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Monday, December 06, 2021: Here’s to those who ....

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Tuesday November 30 2021: I suppose the largest non-newsy news is the return of snowy owls to Holgate, possibly two, surely one.

Below: My favorite artsy shot from Holgate ... taken in the wake of a storm as tidal pool emptied.…

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Sunday, November 21, 2021: I’ve been out of commission – by choice ... to every churn, churn, churn

CHECK OUT: https://www.thefisherman.com/new-jersey-video-fishing-forecast-november-24-2021/

Below: I just caught a glimpse of this clever hider ... …

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Monday, November 08, 2021: A week of relative mildness is upon us. Actually, it will be more like another week of fall mildness.

Show N' Tell used to be very functional back in the day...though troubling for those of us who knew what a lousy shot Scooter was ...

... Then there was Show N' Tell back at…

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Tuesday, November 02, 2021: We’re easing into fall, yet haven’t come close to seeing frost on the pumpkin; Make a prefab clam chowder

Above: A perfect celestial wave peels off -- with a waverider seemingly taking off. This is not photoshopped. It's just weird cloud formations taking the …

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021: My weekly SandPaper column gets very deeply into the North Jetty; Bay is sassy with bass ... stuff galore

Tuesday, October 26, 2021: My weekly SandPaper column gets very deeply into the North Jetty. I do quite the history number on what was a mindboggling build between 1937 and 1940. The entire one-mile North Jetty went through Barnegat Light -- Barnegat City at…

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021: The ocean is so flat that stripers have very little interest in coming in ...

Below: A form of suicide never before tried ...

Just me…

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Friday, October 15, 2021: Sorry this blog has slacked off but the mulleting season is demanding and has gotten tough, as in time consuming, especially as it phases out.

Below: Some south end images I've captured while mullet hunting ... …

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Tuesday, October 05, 2021: Per usual, there’s a week’s worth of insider writings to unloose on this personal blog ...

When you find that perfect piece of beach wood…

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021: The drop-off in the people presence on LBI; info on paying for day beacon damage; mosquito dumps

Last weekend's Long Beach Island Fishing Club’s 74th Annual World Series of Surf Fishing Tournament ... (I could use some info on who caught what)

Below: Jack Reynolds Photography

1050 Sailor Drive Manahawkin, NJ 08050

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021: Mullet are running, though not amazingly; Is that Canary Island tsunami coming?

Perfect time for a fall headboat outing ...

Tuesday, September 21, 2021: Mullet are running, though not amazingly.

With fluking closed, anglers are targeting kingfish…

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021: It’s the old saying: “You can’t get there from here.” Such is the case late at night ...

Below: When ospreys dive for points -- 10s right across the judges' table. (Photo was sent to me with no attribution. This photographer needs to be recognized.…

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Tuesday, September 07, 2021: The end of summer has only begun; Just reading through this blog will allow you to give entry-level CPR

Being a nondrinker, I'm not sure I could drive roads in Great Britain ...

Below: Rare on-the-set photo of Al-baby. Anyone's guess as to what the movie was. …

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021: As we await another tropical drenching, this one possibly touting some decent windage ...

Below: Eileen always draws quite the crowd when out walking her pet hammerhead. …

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021: H. Henri was a breeze. In fact, we barely got so much as a passing breeze from the man ...

Below: Nobody would believe Joe (in the jungle hat) when he tried to explain what he just saw off the stern ...

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021: It can’t possibly back-to-college time. I haven’t even bought my new beanie.

Two-part harmony ... "Like a bridge over troubled waters ..."

While life also begins ... …

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021: Wow have we had downpours or what?! There have been four wham-bam rain events

Below: Those good old shorebreak rafting days ...

Well-Mannered Giant Sea Lion Waddles Around Fish Market To Asks For Snacks…

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Tuesday, August 03, 2021: Hopes of stemming what I think is some misinformation about Jake’s take of a huge tarpon

Tuesday, August 03, 2021: I want to get this SandPaper column story to you folks in hopes of stemming what I think is some misinformation about Jake’s take of a huge tarpon while spearfishing Barnegat…

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021: How can it almost be August? Einstein suggested that time could speed up but we wouldn’t notice it, per se.

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BELOW: ART IMITATING ... ART ...

“This is a…

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Monday, July 19, 2021: As I mentioned in a Facebook post, I went out on the hopper-dredger Murden ... overload of pics ...

Monday, July 19, 2021: As I mentioned in a Facebook post, I went out onthe hopper-dredger Murden. Also onboard were Harvey Cedars officials, a SandPaper reporter/photographer team two Corps reps, including the man in charge of the LBI beach…

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