Trout in the Classroom

Today I will be releasing the brook trout that the kids have been raising.  This is through a state supported program called Trout in the Classroom. In mid October over 105 schools in the state receive brook trout eggs from Pequest Trout Hatchery.  Students in the class learn about the life cycle of the brook trout , and has  a focus on cold water conservation. 

This is the fifth year I have run a TIC tank, and each year is different.  This year many of 300 eggs we started with were not viable.  Basically there is a sorter at the hatchery that separates the dead eggs, normally this keeps the number of dead eggs we receive in October low.  This year the sorter was on the fritz so we started fewer viable eggs than normal.

This year I am releasing 5 trout in the Toms River Trout Conservation Area.  I look forward to running the program again next year. 

Headwind 2011

This is a link to two people that we met on the beach a few weeks ago.  Headwind 2011

They are recent college graduates that could not find jobs, so they decided to plan a trip to ride their bikes across the country.  I met them one Sunday morning before the sun rose over the ocean.  

Picture this, there were two people asleep on the beach in full on sleeping bags, they had their bikes near them loaded down with saddles bags.  I went out to surf but could not help but wonder who these people on the beach were.  When the riders woke up, they put their rear tires in the Atlantic and snapped a picture.  Their goal is to ride all the way to the Pacific and snap another photo with the front tires of their bikes in the water. 

I found these two spirits very up-lifting.  I always like to think about what you really need to survive.  With this kind of trip they certainly will discover what necessity is. 

On shore flow

The persistent easterly wind pattern promotes an increase in striped bass activity along our beaches.  Last evening I happened across two striped bass.  They were both above the legal limit of 28"; I released the first one and was lucky enough to catch a second fish.  The second fish I kept.  Hopefully we will see decent action over the next couple of days.

Video link to a piece powder magazine just released American Tradition of Tuckerman Ravine

Mother's Day Picnic

We certainly hit the weather.  This weekend was great for being outside.  On Sunday my family hiked out to the end of the rock jetty in Barnegat Light.  We had a nice mid-day picnic with the neighbors and our dogs.  I was trying to hit a striper in the surf, but with the clear water and high sun had little or no action. 

Here is a link to the local fishing reports.

I usually enter the Simply Bassing Tournament.  This is a surf fishing tourney that promotes the local street end as the optimal place to fish.  Winds are going north today with a building north east.  Hopefully I will find some fish interested in my offering.
 

Archived Photos of Tuckerman's Ravine 4/22/11

These photos are shot by the AMC caretaker on 4/22/11.  This is the day we hiked and skied the ravine.  The last photos show how things change when the sun goes behind the mountain.  People were frozen in line on the climb up the headwall.