HUNTING AND FISHING
September 2010
Harpoon Larry writes,
Fellow fishermen,
These were shot coming into Jupiter inlet last month. The boat is the Waterdog, a 48\’ Garlington used for charter and run by captain Tom Henry. The swells were caused by the offshore hurricanes and this inlet can be very difficult in most any situation. Unfortunately, Tom was thrown from the bridge of the boat and broke two vertebrae. He was rescued and taken to the hospital were he died after being taken off life support. This was a seasoned captain who bought this boat down in Venezuela 10 years ago. He had run charters out of this inlet for more than 10 years!! The mate regained control of the boat and returned to the dock with the 5 people from the charter unharmed.
Click this link to see the photos of the accident…via www.tidalfish.com
submitted by Gary Bevan
Hunting and Fishing Update…from the NJ State Federation of Sportmens Club October news letter…submitted by Bill Schemel
Interestingly, there were a lot of reports of weakfish being caught in the Long Beach Island area south. These were small fish but nonetheless, given the situation with the fishery, they were a welcome sight.
Trout fishermen will get a bonus this week as the Division will finally start stocking trout on Tuesday after a week’s delay because of the drought conditions that persisted for the last two months.
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