Plum Island beach Clean Up - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

tattoobob · 03-16-2008, 03:05 PM

Beach Clean Up
Saturday March 29th 2008
9am -3pm

If you fish at PI you should come and help, show our numbers
and fill a few trash bags show the radical bird watchers we also care

I will be there in my Pick up filling it and taking trash off the beach
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gone fishin · 03-16-2008, 10:01 PM

See you there Bob! Remember NO FISH ON PI..

tattoobob · 03-17-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by gone fishin

See you there Bob! Remember NO FISH ON PI..

I haven't been on the beach in a long time Don.

They are letting 5 trucks on and thats it, Everyone else will need to park at a lot 1-7 and walk on.

Make sure when you talk to the people in charge you tell them your a fisherman, and your representing MBBA

I will be picking up bags and larger trash and hauling it off to the dumpster

Bring gloves leather is best, they are suppling the rest.

Squibby17 I will put you on my Buddy list so you can pm me

This is a great way to find Plugs, I usually find 5 or 6

Finaddict · 03-17-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tattoobob

I haven't been on the beach in a long time Don.

They are letting 5 trucks on and thats it, Everyone else will need to park at a lot 1-7 and walk on.

Make sure when you talk to the people in charge you tell them your a fisherman, and your representing MBBA

I will be picking up bags and larger trash and hauling it off to the dumpster

Bring gloves leather is best, they are suppling the rest.

Squibby17 I will put you on my Buddy list so you can pm me

This is a great way to find Plugs, I usually find 5 or 6

Nice try Bob, I'm not falling for that trick again ...

The Dad Fisherman · 03-17-2008, 09:01 AM

Unfortunately I have to bring my son up to Nashua NH in the Morning for a Merit Badge College....he's in the home stretch and still fired up so I'm gonna ride it out with him.

Then Saturday Afternoon the PI Surfcasters are having there kids club meeting and I get to be the featured entertainment....gonna show them some basic plug-building stuff, see if we can get the next generation of Plug-Builders going.

Finaddict · 03-17-2008, 11:52 AM

I will have Sydney that weekend. If the weather is okay, I will bring her, otherwise, we will be pursuing other ventures that are more appropriate for a 3-year-old. Let's hope for warm, dry and sunny weather.

Squibby17 · 03-17-2008, 03:53 PM

My girlfriend and I have wanted to dedicate a day to charity and this would be perfect! I'll check in with her and make sure that date works. Bob I might Pm you for some details.

The Dad Fisherman · 03-18-2008, 07:17 AM

Bob, can you give me the specifics on this or a link to a website about it. We have a meeting tonight and I can put it out to the membership so they are aware of it.

american spirit · 03-18-2008, 12:59 PM

fox 25 showed a special on how the beach is erroding. i wasn't sure how much of an issue it actually is. isn't it just a matter of time before all beachfront homes in the world are under water.

Plum Crazy · 03-18-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Bob, can you give me the specifics on this or a link to a website about it. We have a meeting tonight and I can put it out to the membership so they are aware of it.

There is no link. This is the Refuge we're talking about.

Kevin is aware of the clean up.
I believe he is on the list to drive a truck out.

plankton · 03-18-2008, 02:44 PM

Unfortunately I'm working Saturdays, sounds like a good time for a good cause, hope the weather cooperates.

Squibby17, nice avatar, I think I recognize that place.

tattoobob · 03-18-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Finaddict

Nice try Bob, I'm not falling for that trick again ...

Andy, I said I had everything you didn't need to bring soup while you carried Sidney. to bad there was no fish

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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Bob, can you give me the specifics on this or a link to a website about it. We have a meeting tonight and I can put it out to the membership so they are aware of it.

Kevin I have a link Kevin Moore knows about it to
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerr...hcleanup08.htm

The Dad Fisherman · 03-19-2008, 07:17 AM

We put it out at the meeting last night so hopefully you'll get a few of the club members there to help out.

tattoobob · 03-19-2008, 02:49 PM

Thanks Kevin,

tattoobob · 03-20-2008, 08:49 PM

Look for a Red Ford F-350 that will be me and my wife

Everyone usually meets in lot 1

I wish we could get a few more people to step up.

saltydog · 03-22-2008, 12:50 PM

SORRY my weekend to work maby next year, I always pick stuff up as I walk in an out during the season, outhers should also .
GOOD LUCK GOOD PLUGGIN

togue · 03-22-2008, 01:56 PM

Will do my best to get there for at least part of it, provided I can clear the slate of some family obligations.

tattoobob · 03-27-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tattoobob

Look for a Red Ford F-350 that will be me and my wife

Everyone usually meets in lot 1

I wish we could get a few more people to step up.

I hope to see some of you there on Saturday I plan on being there at 8am

gone fishin · 03-27-2008, 10:17 PM

To all the MBBA members - be sure to stop by my Jeep and say hello. We want a good showing for those of us who fish this beach regularly. See you there!

MrHunters · 03-30-2008, 07:06 AM

good job guys!
though i had prior engagements that i could not change, i will be making the next cleanup day. I don't fish off the beach, I do boat out of the Merrimack, and like you said, boaters carry alot of the blame. Especially in that location!

When I fish out of Gloucester I often see this boat that does a booze cruise. On more than one occassion I see beer cans go flying overboard and I just wonder how much trash that ONE boat dumps into our waters during a season

Makes sure you post the next day here!
Well done, again!

Bob, hope its a cheap fix. maybe you can find the part next clean up

Plum Crazy · 03-30-2008, 07:34 AM

Some pics
http://picasaweb.google.com/Nance159...eanUpMarch2008

MrHunters · 03-30-2008, 07:39 AM

brrrrrr

tattoobob · 03-30-2008, 09:49 AM

Nice Pics, alot of trash was taken off and that dumpster was full then the back-hoe crushed it down a couple of times, it would have been good to have it both weekend days

the truck is in need of repair it has been sense the end of last season, and I have been putting it off. I have a brother that is a mechanic also an apprentice that I work with is also a mechanic so repairs will be less than if I had to go to a shop.

Plum Crazy · 03-30-2008, 10:27 AM

LOL the backhoe crushed it down AGAIN after we were done.
We came off at about 2:30, not enough time to go back out again for their 3:00 quit time.
2 days would have been great.

togue · 03-30-2008, 11:14 AM

Yeah, it was cold and WINDY! Thanks Gone Fishin for the ride back to Lot #7, it was a long walk into the wind, filled many a bag-o-trash on the way.

Sorry I got off to a late start, first chance I had to get a decent night of sleep in a almost a month and a half. When I got there they weren't letting anyone else out with trucks, so I went to the south end where I figured there would be fewer people picking up trash.

There were quite a few volunteers there, but I got the sense that aside from a few small groups most who were there filling trash bags chimed in only because they they saw the beach clean-up signs after they got there, but at least they did volunteer and help out. For the most part it seemed to me that only the surf fishermen/women came deliberately.

Oh, and I do apologize to the many birders I had to work around. Hope we didn't disturb your tranquil sojourn or offend you too much by poluting your telescopic view with the sight of a human being moving about the refuge with a purpose.

Sorry for the rant, its just that my "free" time is precious and few, so I get a little irked when I have a job to do and and my progress keeps getting inhibited by the devil may care "fart around and take our sweet time" without pitching in at all crowd. Especially when I know they are the source of many of the complaints that are fueling access limits and keeping the fishing crowd off the few and far between fishing spots in order to protect a bird that by and large is too stupid to get out of its own way.

Guess I'm still a little cranky....

Plum Crazy · 03-30-2008, 11:44 AM

LOL I just about fell off my chair when I read that! Too funny Togue

There must have been 30 of them with their telescopes watching us unload the trucks.
Oh thanks for the laugh.
We are cleaning out the truck now.
I think we can build a sandbox in the back yard now.

bassackward · 03-30-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by togue

Oh, and I do apologize to the many birders I had to work around. Hope we didn't disturb your tranquil sojourn or offend you too much by poluting your telescopic view with the sight of a human being moving about the refuge with a purpose.

That's those that even got of there car. All the people helping out in the cleanup were friendly to me and my 4 yr old daughter. The birders seemed anoyed to share the view with us and our bags of trash.
Overall, with the cold and wind it was no problem helping out. Tattoo (whom I've yet to meet) did a great job of getting the word out and he should feel good about it. I feel good just chipping in for 2 hours.

Enjoyed finishing the afternoon off at the PISC jr. program with the Kevins involving all the kids in lure building. My daughter helped build a tiny spook (Sknunky Joe)and I have the parts for my son, who couldn't attend, to finish a bottle neck popper.

gone fishin · 03-31-2008, 12:59 AM

[QUOTE=togue;578091]Yeah, it was cold and WINDY! Thanks Gone Fishin for the ride back to Lot #7, it was a long walk into the wind, filled many a bag-o-trash on the way.

Thanks to you Martin! You walked and picked a good half of that beach and left a truck load of rubbish for us to pick up. I stopped and started to pick up a couple of cloth bags that I mistook for rubbish. When looking closely at them I realized that they belonged to a group of bird lookers. They questioned me and I asked if they were volunteers for the project and got only a "no way " from them.

When we met up in lot one after loading the dumpster I didn't get a chance to ask you if you swam the plugs and how they were. How was the action?

Thanks again to all the fishermen that spend time on that beach and showed up to help out.

By the way The refuge is now officially "closed for plover recovery"