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Are you guys kiddin' me too cold? I just got home from sitting in a goose blind all morning. This rally is going to be a walk in the park!

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HOLD ON A MINUTE....This isn't about Commercial vs. Rec.
This isn't about who get's what and what's fair to whom and all that other crap.
It's about protecting livelihoods and a freedom we have all enjoyed. Remember one thing, the Commercial guys have daily pound limits, yes they get'em when we don't, but look at what we are being told...The stocks have re-bounded, we haven't over fished and overfishing isn't occurring, so what the hell is the problem?
These guys have family's and are 3rd and 4th generation fishermen, like us...Do I say "Because I'm a Party Boat guy" and make my living doing this that everyone with their own boat should be last on the list??
BS, we are all in this together and if we don't show it now when the clock is ticking, we will be dead in the future......Currious to see how many Party and Charter boat Captains really do show up. If this isn't that important then maybe you should think about a job at WalMart!!!
Capt.Ron

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Ron,

I would think that the same guys that bitch about Recs Vs Comms would bitch when they can't get spearing or fresh clams or their favorite restaurant is out of fresh swordfish when they want it.

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Anyone residing in western NJ, Easton ,Allentown PA area, that would be willing to obtain a local bus for the march on Wash. Probably need 40 + people to maintain fare at that $30.00 level . I'm willing to pick up someones seat + mine ! That would save us driving to AH etc. PM me or answer via site if interested!

Thanks,
Capt. Lou

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Capt Lou,
Check out the DC Rally 4th Bus Location Thread. There is a pickup in Bordentown NJ Servicing Western NJ / Eastern PA / Philly etc. This should work fine for you guys.

http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18455

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Just created a Facebook event for the march to raise some awareness to different groups of people who don't check up on fishing websites. Gotta spread the word to EVERYONE and get more people than just fishermen on board!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...4538404&ref=nf

If you have facebook, you can join the event and invite as many people as you wish.

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Both locations that someone living in my area can access are AH or Spts.Ctr., they are each about 1 1/2 hrs from my house.
If a bus cannot be launched closer to my home than I'll jump on one of those,this will not stop me from going, just putting it out there in case others may be thinking same.

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Now that we are into the new year, let's make a resolution to make a difference this year. It's is now time to sign up for the Washington rally.

Please don't think I don't have to do it because other will. We all have to participate to make this work. WE can't wait to see how the weather will be , we need to be there no matter what. Make your arrangements now so that the organizers can see the support they are getting.

Go to the SSFFF site pick a pick up point and make a commitment to DO SOMETHING THIS YEAR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

HENRY

PS Happy and a healthy New Year to all, and let's keep on fishing...

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I will be there!

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Just got my ticket I am In - Leaving from Atlantic Highlands

I will offer to drive from the Clark Exit off of the parkway exit 135 if anyone is interested please let me know

Lets Rock - :mad: - :D

G- Out Feb 24th - Lets make the difference :cool:

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Got my ticket for AH bus yesterday. Who else is going on that one. Maybe we should start tread for each locations IDK

I don't mind showing up early to put together some signs for the march if anyone wants too.

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weather won't be issue
work ethic will
have so many furlough weeks this year if I'm off I'm there

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Bring the boss with you. He fishes doesn't he? I'll save you a seat on the bus.

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yeah he fish's just borrowed my tackle for a blackfish trip LMAO

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Please wake up people. There are almost 3600 views to this thread, 55 replies including mine, and after speaking to Tony Bogan yesterday there is less then one busload among all the locations. Everyone b-tches about regulations, shutdowns, short seasons, size and bag limits, etc., well here is the perfect opportunity to let Washington know we've had enough of the BS. I've read excuses such as: not wanting to drive an hour or more for a bus, could be too cold and windy, have to go to work. Well, most of us will think nothing of driving 100 miles or more to go fishing, most of us will fish in the most extreme conditions if the bite is on, and most of us will take a day off from work when the bite is on. And shame on the industry people as well. I know there are very few captains, mates, tackle shop owners and employees, boat dealers and salesmen, and marina owners and employees signed up to go. This is an opportunity to make a difference, let's not waste it.

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Amen brother.

People please don't make this effort by all those involved in organizing a waste.

Don't say you can't get off work. in most cases over a month is enough time to request off.

Don't say you can't make the drive. I promise you would make the drive if you had a chance of a lifetime to fish. If not you might never get that chance.

I am personally driving from the Poconos in PA and I will stop along the way (not at your house, but at park and ride or somthing along the way) and bring you with if you are saying..... "I would go but...... the drive boo hoo."

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I know of quite a few people who are definitely going, but still have not paid for a ticket.

In addition to Dave's comments (which are dead on) please keep in mind those of you who are going but have just not bought a ticket yet, that I have to process every order myself. I keep separate track of each location and each potential bus from each location (12 buses total are possible) as well as a running list to distribute to key people at each location that is updated with each purchase.

Please don't slam me the week before with orders at the last minute.

Give me some time to do this since I have to do it all in my spare time. Start now so we can get this thing rolling.

Hey Al, Kenny, Chris, etc..... WHERE ARE YOU?

We have about 10-12 boat/business owners, and only a few from this site, FROM THE ENTIRE STATE OF NJ that have purchased tickets, not counting myself and my family which have all already paid.

I see the captains and mates from these boats and others posting on here, but they sure as hell haven't spent any money getting tickets for a rally TO SAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, not that many of them ever spent money on anything anyway.

I'm done keeping quiet, it is put up or shut up time for the industry.

Some may say "Oh you catch more flies with honey than vinegar."

I say "Bull$4IT" As Jeff said, Sooner or later you have to realize that all the honey in the world is not going to catch any more flies. As I said, what, are those people who never contribute anything going to contribute less than zero? (good movie by the way:) Are those that NEVER come to meeting going to show up less often than never?

Sorry folks, this is the end of the line. Time for the industry to step up to the plate or piss off, either way I'm in, just like I always have been along with the handful of others that are always in.

Capt. Tony Bogan

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Just ordered my bus ticket from Atlantic Highlands: fast + easy to do.

Hope to see many of my NJF friends and sponsors there !! I'll be meeting my Long Island friends (leaving from Captree boat basin) on the steps of the Capitol. Let's ensure that the NJ contingent is well represented :cool:

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Tony's & others who posted comments on non participation does not surprise me one bit.
Given all the rallys, meetings, letter writing campaigns that I took part in for over 30 yrs., only bare bones contingents showed, this led me to believe a long time ago that most anglers will contuine not to step up! I hope I'm 180 degrees off for this event, it's like Tony stated, it's really now or never. The momentum is ever so slowly shifting nows our time to unite and act! We all lose if you don't show up in force!!!
Hell I've been driving to the shore all my life to get on mine or someones boat in all kinds of weather to fish, comparatively speaking like someone stated earlier this is a piece of cake!!
Unless I'm completly missinformed, I'll bet that industry support will follow suit,yet we still contuine to purchase their products without any recourse,you know when all's said & done we deserve what we get . It's time to get down & dirty ,lets hold everyones feet to the fire on this one. If they don't participate we should boycott their products period!!
To let this opportunity slip away due to indifferance or whatever your excuse will be, might finish us!!
If you can find any way to attend please do so,everything has been designed to compliment your attendance,to miss it would be putting us in a true position of weakness!

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Will they add busses as the demand grows ? I was leaning towards Bordentown but will hold off until I find out what the rest of the crew is doing . Anyone else shoving off from Sportsmen's Center in Bordentown ?

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At this rate the answer is no, since we are SOOOOOOO far away from filling all the buses at the current locations. Each location we are selling tickets for can handle at least 2 if not 3 buses at each location, and we have yet to even fill half of one bus at any of the locations.

Buy your ticket as soon as you can. When the date gets close the sales will be halted, we will not have a bus with half a dozen guys on it.

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Pathetic :( When even more Draconian regs are shoved down our throats we'll have no one to blame but ourselves !!

Come on folks, order your tickets NOW.

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I hope I am right with this and I say I hope.

I hope we have a lot of procrastinators on this sight. I am guilt of this a lot or I get side tracked and forget.

It is really simple to do it takes about 2 mins and you are done.

Please show up i would love to see at least one full bus from each location.

Capt TB how many passengers does a bus need to go? I hope we do not have people missing the chance to go because the bus wasn't full at their location.

Sign up it is a great cause!!

maybe we could schedule a fishing trip to leave when we get back??

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Thank you Capt. TB . I have at least two others that want to go it's just figuring out what location to depart from .

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DMac / Hartattack: great posts and dead on keep them coming. The simple fact is this March is scheduled and advertised so anything other than a strong showing is going to have a extremely negative effect on all the work that the RFA, SSFFF, Capt TB, Capt Adam and others have done to date. Like Leif Posted a while back, Who in their right mind wants to ride a bus to DC in the winter with you guys but simply there is no other choice

This is the simpliest, least time consuming and least expensive thing any individual or business who cares about fishing can do for themselves.

It could not have been made any easier for YOU to attend.

Even if you think that our Fisherys need regulation and more management the FIGHT here is to make sure its based on FACTS. If YOU cant go due to work or family comittments, everyone backing this understands that but then find someone else to go that you know.

Use the printable Flyer that Tony put out and spread the word
http://www.njfishing.com/forums/show...ewpost&t=18711

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Ol Pedro,
Myself plus 1 from the Sportsmans Center.

All of you lurking and thinking about should I go or not. This is our 1 chance to make a difference. Tony, Adam, et al continue to work to insure we have a fishery. Make a commitment for 1 day of your life to help support to help to make change a reality. We all need to be counted.

For all in North Jersey, Central Jersey, or the Philly areas, the Sportsmans Center is within 10 minutes of an exit off 195, 295,or NJ Turnpike either exit 7 or 7A. Easy access with plenty of parking. Let's make it happen, if you want the ability to fish for the rest of your life!

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Myself and 1 of my buddys are gonna sign on next week. Leaving out of bordentown. Been a little busy with work and getting another motor put in my truck.

See ya there, Bill

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Do we have a full bus from Atlantic Highlands yet? Come on people this is just plain Bull. But then again, I guess that is why we have the regs we have. Just so easy to let the other guy do it.

Maybe we should have a virtual march on DC? Then everyone can sit at their computers, make up cool slogans and spout off with out fear of actually having to DO SOMETHING!

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I'm shocked at how many (PRO"S) from Atlantic Highlands haven't signed up yet, (Charter and Party boat).....When it's too late, the crying will fall on deaf ears!!!

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Nope.

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I don't care what your excuses are the fact that we can not fill a bus with people willing to take one day to protect their fishing rights. If it was opening day of fluke or opening day of blackfish on a weekday you would find that particular parking lot full.

I believe people are also afraid to stand up and make noise that is why we are being defeated by the eviro/animal activists because they are not afraid and are putting their money where their mouth is. I would have to at least give them credit for standing for what they believe. We can't even fill a bus to give one day of our time. These people chain themselfs to damn trees for days.

COME ON PEOPLE

If you are someone saying how can we make a difference. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU TRY!!!!

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Shirtguy Got His Ticket For Atlantic Highland Bus

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I have my ticket leaving from Bordentown . I know that Jakesdad said that he was going from there anyone else leaving from Bordentown . Should we bring anything other than warm clothes/camara's ?

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Insert Fishermen of NJ, Enviro's and NOAA where applicable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3ZENhUlDU

Get on da BUS already!!

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i belive they are trying to get a buss from grumpys tackle in seaside park for the berkly striper club..i will be goin...



sean

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I hope so - if not click on :

http://www.ssfff.net/marchondcticketsdirections.html

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we had a meeting about it last nite, rounded up a few extrs guys, thought about our own bus, but if Tonys buses are empty then we'll be aboard them.Question is what to where? are there really enviro's with red balloons? should we bring slickers? or does that look to to stupid? "Time to try and save our own asses boys"

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To all:

I and all those who have organized this event support any and all efforts to get people to attend and to get buses for people to take to DC.

There are currently 4 locations I am responsible for: Highlands, Brielle, WildWood and Bordentown.

Each location can easily handle two or three buses worth of cars, which is why those locations were chosen.

ALL of the locations have space available. So, if there is a spot within a reasonable distance from wherever you are, to me it makes sense to buy a ticket for that location as opposed to setting up even more buses from the same area when the first ones aren't even full.

The Highlands and Brielle have each just about filled one bus, that's it. I can easily handle 3 buses from the basin, probably even 4.

So please, if you are going to head to DC on one any of the buses leaving from NJ, NY, PA or DE please go to THIS WEBSITE and purchase your tickets or get the information about other bus departure locations!!

Please do not wait, I have to process each of the orders from our 4 locations myself, print receipts, maintain the bus lists, process the credit cards. It would be a HUGE help if people would do it sooner rather than later so I am not slammed with orders at the last minute.

Plus, when we get close to the date we will simply cancel any buses that aren't reasonably full, so if you wait too long you may be SOL.

Thanks very much, and anyone who has information on another bus location not listed at the address above please let me know and I will add that information to the website.

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just read all the post in this thread and cant believe with all the fisherman who read this site the busses arent filling up. tb and dave a and capt ron are right everyone bitches but doesnt want to put the effort in to do anything. waah its gunna be cold,windy etc etc. dont most people blackfish or fish offshore seabass when its cold and windy? bunch of cry babies. guess u dont realize that fishing rec or comm will soon be a thing of the past and if fisherman from both sides dont speak up and do or say something. the pros in ah and the pros in BELMAR should be ashemed of themselves for not signing up for a bus. the BELMAR BASIN BOYS should really be ashamed cause they bitch and moan but dont do shit to help a cause. all they are is out for a buck to put in there pocket and backstab each other. the writing is on the wall. the head of nmfs is a pew girl and they want no fishing what so ever. ive written senators , congressmen on this issue and most dont reply and i expected that from them. ive fished along time and i see finally the comm and rec are on the same page, which i think is good the comm guys have some big lobbying and thats what this fight needs. it also needs for the govt to see that they will cost the economy millions and millions of tax dollars if they have regs like they have. the trickle effect of closing fishimg seasons and cutting of bag limits is endless. people will lose jobs businesses will go under adn people will lose houses, boat builders wont make boats, tacckle shops will close, the whole gamut. if u have a brain u will understand what i am saying. unfortunately i wont be going since i will be travelling that day to fla to fish for fish i cant keep cause of regulations imposed by the govt, but what the hall fishing isnt all about keeping them is it? tony i have a good idea on what belmar prima donnas want there own bus pm if u want. hope u all give em hell on feb 24th on the steps of the capital let em hear us loud and clear we are fed up with all there bullshit. go get boys. this is my opinion and if u dont like it tough deal with it

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Any PA guys on here lookin for a ride shoot me a pm.We have a bus leavin from SE PA.Looks like theres 6-8 seats left.