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..