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Beachwalker -
I feel your pain. I made that hike from the notch in the Galls all the way to the point on a couple of July days two decades ago when they first started the closings (and restricted a lot more area). I'd walked for what seemed like hours with a heavy old honey Lami rod and surf bag but the lighthouse never seemed to get closer. Go see Bill Pew and ask him to show you the decoy and Piping Plover plaque I carved for him. It has instructions for snagging and cooking the birds.
That said, as Sea Wolf points out, there are only about 1600 breeding pairs of Piping Plovers on the entire east coast. If there were only 1600 pair of breeding striped bass, we'd all be camped on the DMF and statehouse steps with placards and petitions. Cut the birds a little slack; fall is better at the point anyway. Tight lines.
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