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two yamaha 115s, 25 foot 1986 whaler, my friend is the original owner...built to last. we've been beating ourselves up for 40 years....we had enough gas and plenty to spare. we did bring an extra ten gallons in case we had to run to the stacks, that's where all the fish are, but that's getting far for us. but we go far down the jersey shore too; there are no fish left in raritan bay just the fall striper run. so we often have to go to the shrewsbury rocks or the mud buoy or the donut, where the old ambrose tower was. needless to say, the marine forecasts can really mess you up when the get it wrong; and they often don't mention big swells from offshore storms, which can make you sick in a hurry. we also will fish coney island and the rockaways if the fish are there.

yeah we really thought we had wasted the day until around 1 pm, when it laid down. i mean, ya gotta admit that was a long boat ride. raritan river to the arthur kill, kill van kull, ny harbor, east river through hell gate, and into the sound...and we still had to go a little distance in the sound as well. but it was still better than sitting at the gw bridge for 3 hours....or getting stuck on the cross bronx.

took a ride by boat from sayreville nj friday to the western sound....was fishing by some lighthouse east of new rochelle....wind was snotty in the morning and not what we expected, but it laid down by afternoon. wound up with about 25 keeper porgies, not great but not bad, given the early winds. left the dock in nj at 6 am didn't get back til 9 pm due to the late bite; we left the sound at around 6 pm. had to go slow in the dying light through the east river and harbor. water felt a bit cold to me but it could have been the east wind cooling the surface....

you never know; i went out on the sound porgy fishing last year in early oct or so and just threw some ice in a bucket; it got so hot by noon the ice melted and i had to scramble lest the fish spoil; had to empty out the food cooler and toss the fish in the remaining ice; as it was a soft cooler, ice is a no no and it leaked out all the way home, which was a 3 hour ride back to nj....

the tragedy of chernobyl is still ongoing and will continue after we are gone. it is hardly the past.

the job of the united nations was and is to prevent nuclear war. it has done that. so far.

and both siding things is how we got to this horrible situation. its ok to say one side is better than the other when it comes to the environment. facts are stubborn things.

was bearable offshore. fishing sucked, as usual. 2 keeper fluke in 14 hours. a couple ling, and one sea bass for each of us, which is the limit in nj. not a soul on raritan bay, in the middle of summer, in july, with perfect conditions.....they really have accomplished their goals with all the limits....people have just quit fishing. we did see several trawlers.....a whale and a ton of small sharks....not dogfish, but real sharks.

they are still fine to eat.

my wife got stuck at the costco in north plainfield the other night as did my best friend; didn't get home til midnight; costco acted as a shelter and provided rotisserie chickens, water and cookies for all the stranded folks. they should be commended.

i'm getting everything this year, including cantaloupes i didn't plant, and plum tomatoes i did not plant......due to the cool spring i planted broccoli late but i got a bumper crop just as the heat hit; i've got peppers and eggplant out the wahzoo, but tomatoes are not ready yet. starting to get cherry types now.

i see them right here in the local park. they are in all counties in nj now; you can spot them in raritan near the landfills too.

well, as someone who just dealt with a horrific situation in raritan bay a couple hours ago, i can tell you that there was no talk of thunder and squalls when we scheduled our trip; forecast was high of 97, sunny, light winds to increase out of the southwest this afternoon. instead we got clouds, lightning, pouring rain, and 5-6 foot seas with monstrous white caps. we are very happy to have made it to port alive. a 25 foot whaler was tossed around like a tin skiff.

nuclear reactors are catastrophically expensive, take 20 years to build, no one will insure them, and they are almost entirely dependent on government subsidies. and no one can solve the waste issue. and we are far behind on shutting down fossil fuels. does this site tend to attract the wingnuts, or what? yes, why can't we be like france...universal healthcare, paid family leave, paid childcare, free school lunches, free university, generous paid vacations, not one bankruptcy due to medical bills....sign me up. right now. oh, and better soccer, if that's your thing. did you ask about scientists coming here? is that a serious question? we are gutting science programs, because scientists discover and teach things some people don't like......we were on the cusp of an mrna vaccine for hiv, but it caused hives, a minor reaction that can probably be tweaked, and shows the vaccine was likely working. but it's been shut down.

same here