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•December 22, 2022
Feeling Bad for ‘Happy’ This Holiday; Bigger Pipes Are Coming to Drain Us
’Tis upon us, the time of year when “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year” ring out, wonderously. While I merrily adhere to this great greeting, I nonetheless feel an odd sympathy for “Happy.” Say…
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•December 15, 2022
When Poaching Becomes a Conspiracy; Miraculous Speed of a Finger Snap
It has been a frosty end to fall. Not so much frosty cold, but actual ice crystals on roofs and eelgrass, which is a rare look on the Island. Ocean breezes often prevent the early a.m. sparkle show…
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•December 13, 2022
Crustacean Shells Assist Humanity Power Needs; Jersey Has It Going When Comes to National Honesty
We could very well be riding into the future on the backs of shrimp and crabs, so to speak. And, no, this is not the latest rendition of “Dune.” It’s more along the lines of staying cleanly powered…
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•November 30, 2022
Cellular Seafood Is Being Made as We Speak; Giant Geese Have Come Back From the Dead
The guns of Barnegat Bay are once again announcing the shivery dawn, a bit like well-armed roosters. While I don’t hunt, I’m not indifferent to the fact that hunters have preserved more wetlands and…
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•November 24, 2022
Things Are Wild on the NJ Turkey Front; Seeking Those Pond-Attacking Vandals
Welcome to the holiday season. May inflation work its subtle magic by making this year’s gift giving more spiritual than material, more giving than grabbing. Hey, thoughtfulness can trump even…
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•November 21, 2022
It Gets No More Inaccessible Than Point Nemo; Don’t Question the Right to Take Striper Selfies
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE: My social graces are anything but graceful. I’ve never been a social butterfly – more like a bristly caterpillar trying to escape people for all its many legs are…
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•November 7, 2022
You Better Be There to Buy … or Not; Rescue Made in Green Briar Hell
Let’s start off in Weirdnessville this week by focusing on that quick-change billboard on Route 72 in Manahawkin near the Holiday Inn. It’s digitized and computerized, brightly cycling through…
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•November 1, 2022
Contest Becomes a Leaden Downfall for Cheaters; LBI Bluefin Tuna Travels to the Mediterranean
The real-time capture of cheats at an Ohio walleye fishing contest has become a nationwide news sensation, highlighted by scathing social media comments evoked by smartphone video recordings of the…
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•October 21, 2022
There’s No Passing Up This Year’s Classic; Jersey Thing Become an Arkansas Thing
If you have an outside thermometer, go out and make nice since it’s about to take a wild and crazy ride. How the heck is Steve Martin doing these days?
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•October 17, 2022
Poacher Busts Just Keep on Coming; A Bass Bonanza of All-Time Proportions
We are suffering through the latest the traffic signals have been left on in the fall. The big turn-off must await the rescheduled Chowderfest this weekend. Of course, suffering might be a bit much…
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•October 11, 2022
Sea Shell Seeks Anglers for Striped Bass Derby
The Sea Shell Resort and Beach Club in Beach Haven is taking sign-ups for its 25th annual Striped Bass Derby, running Friday through Sunday, Oct. 28 to 30.
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•October 6, 2022
Ian Morphs Into a Nor’easter Storm Thing; You, Too, Might Be a Born Asparagus Reader
It goes without saying – yet I shall – Ian the Demon was as bad as a ’cane comes … and then some. The then some was the totally unnecessary ass kicking it planted on us, for days on end. Ian has…
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•October 4, 2022
This Saturday: Surf Fishing Seminar and Start of Annual Angling Tournament
With the arrival of fall and the start of the 68th annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic, it’s time to fine-tune those fish-catching skills. Don’t miss out on the free surf fishing seminar scheduled for…
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•September 28, 2022
Acupuncture for Damaged Plugging Shoulders; Tapping Into the Meyer’s Hole Menagerie Pack
I’m sort of short-winded this week. Yes, I of over-verbalness – more than once cited by the word police for offering columns exceeding the posted limits – am running on empty, which tangentially begs…
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•September 22, 2022
One Bad Clam Can Spoil the Fluke Barrel; Old Barney’s Closed Days Are Numbered
September is living up to its namesake motto, as in “It’s better in September.” It has been just that, overall. Of a.m. autumnal evidence, we are experiencing increasingly regular cool, pine-scented…
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•September 15, 2022
That’s One Way to Suck Up Microplastics; We’re Now Running on Holgate Time
I won’t harp on this, but Sept. 10 was the peak of the hurricane season and there was virtually nothing cyclonic to peak upon, short of the wilting remnants of H. Earl.
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•September 12, 2022
Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic Begins Oct. 8
Fall is not far off, which means it’s time to register for the 68th annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic; this storied and much-anticipated surfcasting-only tournaments runs Oct. 8 through Dec. 11. Join…
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•September 10, 2022
Gone But Possibly Not for All That Long; New Jellyfish Is A-Sting in the Surfline
I know it seems as if most summerites have flown the Island coop, but I’ll dare to say it’s an iffy departure. Dollars to donuts, there will be a bounce-back effect, an odd homage to pandemic times –…
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•August 31, 2022
Hurricanes Don’t Read Preseason Prognostications; Fishing Trip That Shoots for the Falling Stars
Lo and behold, it’s already time for waxing autumnally, atmospherically-speaking. Most weather agencies now accept Sept. 1 as the official meteorological start to fall. May the September equinox…
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•August 25, 2022
Bayside Bad Guys With Wings; When First Aid Gets Overexuberant
Monday’s downpour was quite a flash flooder. You’ll see some photos within this issue of The SandPaper.
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•August 21, 2022
Cownose Rays Horsing Around in the Surf; Orcas With Attitudes Come Crashing Down
Island beachlines felt a glorious influx of milder surf waters, compliments of downwelling north winds. Adding awesomeness to the warmer-ness was acrylic-clear water – and the first notable stingray…
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•August 15, 2022
Arctic Shark Does a Nonstop to Belize; Days of Saying Something Are Here
Ocean temps remain in a bather-maddening pendulum mode – ups and downs far beyond what we usually feel nowabouts.
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•July 27, 2022
Surfline Is on a Hot-and-Cold Roll; Pricing a New Extended Cab Maserati
BIPOLAR BATHING: Certain summers seem inclined to dole out drastic ocean temperature swings. We’re seemingly immersed in just such a schizophrenic water stint. We’ve already had a series of highly…
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•July 11, 2022
Spending a Lovely Day on a Recycled Glass Beach; No End in Sight for Fed-backed Beach Replenishments
It was the most crowded July Fourth – or any summer day – ever. As irrefutable scientific proof, I had to park over two blocks from my workplace on Monday – and even then, I inched into a…
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•June 18, 2022
We Brake for Terrapins; Poachers in Our Midst
It’s that time of year when we rally to save/assist egg-laying diamondback terrapins, which qualify as “lady terps” – for all you University of Maryland alumni.
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•June 15, 2022
Tuna Open’s Top Whopper a 130-Pounder
The Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club paid out $144,325 in prize money at least week’s second annual Tuna Open. The event drew 66 boats.
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•June 9, 2022
Bumble Bees Making It Big as Flying Fish; Inshore, Offshore and Somewhere In-Between
Joining the list of things that will be larger than ever this summer is the mariner realm, as new highs in registered vessels and captain certificates point to our waters all but boiling with…
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•May 19, 2022
Capture the Moment, Think Horizontal; Trillion Trees Present Perfect Start to Bettering Skies
There’s now a slew of waterproof cases for smartphones, which have reached an Einstein-grade smartness, meaning they need serious protecting when in the hands of anglers, especially those of a boat…
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•May 15, 2022
A Wind Whacking That Unlooses Naysayers; It’s Time to Begin Regreening LBI
It was quite the rollicking wind whacking we’re slowly shaking off. It was an old-fashioned three-day(-plus) nor’easter.
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•May 3, 2022
Amphibian Week Has Snuck Up on Us; When Les Turned Butterknives Into Lures
Next week is Amphibian Week, running from May 1 through 7. Yee-ha, right? It’s a perfect time to shower some extra love on that pet toad of yours.
