Some GOOD news, All Angler Access

[Nebe]

wow... thats great news
i wish we could get the jamestown bridge back down here

[BassyiusMaximus]

. . . wow, that was the jetty that my parents took us too every weekend in the summer when we would go down there. They would pack up all the food and my dad and I would bring our rods and our dozen seaworms when they were about $1.00 then and I'd stand on my favorite rock out there and catch scup after scup, no size or bag limit in the late 70's early 80's, and I'd see the blizes out there but was too young of age and didn't have the rod to cast out to where they were. It was an awesome jetty and there would always be all kinds of people out there fishing, and the beach was nice too. At night people would show up with thier flats of worms and lanterns and coolers, ready to spend the night as they said the Tautog would come out at night and that is what they were fishing for.

I'm glad they build something for disabled people so they could experience what we experience, and I hope that the fishing there is as good or better than it was when I was a youngin. I got all nostalgic when I read Dowses Beach as I didn't think there would be anyone on the World Wide Web who would ever mention Dowses. Good post!

[RNC]

Originally Posted by Nebe

wow... thats great news
i wish we could get the jamestown bridge back down here

I wish someone would just take the no fishing sign off,it'll be alot better.

[Bass Babe]

I hope that when I have access issues, someone will wheel me out to the water. Heck, they'd better strap me on like a backpack and plop me on a good rock in SoCo.

[vineyardblues]

great News

And we all thought the money went to a dougnut fund , right Matt ..lol

VB

[TheRattBoy]

Now if they would only get rid of the " town resident only " signs...

[Biteme]

I'm 5 minutes from Dowses Beach and it is a beautiful beach, and ramp. To bad it takes so long long to accomplish something so simple.

[macojoe]

Thats Great news!! But are you going to need a permit??

My wife is now wheelchair bound and we just got her a power chair from the Scooter Store.
In Aug. we went to the Canal for a walk on the fire rd and to cast a rod for a while.
Well we parked in a Handicap spot and unloaded the chair. And started are way down the the fire road. We got about 200 Yard's when a ranger stoped us and said "do you have a permit to ride that here" I said you have to be kidding! He said no it is a rule and that we can not continue are walk with out the permit!!
I said you have Handicap parking, Skateboards, roller blades, bikes, dogs, fisherman with knifes gaffs and what not, but a handicap person can't come here with out a permit!
Well I was pi$$ed to say the lest!
So he said you have to leave, I said sorry we can't, he said why not? I said we can not use the chair on the fire rd and she can't walk there.
Now he goes on to say that I was being a jerk and that if we did not leave we would be arrested!
So for my wife sake i left. She has since called the army core office and now has a permit, and has to renew it every year!