Mike?
 

Is it George? Man, I hope not.

Ideas, we all got 'em, but, think of things like mail in renewals, would have helped that elderly gent, hey, they have a "golden" pass for seniors for other stuff at the seashore, he should get one for his permit, and others like him..
The pic I am attaching is of George's old "A", summer of 46, up at the Race....

I didn't mind the actual wait in line much this year, BUT I think that my sense of adventure is waning in my second half century. In other words , I'm way too old for this Springstein wait in line sheiit. Mail renewal! March 15 to April 1. If you don't sent the cash by April 1 you're in line, praying to St. Jude. Still bothers me that I spent Easter Sunday in line for a beach sticker.

It's not George that I was speaking of. This gentleman doesn't even fish ... just enjoys the beach. I'll tell him to look into the Golden pass if that is currently an option.

pops02
 

This George guy sounds like a legend, can someone tell us a little about him or what ? Thats quite the buggy there. How old is that ? If anyone could tell me a little about this " George " guy, id love to hear it, thanks.

He sells Lures:)

"It is satisfying to hear the offislander who cheaped you down on contracting work squawk about paying $100 for the town beach pass. same guy spends a $1000 a day pretending to be a bigshot." beachwalker


Ain't that the truth! :smash:

i buy lures :)

pops
 

P-town George
George Carlezon, he is a legend. Old Friend of Frank Woolner, Arnold Laine, Al Benson, was a Charter Member of the MBBA, and I belive he was part of the original Traveling Twenty, which was the forerunner for the MBBA. Read Frank D's books, you will get some history of him there from his Nauset Days with Charley Murat.
I have had the pleasure of shaking his hand once, and chatting with him a moment. I am sure there are others here that can tell you much, much, more.
BM, he made you pay? ;) I saw him give a needle to someone, not me, unfortunately....
The picture of his "A" is from the MBBA archives, I hear stories of him still fishing and enjoying the beaches of P-town and Truro in his wagonneer, every summer.

na Karl I never bought any from Him

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a jointed george.

thats excellent ! Good to hear hes still out and about on the beach, thanks.

George
 

George must be nearing 90 now, but still gets around well. He was about 20 people ahead of me on Monday getting his RP sticker. He stood in line for 5 hours like the rest of us...God bless him.

I've got one of his black needle fish (bought 3 or 4 years ago when they still let him sell them on the beach).

I hope I'm still fishing when I'm his age.

I wonder
 

I wonder what it would be like if their wasn't any CCNS to run things. I remember when their wasn't any CCNS at all. I remember when you just went to the beach and parked at Coast Guard and did not pay any fee. I remember Whitings food stand that washed away many years ago at Nauset Beach at the end of Cable Road in North Eastham. I remember when going to the Marconi Station at Camp Wellfleet was just that going to see the big thick black wires stretching out into the Atlantic that once was high tech trans-atlantic communications at its best. I remember taking a dirt road to the right about 3/4 of the way in off the highway at Camp Wellfleet and driving for a couple of miles until you would get to this little turnaround. I remember parking there and riding our surfboards down the dunes to get to the water. I also also remember that god-awful walk back up the dune with surfboard on head. Jesus that was a long walk. I remember that absolutely no one else ever used that beach back then, no one. That little turnaround was just about where the stairway is now leading down to the beach from the huge parking lot now occupying much of the area to accomodate all the people that go to Marconi Beach (Camp Wellfleet). I remember all the city kids from New York that used to live at Camp Wellfleet in the summertime. The feds who took care of the kids used to bus them to the dances at the Eastham town hall on Saturday night where all of us met them. Thoses kids did a tremendous amount of the work it took to start transforming Camp Wellfleet into what it is today. Those kids lived in the old barracks that were left over from WW II. I wonder if any of them ever developed as deep a love for Cape Cod as I did? You had to be there back then when Poit's drive-in in North Eastham had carhop service. Oh those Mastretta sisters. You had to be there, when going to the submarine races at the Wellfleet drive-in ment that the original Guns of Navarone was playing and their was a submarine in the movie.
My point here is enjoy what there is of Cape Cod today anyway you can, because today is a much simpler time than what its going to be thirty-five years from now like it was much more simple 35 years ago for me. Good luck fishing this year everyone and everyone have a safe summer, God Bless.