[thewaterfordstriper]

i am tired of rhode island. everytime i go onto this site lately, i find out the rhody wants more money. between the license and the beach pass it is going to cost me 135.00 before i even cast a line. that is crazy. i have fished and rode east beach as much as anyone over the last 5 years, and i am telling you that there isn't garbage heaps past the main parking lot or i have i seen 1 person walk or ride in the dune area. the most i have seen is maybe 50 (during peak times) campers parked in two separate lots. if you think there is pressure on the beach from people holding passes than something is wrong with the authority looking. i have seen fireworks and people having parties (not riders, walkers), which means they are coming from all those pretty homes, creating havoc.
my favorite passtime was to meet tobias and fish the beach. now we are going to have to find somewhere else to go because, i am not paying for that.
by the way i am a licensed land surveyor (professional-construction) from conn. that will actually pick up a can that someone else has left and there isn't any people swimming in the middle of september, when the actual beach opens.