last weekend between Manahawkin and Long Beach Island. As we reported here on Patch, a few weeks ago, a group of folks from the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey hopped on board their vessels and took a ride through the bay to prove the waterway was safe following Superstorm Sandy. Things went well for them, as it did for my dad and I as we took the maiden voyage of 2013 together. "Lots of people are hearing rumors, we thought the best way to go is show them," Brick…
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6:54 am on Friday, May 17, 2013
Has anyone been in Mill Creek in the Beach Haven West area? more ›
Barnegat Bay will be open by Memorial Day Weekend
Ocean County expects to receive approximately $40 million in reimbursements for some services performed following Superstorm Sandy within a couple weeks. The project worksheets for just debris removal are in their final stages of approval and the county will be receiving a check soon, Administrator Carl Block said at the Board of Chosen Freeholders’ pre-board meeting. “There is movement,” Block said. The $40 million is just a fraction of the $60 million the county has put out for debris removal. The county paid for the services of AshBritt and Louis Berger Group Inc. upfront, for some municipalities. Once the county is reimbursed, municipalities will pay their share, Block said. Freeholder John C. Bartlett said fronting the money, without …
12:35 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Going to be a lot fewer folks willing to pay any taxes. more ›
Grass roots organization hopes to use 'all available eyes' to document the presence of eastern oysters in the Barnegat Bay.
Calling all bay lovers! ReClam the Bay, a grass roots organization working to repopulate the Barnegat Bay with shellfish, is asking bay enthusiasts to help in its efforts. “ReClam The Bay is actively interested in changes in the bay, and while it monitors the growth of shellfish in its nurseries, it is also interested in changes that can only be observed by people who use the bay,” spokesman Charles Brandt said in a news release. The nonprofit is asking people to help with its project of identifying locations where wild oysters are found in the Barnegat Bay. “The idea is to use all available eyes to keep a look out and document the presence of eastern oysters in Barnegat Bay, adjacent lagoons and tributaries,” Brandt said. Those who locate…
11:59 am on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
I hope they come in droves this summer and I know a lot of business owners who are hoping for that also! Define Benny? I bet you a lot of you are the pot calling the kettle black!! What are the 2nd homeowners called, you know the ones that pay the taxes but get nothing in return? Take your elitist attitude elsewhere, NJ Shore does not need the haters!! more ›
Little Egg Harbor shellfish beds opened Friday
The last of New Jersey's shellfish beds that have been closed since Superstorm Sandy struck Oct. 29, 2012 are in the process of reopening. Shellfish beds in Little Egg Harbor opened Friday morning at sunrise and beds in Raritan Bay will open at sunrise April 15, the state Department of Environmental Protection said Friday. With the resumption of shellfish harvesting in both areas, all of New Jersey's shellfish beds that were once closed as a result of Superstorm Sandy will now return to the classifications they had before the storm hit at the end of October, the department said in a statement. The vast majority of the waters of Barnegat Bay had been reopened to shellfishing over the past several months, though a small section of Little Egg…
Oyster Creek Channel will be dredged, jetty will be repaired under Army Corps project
Damage along Barnegat Inlet's north jetty caused by Superstorm Sandy will be repaired as part of a larger project that will also include dredging the heavily-trafficked Oyster Creek Channel, officials said. The north jetty of the inlet, which runs along the south end of Island Beach State Park opposite Long Beach Island, was impacted by storm surge during Sandy, leading to shoaling which occurred at some points and the loss of some jetty rocks. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews conducted a side-scan SONAR survey of the north jetty and inspected for toe failure, said Stephen Rochette, spokesman for the Corps' Philadelphia district. The channel remains open and active, though the scan revealed "moderate damage" of the jetty which will be …
10:14 am on Saturday, April 13, 2013
Important meeting Thurs. April 25th: All Shore towns' residents feel confusion, anger and despair about FEMA’s draconian mandates. Stop FEMA Now was created to inform property owners of the hardships they face from FEMA's temporary "advisory" base flood elevations, extra-high house elevation requirements and exorbitant annual insurance premiums. The grassroots organization wants to spur Congress … more ›
DEP Commissioner: sand could be piped over Route 35 to oceanfront
The ongoing process of removing debris from the floor of Barnegat Bay will eventually evolve to the next step in the overall cleanup effort: removing sand that got pushed into the waterway. That phase of the project should begin in the next four to eight weeks, said New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Martin during a conference call with a number of reporters Tuesday. "While we do the debris removal, we are already putting plans in place and getting permitting with the Army Corps of Engineers to do the dredging activity," said Martin. "I'm hoping within the next month or two we can start doing that dredging as well." The bay is steadily being cleared of large pieces of debris left over from Superstorm …
1:21 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Boating , swimming will be a big risk to all until the bay ,ocean , beach area's are all cleaned up...NO body really no's how much crap is still in those waters.. more ›
Expert: DiGilio's boat had right of way; prosecution: lack of lights made him forfeit right of way
Anthony DiGilio's guilt or innocence on charges of vehicular homicide and assault by vessel will likely hinge on a few specific issues: whether his boat's navigation lights were on at the time he collided with another boater, and whether his speed was reckless given the conditions on the water at the time. The accident took place after 1 a.m. Aug. 3, 2008 near Gunner's Ditch, the area where the Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay converge in Brick Township. The trial of DiGilio, a Brick resident, began Wednesday, over four years later. Senior Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Hillary Bryce said in an opening statement in Superior Court in Toms River on Wednesday that she will present witness testimony from a security guard at the Wharfside …
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10:58 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ya got that right. Who in their right mind operates their boat at 40 mph which is about 35 knots at 1am ? Never mind the fact that it was a moonless night. I've been boating for 30+ years and NEVER do I do more than what is necessary to move forward slowly 5knots or so (and I have a lookout with me and Radar going ALL THE TIME) at night. But then again I never operate ANYTHING (other than my arms… more ›
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5:27 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Some of these comments are directed to locals but should be posted in north jersey and new York papers for the drunk bennies that don't care when they come down to our areas.. more ›