WKLI.. HERE Row for my first column of 1982 ' Oro* of my .first resolu, lions for this year was to

cover some of the things I meant to write about in 1981 Some things just happened, and I almost missed

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them Like the way the big Coast Guard boat was lit up in Cape May .harboi* for Christmas. Did you see it? I didn't get a look at it until two nights after Christmas as I was leaving Cape May on the high bridge over the canal entrance into Cold Spring harbor. As I stopped for the light at the bottom of the bridge, I looked off to the right into the harbor, and there w.as that beautiful sight in front of the Cqpst Guard docks. I hope you all saw it, and-1 hope you also viewed the lighted Christmas tree in the boat across from Roseman's Boat Yard. Captain David Wiscott Koseman got home for Christmas with his bride Roberta, and we tried to get her to promise to bring him back for next drum season. He’s still fishing out of Coos Bay, Oregon, and doing well. Now, on to some .other things I didn't cdVer in time last year. I meant to write about how the new ar-»

tificial seaweed called Seascape is building beach just South of the groin in front of the endangeredCape Hatteras lighthouse dowrt on the outer banks of North Carolina. This new approach, which I viewed on my November Hatteras trip, seems to be working. I hope some of the “experts” around here who are studying beach erosion will take time to study this new idea. THE SEASCAPE inven-, tiopfs the brain child of Bill Garrett, of Delaware, and his project is working where the groins havn failed. He is floating fiv% foot strips out from the beach that look like seaweed. These strips pick sand out of the tide, and deposit it back on the bottom, thus

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rebuilding the eroding section. Does this sound too simple? I am covering the story in a general sense, but it is working according to a hews release in the Outer Banks Current dated December *7, 1981. The headline read: Bpa t ch Grows Four Feet. Now I suggest that if any of our beach officials want verification that they write to the Current or to me. I’ll save t|he clipping. Remember, some of our greatest inventions were once laughed off as impossible. But here's one lat’s actually doing its ib, and that's what we int here ori our Cape of Nature. Part of^his installation was done by the National Park Service in Oct. 1980, and the growth in each from that was an estimated 55 inches. I remember, years ago, writing about how the National Park Service was planting soysia grass Oluipps along Highway 12 on the outer banks to build sand dunes. * Now those dunes are so high you can't see the ocean, and a lot of this type of grass is grown in Swainton at the experimental sta- . tion. Maybe we ought to study how our southern neighbors are handling their beach problems, and use some of their techniques. They seem to work better than ours. Now, on to another subject I haven’t had much time to concentrate on — the new Striped Bass laws. Here in context is what the N,J. Marine advfsory service says: “The State DEP is proposing to revise the State’s striped bass laws to make them conform with the Atlantic State’s management plan designed to promote the conservation of this important sport and commercial species, (I question how important this species is to us in either field.) The proposed law will continue the striped bass season from March l to December 31 and set a daily possession of five striped bass. Two of this limit may be over 15 inches but under 24 inches in total length." (I don’t know what this accomplishes, when the laws of Delawart?

differ from our own on site of fish, and limits of catch. This also seems to apply tO just the Bay, and not the Ocean. Who enforces these laws?).'' A new section of state Tl Ue 23 would establish a ’15 "inch sizd limit for the Delaware River and Bay, Hudson River and the Raritan River. Section 23:5-5.7 would be amended to require that anyone selling striped bass must- ob4 tain a- Striped B$3s permit and those ba$s offered tor sate must measure at least 24 inches in total length. Pefmit fees would be $50-.00 for a New-Jersey resident and $100.00 for a nonresident. (This is almost as ponfusiqg as the law which says a netter can not tajte striped bass of a certain size while gill netting in the Bay. It also looks, to me, like another move toward working on a salt water fishing license. If they set up an agency to issue (Sermits and enforce they will have to go into other species to maintain the overhead of this jssutngf ‘ find enforcing aftencj') I may be a little far afield on my last theory, but it seems to me that our bureaucracy is making, a big thing out of a species 1 that really doesn't mean much- to us in order to set up an agency that will have" to be supported by a salt water fishing license. I further believe that a salt water fishing license will kill sport fishing on head boats and charter boats in 1982. Now, on to one other subject not as confusing. Winthorp Laboratories is publishing a new 64 page Camping Safety Guide that has a lot of good tips for outdoor safety. The experienced campers who have pooled their wisdom to create this pocket sized manual of outdoor safety are enthusiastic proponents of outdoor vacations. Individual copies of . the Camping Safety Gqide are available for 75f Camping and outdopr organizations can obtain the guide at a special rate of 60% off on all orders of 50 booklets or more. Write Camping Safety Guide Offer. P.O. Box #2206, Boston, Mass 02277. There are a lot of tips in this booklet that will help anyone who is going to be outdoors. 1982 is here, and I'll try to bring you all the news on our fishing scene as soon as it happens. It’s the year of the Eagle, let's enjoy it!

Ski School To Be Aired

TRENTON — A program that really connects with winter sports is The Cross Country Ski School, airing 4 p m Saturdays beginning Jan. 16 on New Jersey Net- * work's four UHF channels. 23 Camden, 50 Montclairi 52 Trenton and 58 New Brunswick

The Ski Scllool is a'Tivepart series of half hour pro- ' grams designed to teach basic ski touring techniques to all skill levels, and includes Jemonstraitons of th? diagonal stride; double poling; climbing and downhill;. turning; and waxing and trail sense

Cruisers, Riffraff Tie

CAPE MAY - Two Men's Volleyball League powers. Riffraff V V J and Cape Island Sailing Cruise, battled to a two game to two deadlock during a nearly two-hour match All four games were extremely close w’ifh Hill Arnold and Ted Eerrante leading Riffraff while John Wllsey and Kevin Keare solidified an effective defense for Cape Island. Riffraff snared game one 15-11 and salvaged the last

game 15-13 but not before Cape Island salted away the middle two skirmishes In the only other preholiday matVh Dekelco took three of four from Lighting Dimensions behind the rifle-like serves of Dave Matgiese and the overall .play of Dennis and Chris Kelly. The games were all competitive as the scores indicate: 9-15, 5-10. 15-10. 15-13. League play will resume Jan. 5.