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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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Tuesday, July 13, 2021: Stating the obvious, the Island remains heavily used, though it isn’t quite as overpacked as in prior weeks.

Below: Life was simpler back then ... You knew you were pressing the wading envelope when the crab net came down.

Below: Momentarily exhausted from chasing the tailfeathers of this nest-building osprey, a black bird takes…

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Friday, July 09, 2021: Outside a total sky deluge around 4:30 a.m., Elsa wasn’t overly bitchy with us, though I heard of 70-mph gusts in both HC and Beach Haven

A kinda creepy way to become an instant star ... …

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Tuesday, July 06, 2021: Never been anything like that July 4th weekend ... Old Barney might have indigestion.

Below: One reason many kids are a bit twisted throughout their entire lives ...

Below: Reshowing -- for…

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021: There is no tabulating the turnout for this coming holiday weekend. Think in terms of a human tsunami

Stay peaceful when driving. Do not let road rage lead you to pull over -- to see this in your rearview mirror.

Having one of those days ....…

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021: For now, I’ll let the UFO thing remain in limbo, waiting to talk with the folks who first called in ...

This week's close-enough award goes to ... Look closely ....

I just got done writing about the deer strike dangers this time of year and don't I come across these two fawns absolutely unsure which way to go on this fairly speedy piece of…

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