An affordable week fihsing the Derby--interested??

[JohnR]

Mike - some people will have cars over on the island. Best bet is to get a fishing buddy or two to go over with one bringing a car/truck. Going over in the past, this is how I have always done it... The island is so diverse in how you can fish it and places to go, you really want a vehicle over there for flexibility.

4X4 is nice as it gets you into extra places IF you want to get beach stickers. But most great places can be gotten to by car & walking. Some of the great places like Squibby, Gay Head, and other NDLs a 4x4 does you no good. Wasque and South beach can be accessed & walked from parking lots for those that are up to it but easily more than 80% of the accessible spots on the island do not need a 4x4 and a sticker. Main places for a sticker are the TTOR sticker for ORV access to Wasque & Pogue, and a different sticker for Norton Point - where the washout is - and I'm not sure what's up with that...

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[lurch]

Fished norton point in the spring and we were able to get a daily pass for ~20$. I am not sure if it has changed but the option was there in the spring.

[nightfighter]

Hmmmmmmm........... maybe!

[Mike P]

Norton Point sticker enforcement after Labor Day tends to be very hit or miss The one or two occasions where I was stopped, the deputy let me pass after I told him I was just driving through to wasque and not staying on the county part of the beach. And with the breach, I would expect enforcement ot be even more lax in the fall.

The only places you really, really need the TTOR sticker to fish are Arruda Point and the jetties on East Beach, and Pogue Light and the elbow (including the windmill house). You can access the Gut from North Neck. The only times it pays to have a sticker for the Gut is when the wind's howling from the NW.

[BasicPatrick]

Mike,

Last Fall when TTOR took over mgmt of Norton Point they put up a small shack 1/4 m ile in on the trail and had it manned every day. The lax enforcement of the past was significantly stepped up last fall. I was checked on a few nights.

I agree on the 4x4 not nescessary besides the few spots you mentioned.

I do think it would be nice to drive to the new cut, but then again that place will definately be a parking lot at this Derby so I will probably stay in "other" areas that might have less traffic. Think.....mailboxes.......lmao

[nightprowler]

Originally Posted by BasicPatrick

Mike,

Last Fall when TTOR took over mgmt of Norton Point they put up a small shack 1/4 m ile in on the trail and had it manned every day. The lax enforcement of the past was significantly stepped up last fall. I was checked on a few nights.

I agree on the 4x4 not nescessary besides the few spots you mentioned.

I do think it would be nice to drive to the new cut, but then again that place will definately be a parking lot at this Derby so I will probably stay in "other" areas that might have less traffic. Think.....mailboxes.......lmao

The mailboxes are always a great place to find fish. I know that spot well.
They have added rangers to a night shift now, so they are patrolling the beach almost 24hrs. I imagine the shifts will slow once fall comes around, but I know in the past they have had issues on the beaches so now have a ranger on duty regularly until 2am. First sweep in the mornings is usually around 7 am.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by nightfighter

Hmmmmmmm........... maybe!

Thinking the same thing....I got some vacation time in October....Hmmmmm

[fishpoopoo]

the nice folks manning the Trustee gates on the Chappy side have been known to let people on the beach without the 4WD permit, if conditions are fairly slow (at night, after high touron season).

BTW, the best spots on the island are the ones that you walk to.

[Squidhound]

Is the location of this house already known?
Sounds interesting I spend some time out there in a small open boat that time of year, it would be nice to have a spot to warm up.