Barnegat Bay Rendezvous July 15th - 17th
 

I have been asked by a couple of people in conversations to narrow down a time for this summer's NJ get together so people can make plans.
I ran dates by several so far and wanted to post to get opinions from everyone.
We are looking at the following two weekends, doing like a Friday Saturday Sunday thing for those that can or any portion thereof for those who want to do a day thing. It looks like I am going to have the Wind Talker and CB coming down to my place on Friday and going from here.
The weekend of July 16-17
The weekend of July 23-24
So opinions from all would be great, especially Lumber as we are all getting drunk and crashing at his house.

I'm Up for 16th and 17th.

either one works for me.

23 & 24 24th is my birthday:happy:

but what ever works, i need to know by June 1st to ask for the day off unless i am already off:head:

I think either of those choices work for me.

Willy,
sorry I was so quick on the phone the other night. I was at my soccer game and just so happened to be on the bench when you called. But I was next in line to go back in. I was thinking about what you said. There is a pretty good place called Waters Edge. It gets pretty busy but there are plenty of places to park boats. But in a south wind it could get pretty rough. There are a few places in Forked River that could work if is blowing too hard. The weekend of the 16/17 will work for me. I have to work the weekend before and after. Maybe we can get a little fishing tournament going for the weekend too. I got my secret weapon:sly:

Willy never calls me :cry:

A Charlie Brown contest!! We all get one of them little cartoon rods and see who can get the biggest fish on it!

I can't talk with you directly without my interpreter CB.
I'd be mumbling for a week!

We could do a $10 or $20 a man into the pot and do a biggest fluke tournament or figure how to include stripers by size against state record in there also.
In July down there stripers will be fewer and far between, you would have to go outside which is easy enough. Barnegat has not been that good for stripers for my buddy down there for a few years, usually a night thing and very early morning along sod banks with an occasional weakie in the mix , just outside the inlet along the rocks is where most of the big stripes can be found. Sea Bass will be outside if you make a run to some wrecks.
Fluke will be scattered all over inside and out and blues will be all over.

I am in for the 23rd 24th. Ozzie can stay w me and captain the reelapeelin'. Watersedge does get rough but w the south wind but we could ditch and go down Toms river to the shanty too, or the Dutchman by lumber..

Or... Head thru the canal up to the manasquan river... Lots of fluking opportunities and the patio is there too... Don't ask how I know where all the waterfront bars are..

Going through the canal on a Saturday afternoon is an adventure itself. I never get the tide at my back.

A couple of times I made that long slow no wake ride it was not worth it to me. If we are in the main bay we are within a pretty short run to just about anything fishing wise and probably a lot of other places to hang. Tice's to hang and raft up, short run to good fishing along banks and channels, the whole area inside the Barnegat Inlet and of course the inlet itself and outside for deeper water. Pretty good mix.

Hopefully Rob Wilson will chime in on the camping spot he had last year, he said that was nice and there was a launch near or in it. I believe it was just across the bay from the area we are talking about

what about the forked river house or the old south winds I forget what its called now .... or like parrot said theres the dutchmans thats perfect pretty lot of dock space and calm water 99% of the time... its about a 20-25 minute ride from tices.

I don't know ANYTHING about the area, but reading thru this thread..."calm water 99% of the time"....REELY jumps out for me!!...

And THANKS for the offer, Craig...sounds REELAPEELIN!!...if I make it up there, I'll take you up on that!!...:clap:

The canal isn't that bad, if you hit the tide right on Saturday the worst I have ever seen was 8' waves.....right by bridge avenue. I am good either way, my dock is 4 miles north of Watersedge and the second dock is about 1/2 mile from dutchmans. Tony's bait n tackle is 3 houses over in manahawkin. Cannot wait, 3 more days till she goes in.

yeah the Dutchman sounds good. I love German food. I love that canal. It's usually good for a sinker or a rollover at least once a year. Now they have a barge in there to redo the west wall. Another obsticle.

Right in your wheelhouse so to speak!!...LOL!!...you da MAN, Pete!!...:clap:

Hopefully some of you with local experience fishing this area will provide us with links (like Spare did) for fishing areas and maybe a satellite shot of the area so the rest of us can get a look at where we'll be fishing and partying. :happy::sly::beer::sun:

Mr Krinkle likes to know the area.:sun:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...arth_Image.jpg

this is the Dutchman's we spoke of If this pic isn't real clear Google earth 2500 east bay ave manahawkin NJ 08050

To the far left is causeway boat rentals this where I keep my boat

Pete if your coming into the Dutchman's from the north keep all the way to your port side its deep water all the way in not sure how deep but even on the lowest tide Ive never had a problem (only locals really know this as we watch the weekend warriors run aground all the time running down the middle.

So that Mr Krinkle can make another late-night get-away!!...LOL!!...:sand:

For fluke you want either double creek channel towards the lighthouse but that gets hairy on weekends. BB or BI bout area just south of tices, oyster creek channel or you need to go behind beach haven to the middle grounds, the old stink house or the holgate inlet.

Let's do it now, mine is all waxed n ready to get dirty. New bilge pump is holding me back..

barnegat inlet
http://marinas.com/view/inlet/1_Barn...negat_Light_NJ

tices shoal

http://itouchmap.com/?d=881180&s=NJ&f=bar

more info on the inlet and oyster creek channel
http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/barnegatbay.html

a chart of the area
http://coastmariner.com/bin/chart2.p...1045&locId=745

Between Lumber and Pete Mr. Krinkle will know his way around.:clap:

That whole area of the bay is beautiful, the most memorable day on the water ever for me was there in the bay north of the Tices area while my friend Rich and our other friend jack were heading home on Rich's Grady due to a thunder storm that came up on us while outside the inlet fishing.
All of a sudden we came into a break in the storm, the sun busted thru with the most beautiful rays that struck the water in fromt of us, the lit up water sparkled and the bait fish were jumping clear out of the water. We looked at each other and turned into it, drifting thru multiple times with top water action like I have never had in my life on mid size blues(the good eating size) all on light tackle. Then while having this most incredible view and fishing all of a sudden right alongside us appeared a double rainbow of the strongest intensity I have ever seen, it looked like you could grab it and climb to the sky.
Now you had three full grown men that have seen some in life, just frozen, we stopped casting and just sat down and let the boat drift for about twenty minutes.
I can't really explain it better but it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in nature.
The rainbow started to fade, the big cooler was full of still kicking blues on ice, blood all over the deck, and three men without saying a word just looked at each other for a minute then started the motor and headed in.
I hope someday I have the opportunity to see something like that again, if not, it's OK, I saw it once.

Cool story willy..... Ive seen some crazy stuff like that in Harvey Cedars, Ive always said its rite in the track of a storm tunnel... its hard to explain .... you have to see it to believe it.

Here's the link to the campground we stayed in the last 2 years. Pretty close to the Barnegat Bay area. They have boat parking (extra fee of course) and its a mile or so to 2 ramps that I know of. I have been using a place called Downes Fish Camp but there also appears to be 2 marinas in Lanoka Harbor that have ramps as well.

http://www.cedarcreeknj.com/index.htm

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.asp...Camp&mkt=en-US

We already have a trip booked ending that first weekend, if it was the second weekend, it would be tough for me to make it as well after being away...

rkc

Heres a good one.....


http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/12323.shtml

From the phone conversations and what I see here the majority so far are saying the weekend of July 15-18 will work best.
Are we all right in making that the date the one for all to make their plans?

MJ can you sticky this thread?

Any input on the dates guys?

Well, I am good for the Second option. The other I have commitments, might be able to squeeze out a few hours for the earlier date. If Oz can get up here I will give him the keys and gps so he can take reelapeelin out.

omg!!...:beer:

The canal isn't always bad...last night, incoming tide. GPS clocked me at 12mph in neutral....

Well not to many chiming in yet on the first weekend listed, lets get some input from others, so far I know the date is good for me, Lumber, Capt. Pete, MJ, Chumbucket, Lee, Rob Wilson, a couple of others I have forgotten I am sure.

I've never been able to figure out how ppl could go thru the canal when there was a tide running without sinking their boats... Saw more than one boat almost swamp when they hit the waterfall effect of the outgoing tide hitting the slack water. It looks to be a several foot drop. I love fishing the canal at slack tide though... drift a bloodworm on a hook with no tackle.... almost like fly fishing..... (stripers just love drifting worms)...it's fun walking the bank watching the boats fight their way in and out through the canal. Haven't been there in a long while....think I'm gonna have to put it on the "must visit" list soon. :head:

Destroyer <-------seems to be on the forgotten list...<sigh> :sad:

Been waiting for you to chime in my friend, you getting your arse down there or what?

Planning on it Will... not totally sure until I see what date comes up. Either weekend looks good right now.... Since I missed last years (God, is it that long ago already?) and couldn't go to the southern get together I figure I'd better make this one or ppl will begin to doubt I really exist. :head:

WOW... I just realized... 04/13/10 was when I made my first post here... It's just over a year since I joined... :sun: