Jaymann's Blog – February 2014 Archive (12)

Fluke and Sea Bass Update 2-28-14

     The fluke and sea bass regulations are still up in the air but here is what I know at this point. The NJ Bureau of Marine Fisheries is working feverishly while…

The Fish Story

Sitting on Top of the Sushi World; Worms Can Save a Broken Heart…

(Above) Pray for spring

Wednesday, February 26, 2014: A whiff of snow, aka dusting, is still enough to irk my winter-wracked brain. Add some nasty-ass cold to come and all remains unwell in…

Saturday/Sunday, February 22/23, 2014: I make a lousy meteorologist. While weather folks, from pros to Average Joes, seek storms and rumors of storms, I’m on a constant lookout for warmth and fineness – just like today.

I don’t need no stinkin’ blizzards, hurricanes, nor’easter, tornadoes, or record-breaking frigidity to make my sky-watching day.  

Sadly, I see the cold…

Friday, February 21, 2014: Still in the slow-going guts of winter, though spring is starting to pop its head up now and again – a high today near 70 on the mainland, before the cool front came through – ahead of a full-blown cold front by next week.

The ocean remains frigid. No reason for it…

Killer Cocktails Losing Their Punch; Politically Correct Long-Tailed Ducks

By JAY MANN | Feb 20, 2014

Photo taken along Route 72 earlier ... 

Thursday, February 13, 2014: Yes, Hilda, we dodged a snow bullet to be sure. However, I won’t over-cheer the no-snow event since I’m always surprised at how nasty snow-lovers can become when forsaken by a storm like this…

Our Beloved Excesses Are Drying Up; Sea Otters Acting Very Unotterly-like

(Also see http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/our-beloved-excesses-are-drying-up-sea-otters-acting-very-unotterly-like/1114194) …

Monday, February 10, 2014: Right at SandPaper deadline last week, I was passed some information on winter flounder season becoming less restrictive – as in no closed season, though a strict size and bag limit stays in place.  

So, I’ve been on the landline trying to have this confirmed by the folks at NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Law Enforcement Bureau, Marine section. They listened to me as if I had two heads.…

Friday, February 07, 2014: I’m disgusted with the new fluke regs. Sadly, there are many locals who won’t be just disgusted but busted. Fluking is bug business hereabouts, from tackle shops to boat rentals to charters. That little shift in who gets the fluke – loved by states to the north – literally takes food out of the mouths of…

The Fish Story

Also at: http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/fear-fake-chinese-bee-pollen-back-in-the-golden-twc-days/1111088?cid=2727946

Fear Fake Chinese Bee Pollen; Back in the Golden TWC Days…

Monday, February 03, 2014: One might think this drab and down-pourish day might qualify for an “awful  little day” rating. Oh, fully contraire. This day is working it’s ass off to our extreme benefit. There had been enough excess salt on the Boulevard to allow speed tests, a la Bonneville Salt Flats.…