September Fishing When

[unclegary47]

Watched show on Nova other nite showing trophy pictures from charter boats from 60s to today. Amazing difference. Absolutely shows stocks and sizes declining. Talked about "Jackson's apocalypse" on how and why jellyfish will eventually be the only things left. Very informative and very scarey!

UNC

[NoLimit]

Before the Star Ledger it was the Newark Evening News with the fishing reports

[Gerry Zagorski]

Reading through this again and was reminded of a school friend Phil. He and I got to talking one day and he'd tell me stories about his older cousin Alex that lived down the by the Manasquan River and how they'd catch Fluke and Flounder in the river. We hatched a year long plan to do just that as soon as Phil got his driver license.

He and his dad had an old 9.9 horse Clinton engine that was laying in the garage for years. Phil and I, being shade tree mechanics from working on our mini bikes, decided we were going to get that engine running and go fish the river. We pulled that baby apart, cleaned the carbs, fixed the pull start rope, put her in a barrel of water and had her purring like a kitten, or so we thought....

Phil and I saved and pooled our money and a few days after he got his drivers licence made the trip down from Fords to the river, rented a old wooden row boat in Brielle, strapped the old Clinton on it and off we went. First time out the old Clinton gave us some trouble and we had to row back in. But we were determined and it was back to the garage for some more tinkering to get that engine running again. Seems like every time we went out that darn engine would die on us but we kept at it.

We stayed in the area between the 34 bridge and the hospital by the canal because we could never trust the Clinton to get us back and had to stay within rowing distance. Luckily the Fluking in that section of the river was nothing short of spectacular. Every time out we catch a dozen or so Fluke each.

Fun times for sure and as I think back, planning those trips and the anticipation of going was as much fun as the trips themselves, as are the memories.

PS Not sure what ever happened to that Clinton but if any of you ever see one at a garage sale, don't be tempted..... Smack it upside the cowling for me and walk away